Memories of Past New Years Adventures

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Recap #3 Summer 2023

 

Recap #2 Spring / Summer 2023

A bit of street hockey and a flashback to my son’s Jr A Hockey bio.

New pickup, 2023 Ford F350 to carry my Four Wheel Camper. Ordered the F350 in October 2022 and it arrived at dealership in May 2023. 

Ordered F350 exactly the way I wanted it… For the engine, 7.3 gasser, lower gearing for my load, camper/snowplow package for extra load capacity, FX4, skid plates and upgraded shocks. Dual battery, black out package, custom interior, 12,000 Warn Winch. I have a 4300 pound payload and about 16,000 pound towing. Swapped out tires and wheels for a set of “Black Rhino” wheels, Falkin Wildpeak tires, 35x12.5x18 tires.

Got in a bit of Minnesota backcountry snowboarding… haha! Hiking a good hill with a bit of tree snowboarding in farmcountry. 

 

A Bit of Recap on 2023 / Starting Spring of 2023

 

Good times exploring a northern Minnesota lake on my 2022 Ski Doo Summit. 

Road trip through central Wisconsin. A fat tire mountain bike race with Team LAMERE.

Road tripping Wisconsin. Snowboarding in the bluff country of the Mississippi River, big hills. Did some snowboarding and hiking back up. Crazy, found a hill, about 250 feet vertical in a picked cornfield. Spent afoul 3 hours hiking and riding the snowboard.

Montana Snowboard Road Trip / Backcountry Hike up Hyalite Canyon / Bridger Bowl Ski Area

On da road, drive till 1:00am, duck into a rest stop along highway. Turn on the furnace in da Four Wheel Camper, nice and cozy inside 65 degrees, outside at 6 degrees. Fold out the couch and there is no need to pop up the top on camper. Plenty of room. 

350 miles first night of driving, 650 miles next day. 1000 miles to Bozeman, Montana. Arrived after 650 mile day in Bozeman at 4:30pm. Plenty of time to wander around Bozeman & pick up supper for back at hotel. 

At Bridger Bowl, 16 miles up the road from Bozeman. There is no lodging at Bridger, so there is a daily pilgrimage up the mountain road each day. That part of the beauty of Bridger, people aren’t just hanging out, they are there to snowboard or ski.

It cool that I can just pop up my FWC in the lot and have a place to get dressed or organize for the day on da mountain.

Sundown after a good day on the snowboard.

I saw many Four Wheel Campers in Montana, I actually bought my FWC in Bozeman in 2020. My FWC and F350 Ford next to a FWC mounted in a Ford Ranger.

Beautiful waterfalls we reached on a hike up into Hyalite Canyon. We were able to witness some ice climbers along hike. This is some true backcountry surrounding the Hyalite Canyon area.

Classic Ford 4x4. 

Livin’

A bit more snowboarding at Bridger Bowl. A great trip with good variety and meeting many likeminded adventurers. I learn things on every adventure.

1008 miles back to Minnesota. Exited Bozeman at 7:00pm, drove till 1:30am. Same plan as on trip out. Stopped for the night at a highway rest stop. Got a solid 5 1/2 hour sleep and finished road trip next day.

Ride on!