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Whew! The weather gods provided just enough snow and ice depth to pull off the 22nd Annual “World’s Largest” classic snowmobile event in the Twin Cities of Minn. the last weekend in January.
With winter weather the warmest in recent history, the Ride-In Committee fretted. However, in the nick of time, a cold snap increased ice depth to at least 12-in. and provided adequate snow cover on the ice for the trail ride, ice drags and ice oval racing.
On the lake, it was clear that many participants were out for their first vintage ride of the warm winter. Although the trail ride was shortened to stay on the lake, some 426 antique and vintage riders made the circular circuit, many several times around!
Next year’s event will be held on January 26-27, 2013.
Speaking of the trail ride, we encountered three Moto Ski machines having fun and visited them when they stopped for a rest on the ice. Here it was three gentlemen from Boston, Massachusetts. One remarked that this fun on Lake Waconia was another check off on his “bucket list”. Another example of a long distance visitor was a real friendly guy who journeyed from Newfoundland, Canada. He explained that he lived farther east than any other state or province on the North American continent. This Canadian may well have garnered the long distance award!
There were vintage and antique machines of all makes and colors.