We Finally Arrive at Arctic Man!

We arrived at Arctic Man a little later than we usually do- we usually get here on Wednesday and settle in to the neighborhood for the week. However, due to some late week meetings Larry had to attend, we had to drive up Friday morning.

It was overcast and visibility was flat when we arrived, but no sooner did we park then we got busy unloading machines and getting ready to ride. We raced up to the finish line for the Arctic Man event just in time to catch the last couple of snowboarders come in then waited patiently for the hill cross event to begin. We waited and waited until finally the word came up the hill that the event was postponed until Saturday. We guessed that it was probably because of the flat light conditions.

Since it was our first ride we decided to head up toward the Tit to get a little fun in. We had fun but because of the light the views were not quite as spectacular as usual. LeAnn had a little scare as her and Dawson (5 yrs) headed up a steep hill and Dawson accidentally hit the kill switch! She had a heroic moment as they were sliding backwards down the mountain- she threw Dawson off, and as she was still going backwards pull started her machine! A very Indiana Jones moment! However she promptly hit the throttle and augered in- but at least she stopped! Then had to get herself unstuck which her back is paying the price for now.