2008 Club Trip Photos are posted on our Blog Photo Gallery (click the blog link above)
2008 CLUB TRIP!
The 2008 club trip was a great success. We spent February 1-3 at Mt. Chase Lodge on Shin Pond for a weekend of riding, food, and entertaining conversations. While the Bangor Area received rain, we enjoyed 6-8 inches of snow! The trails were in excellent shape on Friday and Sunday, and we broke trails for much of the day Saturday. A great time was had by all. As many as 16 snowmobilers enjoyed the riding during the weekend and approximately 300 miles of riding was accomplished during the weekend. Photos of the weekend will be posted on our blog in the next couple of days.
E911 !!!
The Orrington Trail Riders' snowmobile trail system is now included in the regional E911 database. What does that mean to you?? Having our trails in the E911 system will greatly reduce response time to accidents by helping dispatchers send responders to the correct location. We have coordinated and are prepared to work closely with Orrington Fire-Rescue by responding with them to the nearest road crossing and transporting medical personnel and equipment to and from an accident scene. We will also transport victims with the rescue-boggan that is stored at the Fire Station.
We recently responded to a Statewide effort to include snowmobile trails in the E911 database by sending our GIS trail data files to the State of Maine. We are one of only a couple clubs who are on the system thus far. Hopefully we will not need to test the system!
SEE OUR UPDATED ONLINE CALENDAR AT: http://pub6.bravenet.com/calendar/show.php?usernum=469932651
SEE TRAIL CONDITIONS PAGE FOR UPDATED INFO.
CLUBHOUSE NEWS...
If you missed the last couple meetings, we made an announcement regarding the future of our clubhouse. Central Maine Power has indicated that they would like to purchase our clubhouse and property for a planned expansion of the powerline. They offer to relocate us to a new property in town. This could be a good opportunity for our club to upgrade our clubhouse facility. We need to plan our future carefully and make wise decisions regarding what we need to function efficient as a club.
Please attend the monthly meetings in the coming months to help plan our future. Hopefully a new facility and new equipment will generate enthusiasm and spark some interest within our club.
PAST NEWS:
2007 LANDOWNER DINNER
The landowner appreciation dinner was a success again this year. The people that did attend were very appreciative. A big thank you to all that provided dishes and who helped at the event. We had plenty of food thanks to Laurie who generated great participation from our club members.
VINTAGE RIDE-IN & COOKOUT
The 2008 Vintage Ride-In and Cookout was cancelled because of low snow cover. Our 5th Annual Vintage Ride-In and Cookout was held on Sunday February 25, 2007 on top of Kings Mountain. The cookout was a rousing success again this year with between 175 and 200 people cycling through. The number of vintage sleds was down a little this year, but the number of children (and children at heart) was up. A family fun activity is what it is really about. Thank you to all that joined us, we had a great time!
WE ARE BLOGGERS NOW
We now have our very own blog that we have setup to open communication between our club members and between the community and our members. You are free to post comment on existing discussion. All that you need to do is go to www.OTrailRide.blogspot.com and you are there.
Email OTrailRide@aol.com if you have any trouble with the blog or if you have any questions.
