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Yep. I see it every where that if you want to save $10000 per year, all you have to save is $27/day. I was at a stop light yesterday and the guy begging for handouts was talking on his cell phone....lol Look at what stores are in all the new strip malls. 75% fast food.

My son won’t be a snowmobile owner. He’s talked about renting in Revelstoke but I doubt he will ever do that unless I’d go with him. The boomers grew up with sleds and have/had the disposable income to afford it. As they leave our numbers will drop. Go to a car show and look at all the grey haired car owners there. The numbers are dropping there too. Things changes.

Sounds like there is a lot more reasons for failure there then just a soft market.

We got warnings here 6-7 years ago that costs for delivery would be increasing drastically due to rising cost to rebuild the infrastructure based on demands being placed on an aging system. And what has happened to those costs in the last 5 years? Got to pay to play.

Trying this for the first time with YouTube.

Ya, couple of false starts to spring this year. Looks like another week of low temps before spring takes hold. The snow made for some good deer pictures though.

Not surprised. At this point, it looks like this will be my worst year in business since I started 27 years ago. I got my first call for a swimming pool in 4 months on Monday. Hearing the same from other companies. With interest rates coming down, we all thought that this year would pick up after 2 bad years but the orange man down south has screwed that completely. Tariffs are starting to hit my industry now. Only getting worse from here.

From what I read, it’s a land use agreement issue. It’s been resolved with a reroute but it won’t be in place until next year.

Left from Alma today. Up to Palmerston and back. Just a short run with the wife to finish the season off. Base is still good mostly but the traffic and the warm sun are taking its toll on the bush trails. Took the Cat out to burn last year fuel out of it and forgot it’s not a fan of warm weather. Had to stop once and peel the panels to get her cooled off before crossing a bridge. Other than that she still runs great. Cleaning them up tomorrow and putting them away. I’m done.

I have a crewcab longbox and a 23’ trailer. There is one house on the road and I turned around using his driveway. A shorter truck and trailer could turn around at the dead end.

Selinger Rd. People park along Side road 15. Seen a couple trucks there today. Also seen a couple trucks parked at the Woodlawn Mennonite Church on Wellington Rd 11 today.

At the top of Conestoga Lake.

Conestogo Lake, to Teviotdale to Clifford to Gorrie to Atwood. Sitting Listowel at the A&W having lunch. Mostly good, some great, nothing bad. Only one washout south of Brussels with an easy go around. only seen 4 sleds before noon. Seen plenty since but not your normal Saturday traffic.

Hmmm...lol I didn't have much hope for anything below Conestoga Lake. Every time I refresh my data I see more clubs reopening though.

I believe he is Mennonite but not horse and buggy type.

My Mach is lighter than a Indy XC S4. Hell, even a Sidewinder with EPS is lighter. That S4 is a big girl with no power.

I agree. Conestoga Lake is now open. I’m hoping Listowel and Palmerston open and I’ll be good to go. Big loop available if you wanted to start in Orangeville and go to Chesley. I don’t see any problem with snow cover. It will be water that’s the issue.

So far.... Mount Forest says they won't, too wet. Barrie said they were grooming tonight and reopening tomorrow. Orangeville plans to reopen what they can. Maitland plans to reopen. I'll be riding somewhere on Saturday.

I've heard its heavy too.

If anyone near me wants one of the Skidoo cell phone holder pouches with the built in warmer, I have one I won’t be using.

Noticed that too. Lots of Facebook announcements saying "That was a great year". Let's have some hope that the TWN is wrong. I know it won't be great but I'm hoping some areas escape the bulk of the rain and can reopen Yellow.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AF11FQUw3/

Good info. I've often considered them myself but just never seem to get around to a serious look.

Came back from Mount Forest through Teviotdale, Conestogo Lake, Elmira and home in Bloomingdale. Not nearly as nice as the morning trails. The trail past Pike Lake was beat washboard, lots of traffic. Harriston, Teviotdale was good until we hit Conestoga Lake. More washboard, dirt showing in the corners and lots of sleds running around. Trail got a bit better once south of the lake but once you hit Elmira, the bush trails are getting thin, tops of the fields are showing through. Road crossing are soft and frost was coming out of the gravel roads. Im sure this was my last ride from home. Pics are just a couple miles from home. I’m sure by Thursday this trail will ice with no snow on the sides. We need a base like this on the first week of January, not March.

Rode from my driveway. In Mount Forest having lunch. Trails are in great shape. No complaints from the wife. This is the roughest section we’ve been on. Passed 3 sleds all morning.