We Sled

Feb 22 2013 Holy No Snow Batman! After all the hype in the Old Farmers Almanac, we have been just missed  here and there by every snowstorm that travelled by us in the past month. Thankfully, the season is back in high gear with a couple of small storms that …more

Friday, January 11, 2013 I love a good plan. I hate making them, but it’s good to know where we are having lunch, as I got caught a couple of years ago running with some guys who decided to stop and eat on the side of the trail. Luckily I …more

The 2012/2013 season is supposedly going to be one of the best winters in recent years for snowmobiling in Southern New Brunswick. I’ve heard total strangers fretting about how “bad” this winter is going to be. It is early January, and we have already had good cold weather to freeze …more

In the fall of 2011, I knew I had to make some big changes to really enjoy the outdoors in mid winter. The boys were getting tired of me having to stop to defog my glasses and helmet shield, and my feet were always frozen. Sleds up to this point …more

For the 2010/2011 season, we welcomed a new rider into our group. Lawrence arrived with the deal of a lifetime. He picked up a 1998 Vmax 500 XTC for a can’t say no price with electric start and reverse.   Lawrence is an old friend of mine and a coworker of …more

The last “skidoo” as I call them… in our family was a 1977 Olympic 340 Skidoo. That is the the traditional look of a sled, and to be honest, the newer models are still growing on me. Since I know nothing about sleds, it’s all about the looks for me. …more

Sometime back around 2005, I told my buddy Clarence that if he ever got back into snowmobiling…that I would buy one as well. Jump ahead to November 2009, and I got an email…I bought a sled…so you can go get one now. That led to a crash course in sled-speak. …more