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Snowmobile ride from home to camp

12/19/2013

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C'mon with me. Take a ride on my snowmobile as we travel from home to camp.

The first part (just over 7 minutes) takes us across Pelican Lake (notice the slush and frozen slush caused by heavy snow on fairly thin ice), up and across Sioux Mountain, then west on the established, but not yet groomed, trail maintained by the local Ojibway Power Toboggan Club.

We'll continue westward on the trail for the rest of this trip (part 2 - almost 21 minutes). The final couple minutes we're riding my newly cleared path through the woods. It seemed so wide as I was clearing it...

You'll notice that the helmet cam is something new for me. I'm not used to riding with a horn sticking up from the top of my head.

If the video doesn't load quickly, you might try putting it on pause for a couple minutes to allow the buffer to get a head start.

Another tip: once started, click the symbol of four arrows at the bottom right corner of the video and view it in full screen mode.

Happy trails!
part 1 - leaving home
Part 2 - arriving at camp
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Marilyn Eisenstein
12/21/2013 03:03:15 am

Hi Dick
OMG - Ive just had the best time ever riding with you on all these videos - on the long one, I had to keep telling myself BREATH BREATH - I was truly so overcome with awe that I was holding my breath - I watched all the trees as the species changed, and tried looking in the snow to see any deer prints, also trying to keep my eye ahead and oh the sun masked was a beautiful site - different pines, poplars, and even telephone poles - Dick thank you so much this is truly so uplifting for me - I hope your videos never leave this site - the first one you did with the snow crunching under you feet was another magical moment for me - Thanks you Dick, and all the best of the season to you and Mary

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alaskalodi
12/28/2013 08:33:31 am

Hello Dick, I'm writing from Italy. Can you specify the coordinates of the points of departure and arrival of your snowmobile trip from home to camp? the two points can not be achieved by traveling on the ice of the lake? Thanks for any reply and best wishes for a Happy New Year. Alaskalodi from Italy

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Dick
12/31/2013 07:16:58 pm

Happy New Year, Alaskalodi. Nice to hear from you again - it's been awhile.
Camp is here 50.115075,-91.990957 using www.maps.google.com . Starting point is my home at the west end of Sioux Lookout, then southwest on Pelican Lake for a mile or so, then a meandering northerly direction over Sioux Mountain and following a trail through the bush to camp - total distance is about 7.5 miles.
A strong current that keeps a portion of lake open just west of town prevents direct lake access.

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AlaskaLodi
1/13/2014 03:43:12 am

Dick, Thanks for the reply. In summer is it possible to reach the camp (50.115075, -91.990957), with the boat sailing on the lake?

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Dick
1/13/2014 04:11:14 am

Yes, we travel by boat in summer - motorized boat, though - not sailboat. We have to go under a bridge near town that is too low for a sailboat mast. Otherwise, lake travel is a dream.




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