Drummond Island Michigan, August 2021
WOW 2021 at Estes Park Colorado - July 11-16th, 2021
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Spring Time in Tennessee - April 15-19th, 2021
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Holly Oaks ORV Park -February 6th 2021
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SNO* BLIND Pre-Run January 24th 2021
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Holly Oaks ORV Park - September 26th 2020
Wolverines Out West (WOW)- Rocky Mountain National Park July 13-17th 2020
The 2020 WOW trip will take our adventurers this year to Estes Park the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. What started out as about 20 vehicles has been whittled down to 6 due to COVID-19. As our trailmaster was one of the many who had to cancel the trails were split up amongst the balance of the group,. This way everyone had a stake in the trip and got the chance to be a leader for the day. The old saying if your not the lead dog the scenery never changes but it does anyways in Colorado. Each day is planned for a different area, unique trails and of course the varied terrain/scenery and pictures too!
West Branch June 20th 2020
Rocks & Valleys Event May 15th 2020
Sno*Blind Event February 14th-16th 2020
Sno*Blind PreRun February 1st 2020
Silver Lake Sand Dunes October 19-20th, 2019
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West Branch September 21, 2019
Rausch Creek OHV Park, Pennsylvania August 24-25th 2019
Bundy Hill July 13, 2019
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The Mounds June 15th, 2019
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Daniel Boone Backcountry Byway May 25-26th, 2019
Silver Lake Sand Dunes April 28th, 2019
Sno*Blind February 8-10th 2019
Gleaners Food Bank Oct 27th
The Wolverines filled individual bags and added items for previously packed bags then had lunch at Aubree's pizza. You will have to ask the attendees what they were doing in the picture below.
Left to right: Phil, Linda, Paul, Joann, Cindy, Layne, John (Woody) and in the back row Joe and Bob.
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Silver Lake October 20th-21st
West Branch Area September 15th
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Drummond Island August 25th
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The Jeep Festival June 23rd
The Jeep Festival was put on by the Two-Trackers another Great Lakes club and was hoping to raise $40,000 for charity this year. They had an obstacle course which for $20.00 you could do it as many times as you like or ride along with a volunteer. They also had a show and shine plus extensive vendor area. Layne, Brian and Paul represented the club as we will plan on not only attending but also doing some of their events next year!
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Silver Lake Sand Dunes
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This year we had Phil & Linda, Matt & Linda, Christen and Nickolas, Brian & Kinny, Bill & Nancy and Kevin. We had 2 guests Dave & Hannah with their red Cherokee and RJ with his side by side. Supposedly Bill & Nancy had to winch themselves out during the poker chip scavenger hunt. Bill also got the chance to winch Phil out of the trees on a down hill dune. Something about Phil and articulation. Afterwards Bill & Phil got another chance to winch a grand Cherokee out of the trees where it had slid down. It was a foggy day with low visibility. The weekend we chose which was also the pre-runner invasion was probably not the our best choice.
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Spring Time in the Smokies
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The only thing better than the weather was friends four wheeling together. We were able to do trail 1 over to 2 and 3. It was a muddy day and somewhat challenging here and there with the deep ruts. After a river crossing we hit trail 19 and then back to 13 after doing a mini loop. Some may say we were lost but it was less than a 1/10 of a mile loop to figure out our mistake. Some were able to do the trails in 2wd for awhile. Broken 4wd nylon bushing but a quick trail fix and back in business.
Day 2 was the sand mine trail. It was challenging both on the main trail and the bypasses. We saw first hand full articulation and the tire was still 3' off the ground. A big black snake (non-poisonous) hung around while we adjusted and worked on some clutch linkage. A little sandstone in the bead led to a tire changing demonstration. Once we reached the widow maker it was all down hill from there! Rocks and more rocks with ruts here and there made for an interesting ride. We had one Jeep that performed a permanent sway bar disconnect by snapping the bracket on the axle. A couple of scrapes and bruises (both Wolverines and vehicles) were patched up along the way. We had 5 vehicles and 11 Wolverines and covered quite a bit of trails in two days. Next time we will hit the eternal flame and elk viewing towers (well maybe!).
Day 2 was the sand mine trail. It was challenging both on the main trail and the bypasses. We saw first hand full articulation and the tire was still 3' off the ground. A big black snake (non-poisonous) hung around while we adjusted and worked on some clutch linkage. A little sandstone in the bead led to a tire changing demonstration. Once we reached the widow maker it was all down hill from there! Rocks and more rocks with ruts here and there made for an interesting ride. We had one Jeep that performed a permanent sway bar disconnect by snapping the bracket on the axle. A couple of scrapes and bruises (both Wolverines and vehicles) were patched up along the way. We had 5 vehicles and 11 Wolverines and covered quite a bit of trails in two days. Next time we will hit the eternal flame and elk viewing towers (well maybe!).
Rocks & Valleys
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We are changing the name to Rocks, Valleys and SNOW!! The snow was able to add a bit more challenge to the trails. Once you churned up the snow it was even slicker on the dirt/mud providing very little traction.
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Sno*Blind Expedition
West Branch, Michigan
February 9-11, 2018
For 2018 we had Mickal G, Bill & Elizabeth W., Eric, Kristen-Ava-Knowlton P., Paul P. and Bill & Nancy G. attend. Not much snow but all in all a good 24th annual event. Mickal was a Sno*Guide once again and led a group out on Friday and Saturday. The night runs were well attended and most were back by 10:30PM. As a club we were not very lucky when it came to the raffle prizes this year. Bill won a sweatshirt and Nancy got a T-shirt. Our biggest winner was Knowlton who pulled the 50/50 ticket and the winner gave him $$$. Next years event will be February 7-10th. Call now for room reservations as this will be their 25th!!
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Sno*Blind Pre-Run
West Branch, Michigan
January 13, 2018
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Our January run was a day trip to West Branch to pre-run the Sno*Blind trails. The group performed trail maintenance and ensured that the trail was passable. Mike G. was leading the group and found a large water hole that was covered with about 6-inches of ice. His Toyota became an ice breaker right before it became the Titanic. He not only broke through the ice but managed to lodge the ice sheet under the rear axle. After a couple of pictures and discussion of how thick the ice was he was strapped backwards by Paul P. under the guidance of Bill W. The group then honed their ice carving skills and chopped the ice up so not to capture the next unsuspecting trail rider.
They were also able to remove a couple of downed trees that were locking the trail The group had fun while performing the trail maintenance. This marks the 23rd year that Mike has attended while Paul has attended about 20 or so. Bill is looking forward to his first Sno*Blind event this year. |