34.   May 1997 was a pretty special occasion, Sooley graduated from high school so he decided to host a party at the family cabin near Whitbourne. Last year when most of our crew graduated high school we had a big party at Roger's Cabin at Nine Island Pond and made a few more trips there that same summer.  This weekend was the very first trip to the Sooley cabin for most of our friends & acquaintances.

33.   Knowing this was going to be a pretty epic trip, Maffer and I brought up a monster sound system for the event. We had two full size amplifiers connected to the same CD player and 8 big ass speakers which we placed around the cabin by running temporary wiring. When we tested it Friday afternoon we could hear the music across all lanes of the divided highway!

32.   Sooley even ditched his graduation ceremony at the hotel early to head out to the cabin with the crew.

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21.   I'm not sure on the year but it was pretty old, it was powered by an inline 4 cylinder gas motor.

20.   "Ya know you're a redneck when."  - Matthew Burton, May 1997...

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4.   Sunday came all too soon, we were awhile cleaning up the cabin, but had everything sorted away and vehicles loaded for the return trip to town later that afternoon.

3.   If you ever wonder what happened to the Sooley's Goose Lake View sign, it can probably still be found at Nine Island Pond. LoL

2.   On our way back to town Roger wanted to stop by his cabin at Nine Island Pond. Splashing through puddles in his Chevy Blazer he dropped both driver side tires into a super soft spot at the edge of the road and couldn't get it out.

1.  Before hooking up a tow strap to my Jimmy I hopped behind the wheel, locked the Blazer in 4-low, cut the wheels hard right and gassed the old bugger right up out of the mud no problem.

Our first trip to the Sooley cabin was probably the largest to date, definitely the most spic, maybe not the craziest. Maffer putting his car off the road at Roger's cabin last year pretty well takes the cake for wildest party. LoL For our first trip to the Sooley cabin it was pretty damn successful.

Cheers, MIKE

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