worked great for me.

this is what you want...

gabearntson@hotmail.com

 

how would Labor Day weekend sound to everyone? it is a long weekend so that means one more day of riding and usually it is very nice out and everyone wants to do this kind of stuff during that weekend anyways just to get away and get into the great outdoors. oh and my e-mail is weez440@yahoo.com. and should we post this in other parts of this forum like the yamaha polaris honda well all of them so anyone that wants to go can. and if we get enough people together maybe there is some kind of fundraising we can do for like atvam or something to keep our sport going like everyone kick in 5 bucks make this a yearly thing. if we get enough people together might do some good for atving specially in minnesota.

 

if we get this figured out early enough we could even turn it into a relly big ride

 

Labor Day Weekend would work for me. And I think you are right weez. If we all donated a few bucks to improving, and developing new ATV trails in Mn, it would benefit all of us

 

FYI - Last I checked there wasn't a open campground or hotel available (was looking last october) for the 2006 labor day weekend anywhere near Gilbert. We have to pay a deposit to get a camp site a year in advance up there. We do - so its not a problem but others are going to find it difficult on that weekend. Labor day, 4th of July and Memorial day - all pretty well booked well in advance for lodging. Alternately would be to look at non-holiday weekends. But lodging anywhere near Gilbert is tight. They closed the Biwabic Inn, and the Aurora hotel was closed for a while. It might be again open but thats like 30 miles from the OHV park. There were also some hotels in Virginia but we found those pretty booked up also - the ones still open.

The campground connected to the OHV park is hopelessly booked - I heard two years in advance.

Another idea is to link into the ATVAM connection as I believe they setup over-flow camping that can accomidate everyone - primative but somewhere to park. Or so I heard.

 

ya.....we realy need a non holiday weekend.
most holiday weekends are with family and inlaws.

i would love to see trails that go from town to town like the snomobile trails do.

since 4-wheelers are used more we should be able to get help with that.

 

I think having a weekend campout over Labor Day would RULE. I think instead of trying to find campgrounds, we should look for some time of event location. Perhaps there is a fairgrounds close? I have been very active in motorcycling and we used to hold our yearly event (about 1500 people) at a fairgrounds. I think this could be an amazing weekend if planned well.

Perhaps there should be a committee of sorts in charge of this instead of a single person. Even if it is small, having several people would make it a lot easier to get things done.

 

weez - I'm pretty sure I can't make the ride Labor Day week-end, but may be able to go for a putt later in the month. Anyone else up for a ride in the woods?

 

Thanks for the emails so far, I just picked up an ATV map from the DNR office not too long ago, once we get unpacked (and I find it!) we can start looking at an exact spot where to ride. Holidays are hard I think, as there are a lot of family things going on. This weekend I will get some dates picked out and we can vote on what would work the best. This will be fun! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

I'm open for a trail ride any time , I'll help where i can . deanz400@hotmail.com just let me know