Roy Lake: March 2010

I decided that it was time to check out the snowmobile trails in the White Earth State Forest. Jo, Me, Jo's brother Jon and his boys Marcus and Jakob spent last weekend (March 5,6,7) at the cabin at Roy Lake.

We arrived Friday evening and began the process of warming up the cabin. The cabin is not winterized so there was no running water. This meant that we had to use the neighbors outhouse. It's a nice outhouse with heat and lighting, but with 6 guys staying at the neighbors using it and 4 guys at my place, Jo thought it got a bit odoriferous after a couple of days.

Saturday morning came and we went out for our first ride. It was cloudy and the trails were in nice shape.

Taking a break on Strawberry Mountain Road

Marcus and Jakob in the Cat Cutter

We stopped at Pinehurst Resort at Twin Lakes and checked out the 40th annual Snodeo which is put on by the Naytahwaush Nightriders Snowmobile Club. They had a few vintage sleds set up and I thought that this all original Enticer was pretty sharp looking. While at Pinehurst I bought a few raffle tickets and later on in the week I found a $100 check in the mail from the Nightriders. Not bad for a $10 investment.

After checking out the Snodeo we headed back to Roy Lake and had lunch. Jon, the boys and I went for another ride after lunch. It started to rain out, but we kept on riding. Most of the trails were still in pretty good shape. After our ride we tried our luck at ice fishing. I made two holes with the manual auger and that was enough for me. We had no bites, but at least we can say we went fishing.

All Smiles even without any bites!

After a day of riding it was time to get ready for dinner. Even though it was misting out I started the campfire. All it took was some newspaper, a few matches and some dry pine.