kcbender,
well how'd you guys do at the Casino?I hope you did'nt blow all your Poker run winnings at the Casino.Chuck [he took second place] ran a tab for all eight of us in our group.Great guy.

I had a great time.I was hoping you guys could of stood Saturday night to.You guys ought to be ashamed of yourselves,riding the Highway most of the time instead of the trails.But,you did finish the event so thats all thats counts.

I still see my butt at the top of the Hotel staircase when Scott entered late at night saying,''RICH''.I loved my response to him.[Yah,I got some money,but you aint getting it]Hey,that was great the way I got you guys the room that late at night.Quad Father members deserve only the best.

Say hi to all=====Bill

We had an pretty good time.We wound up putting on 235 miles in two and a half days of riding.I was a little disappointed in my room though.Never in my life have I ever been to a motel without a TV in it.The food was excellant,the cook Brain did a great job to.Gail our waitress also did a nice job.Audrey [the manager]made sure us boys behaved ourselves.She was fun to.

Barry and myself were the first ones to arrive at the Motel Thursday afternoon.We road for about 40 miles and ran back to see if the rest of the boys had got in yet.They did.We saddled up again and went riding.We crossed some pretty shakey bridges.[these guys allways make me go first]Everyone made it across ok.We come upon a trail on our way to Newberry Mi.A tree was up rooted across our path so I decided to go into a swamp and around it.BAD CHOICE.I got stuck and Chuck pulled me out before things got worse.

Friday morning,eight of us had decided to start the Poker run.We had road and got eight of the ten poker run stamps needed for the entire run.

Saturday morning,we only had two stamps left to get,they were at Trout Lake.I thought that we had it made with only needing two more stamps,boy was I wrong.That Trout Lk trail near the power lines was bumpier than hell.I could;nt wait to exit it and get to Trout Lk.Dewayne had gotton his Warrior VERY stuck.It was more trouble than it had looked to get him out,but I did finally get him out.He was buried in some pretty nasty stuff.My Mud runners were digging in HARD.

ALL in ALL?I had a nice time,I was hoping to see more hills though.I probably wont be staying at the same motel if I return next yr.Not having a TV in your room is as primitive as Gilligans Island.I was also hoping for a bigger turnout of quads.Breakfast for these poker runs needs to start earlier than 8am to.Maybe next yrs runs will have more riders in it.They are talking about increasing the size of the run to maybe twelve stops instead of ten.Thats a lot of stops if your trying to make it in one day.Some of the riders took the State Highways instead of the trails.Im glad the DNR did'nt see them.Would I do this again?Probably.====Bill

Sorry, Bill! I posted my results on the Suzuki Forum, under jester's, post "King Quad Tips". But I agree with you. It was a good time and I also hope more guys come next time 'cause I'd like to go back. But I hope Rich sees this post that you've made so he can figure out how to make it even more enjoyable next year.
PS. You didn't have to mention, you got stuck...
Chuck, Suzuki KQ 300, GPS & lunch...

Bill, Would you please hush up about running the roads if the DNR finds me there goes the $$ I won from you.

Saturday night I paid for the room at the Soo and we all were winners at the Casino.

We also had TV at the hotel but when we tried to use the pool and hot tub we could not because someone S--- in the Pool.

Later the Road Runner