Drove by that motel I am guessing many times heading to and from Grundy lake, not far from the gas station if it is the same place I am thinking of - needs to be torn down, she is in rough shape!

Yea we were suppose to get their back-up.           I use to meet Paul Penfold  (Larry's Tavern, may god rest his soul) in the groomer anywhere from Woods Road south, Cramadog trails area to the east (he use to get pissed off when there trails sucked), all the way up well past Britt to tie the 'C' trail together for a trip to French and Pickerel river bridges. That's a relatively large area. Access north of Britt was lost due to deceased property owners of an old Motel where the trails ran behind, club was unable to track down any next of kin, sadly.   Not trying to create a pissing match, just feel so sorry for the Club Executive who have worked so hard.

Clubs no longer "have" groomers, Districts do. The District grooming committee which is made up of each clubs grooming coordinator make recommendations where the Districts groomers should groom and in who's care they under (assigned to).The District board which is made up of each club president/rep in the district approves or disapproves the recommendation.     Personally I think it's an absolute mess, not seeing as much pride of ownership and care and control as we used to. Where's the incentive for a club to work hard to fund raise to keep and maintain a fully tooled groomer shed, to maintain the equip they treated better then their own vehicles ??  Especially if there's neighboring clubs treating their assigned equip like a red headed step child, and never put a wrench to the equip, just call for big $$ service to come do it. In all my years involved I have never seen so many poorly maintained pieces of equipment as I have the past 5 or so years.  

Not sounding like a recipe for success on what appears will be a longer season.....not to jinx anything.   So with all that said, the club that was stated to have a groomer to replace the one they had that went to NL, but does not have the replacement unit still in hand/in their groomer shed & grooming their trails, would suggest they had enough trails for a groomer to begin with, but now another club is not letting it go. A groomer I assume would be assigned to a club or district for it to be used and inventoried at location xyz so should something happen to the club, district, etc....potentially a quarter million dollar asset is not MIA.   Sound like that 5mil grant will be quite easily absorbed with repairs, grooming hours and who knows....maybe some much needed new equipment.....