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We had a great group come up in mid May from south eastern Wisconsin. While they were here we put in a good amount of the new Orange Trails. I owe a big "thanks" to Anders who worked diligently to organize the group. The orange trails are much more difficult than our other existing trails. They are very tight, off-camber and have lots of twisty moguls. Not for a stock rig... awesome for a well built short wheel base machine. Best of all, I like these trails! Vehicles as large as a Grand Cherokee can squeeze through with some work, but may incur some scratches. It's a good thing I put power steering on the CJ last winter because these would be NO FUN without it. The CJ's new cage is already quite scraped up and that should hint at how tight these are, and perhaps how lazy I am when it comes to backing up.
We also eliminated the yellow trail coming out of the campground and went north with it to come off of green (1) so that all trails come and go out of one point. On the east end of that yellow trail before it goes to the scramble area we added a leg to the north. This helps tie two yellow trails together. The goal is to build a large orange loop through the center of the park and a large yellow loop around the perimeter.
We have had a lot of excitement so far this year. Memorial weekend was fun. Cowboy from Going Broke Off-Road was here... and we had to recover his truck with the skidder, which was not pretty. Cowboy was a good sport about me rolling the truck on its side into some trees and then rolling back into the front end with the 12-ton skidder. Fortunately Jesse was able to winch the truck back onto it's wheels (mostly) which enabled us to get off of the tree and a sticky situation. They were videoing the "recovery" but I haven't yet been able to get my hands on any pics or videos.
It has been wet in the Northwoods. We have had tons of rain. Some of the trails have been getting very muddy and one of the yellows has become winch mandatory. So far nothing has been able to make that trail without a tug. Thankfully the holes are small (but deep) and are a short winch. I've had to pull two full clubs through so far. Some of the green trails have also become rutted and difficult.
We're excited to be open again for another summer. The coming July 4th weekend will mark the first full year the park has been open. I'm beginning to be more comfortable with where we are at with trails and can now more clearly see where we need to go with trail building. Come visit and let us know what you think!
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