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Favorite Rides Series… Continued

I had shared with my wife we had a trip planned for Saturday where there were 6-8 of us planning to head to the Central Region Area. As we watched the weekend weather, it looked absolutely perfect for the snowmobile trail set up with not so much for human liking with highs in the single digits all weekend. But, there’s only so many week- ends so on it was. We were snow starved in our area so out with the trailer and our drop off point was Guilford. Grampy’s, (The late Mau- rice Marden) would be our starting point. His heated garage made for an incredible changing point and was very much appreciated that 5 degreemorning. Leaving a local trail we quickly headed North on Four Winns Trail System on ITS 85 which was as usual, FLAT. Nearing the end of their ITS section, we burned one of the best-kept secrets in the state (until now). The Breakneck Ridge Trail curves down around and heads almost due west with tons of mountainous views and splen- did maintained areas. Looking to the North, there are splendid views

of the Russell Mountain Range. After a pretty good jaunt through the woods, it eventually hooks up with the Big Valley Riders of Bing- ham on ITS 87. While it may be a bit different now, just 4 miles south was a connector trail that brought us into the windmills. It was obvi- ous why they placed them where they are as with the breeze we had, they were functioning extremely well. One needed to make sure you did not drop a glove. This club works extremely hard to keep trail connectivity as this area is heavily in forest management and adjusts for markets often. Kudo’s to both the club and the landowner. After photo ops, we headed back up 87 north for our lunch break at North- ern Outdoors in The Forks. If you haven’t been to this place, Bucket List it! This IS the place that hooked me as a Maine sledder as my first overnight stay as a rider was here on my then new 1990 Formula Plus. It has since been removed, but at that time, there was an outdoor heated pool that we played volley- ball on January 18. Of course the

H ello All,

I got tapped this month to throw my hat in the ring for Favorite Rides. I am sure there are plenty of people that would like to throw their efforts at this. SEND ‘EM IN! From my heated visor view, I’ll share this trip which capped a great surprise for my wife on Valentine’s weekend!

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