As far as I know, noisome is not a proper word. Try noisy. As far as snowmobiling being a sport, just because you don’t like something doesn’t make it a non-sport. Also unless you have participated in the activity in question you have no credibility judging whether it is a sport or not. You are probably one of those people who think professional racing drivers are just out for a leisurely Sunday drive and require no athletic ability at all. Please keep your uninformed comments to yourself.
I can’t help it if you have a limited vocabulary and/or don’t have a dictionary. Noisome means offensive and disgusting, which is the way I feel about snowmobiles. But you’re right, they are noisy. There are many sports I don’t personally like, hockey being one, but I recognize it as a sport. I just happen to think that a “sport” using an engine is not a sport — fun, perhaps, even requiring skill – as in race car driving, but not a sport. Oh, and I have participated in snowmobiling, so I guess that gives me credibility. And as to “uninformed comments,” simply because my thoughts on this matter don’t meet with your approval does not make them uninformed. Last I heard, darling, this is a democratic forum.
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As far as week-long (or longer) trips, the outlook is bleak. I’d like to get to upstate New York, I’ve heard that Potter County Pennsylvania is a good spot to ride, and I still miss riding in northern Wisconsin. The closest “mecca” to me though is the UP – the next time I’m able to plan a week-long trip, that’s where I’ll be headed. Yellowstone is on my list of “wanna-goes”, but it won’t happen this winter. It’ll probably have to wait until the kids are old enough to ride. I think the trip you are asking about is called the Colorado Tour. Its put together every year by Jack Sheets and Jack Welch. They’ve been doing this for around 15 years. The “border to border” ride was just started two years ago.
What is obvious is that you are a consistent knee-jerk advocate of the degradation of the National Parks. Dave, one of the things that makes your posts so much fun to read and collect is your ability in just a few words to, stereotype, demonize, and generalize. In the above, your phrase “advocate of the degradation of the National Parks” uses the plural “parks”. Relative to the issue of the public use of snowmobiles in National Parks, my only interest is one park, Yellowstone; something you should have known if you had either been reading this newsgroup attentively, or read the posting history carefully.
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You should be aware that they do inforce the speed limit and that they are very serious about your not interfering with the wildlife. Respect is the key word in the Park. Also, if you take your own machine, and you have “modified” it, there are some rules that you have to be aware of… the one that I had a problem with is that if your track is cleated, you have to have a snow flap which touches the ground on a packed trail. Also, you can only ride on the trails, no off-trail riding in the park. I just got back from the International Falls and the Voyageurs National Park area.
Can anyone tell me about snowmobiling in Yellowstone? I took a day trip out of Flagg Ranch a couple of years ago when I was in Jackson for a ski vacation. It was the first time ever on a snowmobile for me. At first, 45 mph might as well have been the speed of light, but I admit I exceeded the limit to get back to the rental shop on time. I visited the Yellowstone Canyon area. I could have gone to Old Faithful instead.
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