The meeting time was at 10:30 and roll out time at 11. Everyone seemed to be there early except the trail leader who will remain unamed. There were 7 rigs in total. I hope I don't forget anyone. We had Joe, Thom, Dave, John, Bill, and Joe's friend Mike Killian. We waited for stragglers of which the trail leader was the only and then rolled. The trail leader managed to miss the road but we all turned around and got right back on track. The class VI road we started on was fairly tame but still provided a little fun and lot's of nice scenary. We had a minor delay from a group of teenagers who thought it was a good idea to just stop and park in the road, in the middle of the road, and walk into the woods to camp. Fortunately they were just returning to move the van. I found out the next day that loggers had complained to the police and told the kids to move, they were finally getting out to do so. We had two fairly easy rock obstacles and a small mud hole that everyone was able to tackle easily. After running the length of this road we turned back to connect with another class VI road that provided a little mud excitement. On the deepest mud hole we had one rig driven by an executive board member, who will remain unamed, who finished crossing the pit at the end of a strap. We continued down this road before turning on to the next. We traveled up the road for about a mile crossing another large mud hole that was the trails only minor obstacle without incident. It was then decided by the group to turn back as the way in was very steep and muddy and we expected it to provide us with a challenge. As it turned out it was much easier than it looked and all crawled up it without incident. We then proceeded to a gas station in Rochester that had free air near my home with the intent that we would BBQ at my house after. The weather had turned for the worse and it was decided by all to get headed home. Although it was much more tame a trail ride than expected everyone, I believe, still had fun. These roads hold promise of only getting better with age.

I would also like to add that while out wheeling this year please take a little extra time to look for ticks on yourself during and after wheeling. We found the woods to be very heavily populated this year. I don't think there was anyone who did not have to pull ticks off from themselves. I don't recall ever seeing so many ticks in years past.

-don