March 13, 2004 Sooley Cabin Overnighter: (29 Photos)

29.   Earlier this year we had an amazing time at the Annual Winter Cabin Trip. With lots of snow still on the ground, we couldn't pass up such a prime opportunity for one more overnight & snowmobile adventure at the Sooley family cabin.

28.   Our plan was simple: arrive early Saturday morning, snowmobile all day, have a time that night, followed by more snowmobile shenanigans the next day, before heading home Sunday evening.

27.   Sooley was ripping the ol' Enticer 340, French on his 2004 Venture 700, Bill his '97 Vmax 700, I my '97 Grand Touring 500, and Maffer was using the Sooley Family Enticer II 

26.   We arrived at the cabin as planned, unpacked, suited up and got the machines ready to rip.

25.   We had no destination in mind, this trip would be good ol' fashioned freestyle riding and exploring. We spent the day hitting every possible jump we could find, climbing the hill at the end of the pond, continuing to Highwaters then onto Ocean Pond. We logged a heck of a lot of airtime this weekend as we all grew more comfortable with our machines.

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20.   We didn't cover a lot of miles, and that was the plan. Instead we had a ton of fun tearing up drifts and hitting every natural jump we could find. Uncomplicated and truly enjoyable.

19.   Even the old Enticer II 410 learned to fly!

18.   That night we had a bonfire in the upper field, Sooley, Maffer and I stayed up so late the sun came up. After an interesting adventure to Monty's Gas Bar in Whitbourne we grabbed a couple hour nap. Mid morning we were up and ready and hit the snow once again.

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16.  This trip marked the first time for many of us water skimming on snowmobile. This area of Highwaters is quite shallow so the consequence of failure on this mild spring day was not overly dangerous. I think it's a great skill to have, and is a heck of a lot of fun too!

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9.  Even the old Enticer II got across the short side!

8.  I'll admit right now that this was a bit tangly. French and Bill were on French's Venture with Bill sitting backwards taking photos of me following behind. My skis started to death wobble in the wake from French's machine but I held through (barely) and we made it across!

7.   This is the only living pic of Sooley's 340 Enticer skimming water! It's the only photo because the old bugger barely made it. He launched down the pond as fast as it would go, as soon as the track hit the water it slowed right down and started to porpoise across the water. By some miracle it porpoise'd up right at the perfect time and lurched onto the ice at the far side!

6.  Flights continued throughout the afternoon and we all had a ball.

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