On the trails with Rural Cass Snowmobile Club

2011 Red River Sno-Riders Kick-off Party

Saturday, Dec. 3

Wild Rice Bar & Grill

Raffles and give-a-ways 6-9 pm

DJ:  9 pm – Midnight

Work progresses on the new warming house for the Rural Cass Snowmobile Club.  Electricity has been trenched to the building and the soffits and fascia are in place. Some of the latest pictures are included below.

At the annual Snowmobile North Dakota convention in October, the club was awarded a $356 grant to help pay for some of the costs of the warming house. If you are interested in making a donation, you can mail it to RCSC, PO Box 58, Casselton, ND 58012.

We’re not quite ready for sledding yet, what with no snow, but this training plan will get you in shape for snowmobiling this winter:

1. Go to your local snowmobile dealer, smile and give the first guy you see $200. This will get you used to spending money there on a regular basis.
2. Fill a 45-gallon barrel with sand. Lower it into a hole. Now lift it out. If you can, add water to the sand and try it again. Do this 5 times per day. This will get your back in shape for lifting your sled out of the deep snow.
3. Tie a rope to a heavy-duty spring. Pull the rope repeatedly with each arm until the pain in your shoulders meets somewhere in middle your back. This will get you in shape for starting your buddy’s sled, which he conveniently forgot was out of gas. It’s best to do this exercise while someone is spraying starting fluid into your nose and eyes also.
4. Place your hands in a bucket of ice water for 20 minutes. Put the carburetor from your lawn mower in the bottom of your deep freeze. Now climb in the deep freeze,  shut the lid and overhaul it while holding a pen light in your mouth. This gets you prepared to work on your sled in the freezing cold and black of night. Advanced riders do this with a Leatherman tool.
5. Put on a Balaclava and a full-face helmet. Attempt to drink hot chocolate through the opening. Advanced riders attempt this while riding a lawn tractor over in the nearest farmer’s plowed field.
6. Find a place where you can pay $6.50 a gallon for regular gas; $19.99 per gallon of oil; $16 for a Hamburger and frozen French Fries; $3 for a coke and $160 to sleep in a cold cabin on a bed with springs sticking through the mattress. Stay for two nights, minimum. This will prepare you on the high cost of your future winter trips.
7. Practice explaining to your banker why you need another loan for a $70,000 truck to pull the four $20,000 sleds, on your $15,000 trailer that you still owe $50,000 on.

Now, you are 50% ready, and somewhat conditioned to head for the trails and ride your sled.