Think of me when you see this gang

[kenvb]

not sure any of you remember our trail system but, after you cross the river behind Millar Western, you turn east and go up Mollers Hill., sledding past 3 of these Pipeline risers.last 3 yrs I work in summer for freind who has been sandblasting and painting for Pembina Pipe for 35 yrs, hes 65 and works harder than guys half our age.has had hip replacement,back fused together,I need both of those operations, hopefully this winter..any way, I sandblasted and painted this big one ,...think of me sledding by it this winter.

 

[Summiteer]

not sure any of you remember our trail system but, after you cross the river behind Millar Western, you turn east and go up Mollers Hill., sledding past 3 of these Pipeline risers.last 3 yrs I work in summer for freind who has been sandblasting and painting for Pembina Pipe for 35 yrs, hes 65 and works harder than guys half our age.has had hip replacement,back fused together,I need both of those operations, hopefully this winter..any way, I sandblasted and painted this big one ,...think of me sledding by it this winter.

Hopefully all we will be able to see is the top of the valve indicator sticking out of the snow

 

[Summiteer]

Ken's garage just burned to the ground this evening.

 

[medler]

he ok?

 

[TylerG]

Ken's garage just burned to the ground this evening.

holy chit! thoughts are going out to him!

 

[kenvb]

yup.im ok, face burns,right arm, hair trimmed a bit, garage is toast.,both my old sleds,. quad, gold wing., 40 yrs worth of tools., have basic insurance, on tools non on Gold wing., but Quad was covered and both sleds. .and had friends 08 F150 in garage too, installed new tonneau cover. started working on the old 66 Ski Doo. gas needed draining ,was 10 yrs old, didnt even stink like gas, shut off power to furance and started draining gas, and then Wooof, whole end of shop was flames, used both my fire extinquishers ..no use, tryed to get friends truck out, no much smoke, then tryed getting quad out of the lean too, no keys. ran into house, called 911 rest is history..

 

[DDrake]

Sorry sight to see. Glad you are ok.

 

[kenvb]

yup, Im ok, now arguing with Insurance Adjustor, my tools werent seperatly insured.so there offering 10% of there value. had 5 boxes full, my dads, my sons, mine, and there offering half of what will cost to rebuild the garage???

Hey, heres the Piperiser today .same one as above,snow is 3 to 4 ft deep off the groomed trails, here I am cutting another snowladen tree,
Please take along a hand saw or powersaw if coming to our trails, will help us groom more rather than cut trees, We 3 Groomers are all over 60,one is 73? this is tough going for us.

in the plus side,Eagle Staging area parking lot was cleaned yesterday , and trail from staging area - to Carson cabin is groomed today. we plan on grooming to Gundys cabin again Monday.If anyone plans to ride north to Carson lake and Swan Hills, carry a power saw and hand saw please, will help us Groom faster.