42.   Having 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 this past weekend.

41.   We unloaded the sleds on the Cape Shore Highway and headed across the barrens to Green Island Pond to set out our fishing lines. Mud trout are usually plentiful in this particular pond, we were looking forward to a feed of fine red bellied trout!

40.   I was riding my '97 Grand Touring 500, Dad was on his recently repainted Project Cheyenne and Wilson was sporting 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, temperatures were cool but above freezing.

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1.   As the sun got lower in the sky we made it back to the trucks, loaded up and headed for home ending the day with a fine catch of trout, and an empty gas tank in the sled!

Cheers, MIKE

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