Click on pictures to enlarge.Nebraska / blowing snow and semi trucks...ya!
On the road at midnight Sunday, hooked up with rest of the group in Omaha, Tim and his sons left Sunday and stay at relatives in Omaha. We've got two trucks heading west with 4 guys in each truck pulling two 4 place trailers. We are 500 miles into mid Nebraska as of 7:30 AM. It is about 1000 miles to our destination in Wyoming.
This is a yearly trip to Wyoming that started back in the spring of 2005 for me. The group dynamics changes each year with varying numbers and 1 or 2 new guys each trip. The largest group was 10 guys, the smallest group I went with was 6 one year. I missed the year that I broke my face in the spring of 2008. The core of the group, Tim, Brian, Alex, Spencer and I are back along with 3 new guys, 1 of which is a rookie. The other 2 guys, Andy and Jake have been out west several times with other groups. We like to get off the trail and boonedock. With different snow conditions each year we take what we get. With over 4 feet of fresh snow while we were out there last year we didn't put on as many miles, but everywhere we rode it was deep untracked powder. A few years back when the snow was deep, but it was set up more, then we were able to explore more areas further off the trail and with better visibility you can see the areas and sights. This year looks to be a bit of both conditions, with the mountains receiving about 4 feet of snow last week. The temps will be mild, low 20's during the day. Compared to the December trips where we saw daytime temps in the minus 0 figures.It's going to be a good trip, I'll be riding the M8 this trip. 4 other guys are riding Mountain Cats this year, This group used to be all Polaris except Craig with his Thunder Cat. GOOD TIMES!!
