The Mosquito Saturday Afternoon 1/16/16

[garyl62]

Lifted these off FB. Looks like the place to be today!

 

[eagle1]

Good thing we went north. Pulled into BB at noon we were only 2nd group plenty of room.

 

[frnash]

Looks da skeeter's gonna have to add double-decker sled parking (like the deck parking on Lakeshore Drive in Houghton)!

 

[snobuilder]

Way too crowded for me....sure wish I was there though.....LOL

 

[MZEMS2]

Way too crowded for me....sure wish I was there though.....LOL

X2!! That would drive me crazy....good to see though

 

[timo]

or not to be....

 

[boilerrph]

Exactly why I made it a rule years ago not to ride on weekends. I'm assuming none of these guys were drinking alcohol before getting back on their sleds! Pictures like these give non-snowmobilers more ammunition to portray us as a bunch of crazy drunks. Looking at all the fresh snow, you would think everyone would be out enjoying the great conditions instead of sitting in a bar.

 

[indy_500]

2+ feet of blower fell early morning if you know where to find it. Absolutely puking out right now, wouldn't doubt it if we woke up to another 2 feet. Complete whiteout, 15 mph, took an hour to drive from The Mosquito to Houghton. Not sure if I'm dreaming or if this is real life... https://youtu.be/zJPPZ-OJH0E

 

[garyl62]

Exactly why I made it a rule years ago not to ride on weekends. I'm assuming none of these guys were drinking alcohol before getting back on their sleds! Pictures like these give non-snowmobilers more ammunition to portray us as a bunch of crazy drunks. Looking at all the fresh snow, you would think everyone would be out enjoying the great conditions instead of sitting in a bar.

Not sure what you're looking at in the one photo that shows people inside, I see about 33 people, one guy is eating, one guy has a beer in his hand, and one table has 2 Mountain Dew's and a Diet Coke sitting next to a Miller Lite 6-pack case that is holding catsup, mustard and other things, but not beer. So how can you determine there are a bunch of drunks here? You seem to be speculating with pre-conceived opinions that are based on nothing you can see here. For all we know they could have been out enjoying great conditions for the past 6 hours and needed a spot to take a break, warm up and dry off.

 

[indy_500]

Exactly why I made it a rule years ago not to ride on weekends. I'm assuming none of these guys were drinking alcohol before getting back on their sleds! Pictures like these give non-snowmobilers more ammunition to portray us as a bunch of crazy drunks. Looking at all the fresh snow, you would think everyone would be out enjoying the great conditions instead of sitting in a bar.

Dude calm down! It was single digits, blower pow, super winds, easily the coldest day riding I've had in a long time. I stood inside the skeet to warm up for an hour, didn't see one stumbling guy in sight.

 

[eagle1]

Yup, lots of people (all 5 in our group) can go to a bar and not drink alcohol.

 

[eagle1]

Here's pic Bear Belly when we left, was quiet when we pulled up at noon.

 

[groomerdriver]

Exactly why I made it a rule years ago not to ride on weekends. I'm assuming none of these guys were drinking alcohol before getting back on their sleds! Pictures like these give non-snowmobilers more ammunition to portray us as a bunch of crazy drunks. Looking at all the fresh snow, you would think everyone would be out enjoying the great conditions instead of sitting in a bar.

Every place we stopped at today in Iron County, Wi looked just like this.....packed! Way more soda and coffee being consumed than alchohol.

 

[G]

Looks pretty tame to me. The golden days of cruisin and boozin are pretty much over. Back in the old days a bunch of guys would be out in the parking lot trying to fix a sled or two that had run into a tree or something else.

 

[gogebic_sledder]

Looks like a good time. Glad to see UP business's packed

 

[eagle1]

2+ feet of blower fell early morning if you know where to find it. Absolutely puking out right now, wouldn't doubt it if we woke up to another 2 feet. Complete whiteout, 15 mph, took an hour to drive from The Mosquito to Houghton. Not sure if I'm dreaming or if this is real life... https://youtu.be/zJPPZ-OJH0E

So Indy, did you call in sick next week?
Wish I could've stayed!

 

[indy_500]

So Indy, did you call in sick next week?
Wish I could've stayed!

Buddy I was with had to be home. If he could've stayed, or someone else would've drove up to drive my sled home, I for sure would be calling in tomorrow!

 

[snirtman3]

Exactly why I made it a rule years ago not to ride on weekends. I'm assuming none of these guys were drinking alcohol before getting back on their sleds! Pictures like these give non-snowmobilers more ammunition to portray us as a bunch of crazy drunks. Looking at all the fresh snow, you would think everyone would be out enjoying the great conditions instead of sitting in a bar.

What?...chill out man...pure speculation

 

[catalac]

Looks like a good time. Glad to see UP business's packed

I was thinkin the same thing.

 

[slimcake]

Headed home from there last friday. Was turning into a chit show. I did hear that the bug bar was serving between 700-900 people on the weekends. Thats why we come up sunday and go home friday!!!