42.   After missing out on this trip last year, I was happy to return to the Cape Shore with Dad and Uncle Wilson for another great day ice fishing and spring riding.

41.   We left the Cape Shore Highway and headed across the wide open country to Green Island Pond where we set out our fishing lines. Mud trout are usually plentiful in this particular pond and once again we were not disappointed!

40.   I was riding my 1997 Grand Touring 500, Dad was on his recently repainted Project Cheyenne and Wilson was riding his 1993 Scandic 377.

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31.   The day started out with overcast skies but quickly brightened up into a beautiful sunny day on the Shore.

30.   The snow was hard packed but loose on top, and in many places was flatter then most of the groomed trails I've been on. It was no trouble to run at 100kph across the tundra as drifts are so gradual in nature I didn't get bounced around at all.

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1.   With the sun setting we made it back to the truck, loaded up and headed for home ending the day with a fine catch of trout, and an empty gas tank!

Cheers, MIKE

In memory of Wilson King January 30, 1942 to April 29, 2008