I know i don’t have an excuse for not writing, but i thought i’d share what we’ve been doing the past several days…

The transcontinental ditch that we’ve been maintaining in the Weminuche Wilderness suffered a blowout this spring. So we had a lot of work to do filling in a washed out hole in the ditch. In two and half days of work, we moved about 6 or 7 tons of dirt and material by horse and hand (as in pick and shovel!), and got the hole mostly filled…

Pictures on my mom’s blog

So that was our first mission to “the Ditch” this year. We’ll be going up there throughout the summer, but it won’t be so urgent.

 

As far as sleds go.. i haven’t gotten around to do my “summer work” – aside from stickers (to make them go faster, of course!). At this point, i’ll probably stick to inexpensive (relatively!) mods, and preventative maintenance…

breakdowns, summer edition…

It seems like I’ve said this before… I need more preventive maintenance in between riding seasons. This time, it was my dirtbike, rather then my sled, that broke down right into the riding season.

 

Going into the season, I knew I needed new tires. They weren’t that worn out, so I figured I could run them for a while. Not the case when the front went flat. No problem, I’ll get new tires. When I took the rear wheel off, I noticed the bearings were loose. Cool, just order a new set of bearings, and put them on when I get them. No hurry. That was the mistake. They went out on the second ride with the new tires. While they were at it, they tore up a couple more parts, too.

 

So that’s a quick update. I’ve been out of riding for a couple weeks now, and I’ve still got some “ride-less” time ahead….