Michcanska Adventure 2023

Ron and Bill enjoying the morning with fresh snow falling. The snow is beautiful but causes some trouble seeing the trail and the rider in front of you. Extreme caution is needed to prevent accidents.

The snow is very deep when you get off the trail. We had stopped for a break along the trail and George got a little to far over in the deep snow. Ralph got his bungie out and with a few tugs pulled him out.. The Yamaha had no problem pulling the Ski-Doo out…

Pete Pattullo…. Pete is the youngest rider on this ride (53)….Pete rides a Ski-Doo and lives in Longview, Texas. Pete is the Safety Director for MichCanSka. Many hours of planning went into the Epic ride from Michigan to Alaska to make sure all riders were safe. The same procedures are being followed on this ride and the safety of all riders is his main concern.

This morning and we have much warmer temps. 21 degrees. Light snow falling and everyone is getting ready to go.

Our planned route on Day 4, Wednesday, February 19th, 2014 ….

Day 3….. Sandy is getting ready to leave. It is a beautiful morning. 4 degrees at 7:30 and we are off for our adventure today…..

Not a good place to be but we were all running out of gas and the map showed us to travel down this road or the next gas was 50 miles. We had already come 91 miles but when we came upon these huge logging trucks we decided to turn around and take our chances on the trail. Some of the riders carry gas and we needed it to get to the next gas stop. All turned out well and we made our motel in Chibougamau in 173 miles. The temps today were much warmer than we have had in the past two days.

Dave Greene is the Snowmobiler of the Day. He is our oldest rider (79) on this ride. He lives in Lindwood, MI and rides the same Yamaha that he rode to Alaska on our historic ride in 2010. Dave is always there to lend a helping hand and is one our Crossing Guards.

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This morning was colder than yesterday….-13……Burr !!!!!!
This is our group getting ready to take off in the morning. We had a very good ride today with no mishaps. 130 miles and the temps warmed up to 14 degrees in the afternoon.