85.   Sooley, Adam, French and I were the first to arrive at the cabin Tuesday morning, we unloaded our gear, suited up and quickly took advantage of the untouched snow before anyone else arrived.

French was riding his 2005 RX-Warrior, I was on Project Renegade, Adam took his 2002 Skidoo Summit, and Sooley was riding the family Enticer II having wrote off his 1997 Skidoo Mach1 700 at Mount Peyton in March 2005. He did take the opportunity to hit a few jumps on Project Slammed Summit while Adam had a break!

84.  We headed up to Highwaters and spent the day climbing hills, getting stuck, jumping, getting stuck, generally having a time in between stucks. It was a beautiful clear winter day with overcast skies, riding conditions were prime.

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67.   Wednesday morning our quartet of snowmobilers suited up and headed up the pond once again. Today we had even better weather with beautiful sunny skies and crisp winter temps.

66.  We hit the trails headed South of Sooley's Cabin and spent the morning tearing up hills and drifts.

65.  This natural kicker was absolutely perfect for getting our machines airborne.

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57.   Later we ran back over to Highwaters for a rematch of yesterdays adventures, we were surprised to find fort the first time our water skimming hole almost completely frozen over.

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54.   We managed to log a fair bit of flight time, although much of it wasn't captured on camera. Sooley was riding one of the enticers, and again occasionally took Adam's Summit over some of the larger jumps. Project Renegade had a minor collision with a Juniper but survived unscathed and was running really well.

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46.   Thursday arrived and so did Maffer, Janes & Bill. Once the guys were straightened away we suited up we hit the ponds and jumps once again!

45.   Bill was riding his 2005 Yamaha RX-1, Maffer his 2006 REV 500ss, and Janes hopped aboard one of the Sooley Families Enticers.

44.   We all spent another amazing day logging flight time, hitting some of the same jumps and exploring further into the backcountry in search of even more amazing untouched hills & drifts.

43.   In bigger news, later that evening Sooley received a surprise call from his wife. She bought him a 1994 Skidoo Mach 1-670cc snowmobile which we had to pick up in Ocean Pond, this was just a 10 minute drive from the cabin!

42.   A couple of us went with him, not telling the rest of the crew what we were up to. We were stoked to discover the sled was truly mint, and ran great!

41.  Back at the cabin we gave it a quick polish with some SC-1, a quick maintenance (Seafoam added to fuel, grease and inspection) and the sled was ready to rip!

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39.   While we were at it we hauled in Maffer's REV 5000ss for a look-over and fluid top up.

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36.   Later that evening Learning arrived with his 2004 V-max 600 triple. We hung out in the garage and put a few decals on Maffer's REV and Learning's V-max.

35.   Friday brought more sunny skies and ideal riding conditions, needless to say Sooley was just itching to try out his new whip in the daylight hours!

34.   We quickly hit the best jumps from the previous couple days before crossing the highway on an exploratory mission to a large lake called Gander Pond.

33.   This was brand new snowmobile country for our crew, we poked our way across triangle pond and over open country stopping to play on every large drift we found.

32.   We eventually stumbled across a woods path that headed in the general direction we needed to go and in no time reached Gander Pond.

31.  This is a rather large body of water, and there were hundreds of brand new untouched hills and drifts to climb, jump and lay tracks. It was a fantastic place to ride.

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10.   Although Learning was at the cabin with his sled, I can honestly say we can't remember seeing it move the whole weekend.

9.   On Saturday we spent the day doing more of the same, riding and trying out new jumps. Unfortunately the cameras stayed off as we just enjoyed burning gas! That evening all the girls arrived for a good ol' fashioned "time" at the cabin.

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1.   Sunday was the last day of the 2007 Winter Trip and was spent packing up getting the cabin cleaned up, and vehicles loaded for the drive home.  All in all it was one of the best cabin trips to date with awesome snow conditions, lots of gas burned in the sleds and the entire crew on hand to enjoy some fantastic time together.

Cheers, MIKE