Sunday, February 24, 2008

Weekend Snowmobile Trip

This weekend has been a busy one for my snowmobile.  On Saturday, Ashby and I went for a ride of around 30 miles (round trip) down trail 3.  On the way back, we stopped at Quincy's restaurant for dinner.  Sunday was so warm (high of 38 degrees) that I couldn't resist going out again.  This time I went with my friend Tyler.  We left houghton and took trail 17 north to Calumet.  There, we managed to find the other end of trail 3 and took it back to Houghton.  It was nice to have new scenery on the way back, instead of the other side of the same trees.  Now the old Arctic Cat has well over 100 new miles on it since I brought it up here, and it should cover many more over the next several winters.  In two weeks I'll be going home for spring break, and I'll be bringing the Panther home with me.  Hopefully I'll get my fill of snowmobiling next weekend.

The snowmobile parking lot at Quincy's.  
I think there were more snowmobiles than cars!
The snowmobile trail through Calumet.
Sunset behind the Lift Bridge.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Winter Carnival Begins

Winter Carnival is finally upon us.  Tonight is the overnight statue construction frenzy.  Unfortunately, I have a bit of a cold, so I decided it would be a good idea to stay indoors and not get run over by a front-end-loader.  Hopefully I will be over the cold enough to go outside and enjoy the carnival tomorrow once the festivities get going in earnest.  I'll make sure to get planty of pictures and I'll post the best.  Below are some pictures I took of some of the long term statues as of a few days ago.  They have already come a long way since then.

Last night I went to watch Ashby and her hall compete in Ice Bowling.  She was one of the bowling balls.  They did well, taking 3rd overall.  There are pictures of that below as well.  She's playing broomball tomorrow morning as well.  This weekend we'll be going to see Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood of Who's Line is it Anyway fame.  We should have lots of fun over the next few days.

One of the statues that was furthest along.
A wall of snow waiting to be sculpted
One of the statues involves a car frozen in a block of ice.
Ashby's team getting ready to launch her at the pins.
Success!