I recently read an editorial from one of my counterparts
here at Harris Publishing and just had to chuckle about his topic and the
length he went to to describe it.
Harris Publishing puts out several magazines, including RiverJet & Outboard. Brady Kay is
the editor. In his editorial for the May/June 2007 issue he describes in
painful detail his "perfect day" of boating.
Brady talks about pizza for breakfast, big new pickups, a
fancy boat, a great jet boat ride up a river, movie stars, winning the lottery
and on and on and on.
Big deal.
I prefer the form of water long before it ever gets to any
river or lake.
That did get me to thinking, however, about what I consider
the perfect day of snowmobiling.
It's rather simple, actually.
Ride.
Ride all day.
Ride all day in 2-3 feet of fresh, untouched new powder.
Ride all day in 2-3 feet of fresh, untouched new powder with
blue bird skies overhead.
Ride all day in 2-3 feet of fresh, untouched new powder with
blue bird skies overhead with a group of no more than five or so riders.
Ride all day in 2-3 feet of fresh, untouched new powder with
blue bird skies overhead with a group of no more than five or so riders and
absolutely no one else in sight.
Ride all day in 2-3 feet of fresh, untouched new powder with
blue bird skies overhead with a group of no more than five or so riders and
absolutely no one else in sight but with towering mountains surrounding us and
affording us spectacular views and climbing opportunities.
Yea, that pretty much sums it up.
My perfect day.
Okay, maybe a nice steak dinner later that evening.
Unlike Brady, though, my perfect day can be reality. Sorry
Brady, Angelina Jolie is not going to personally invite you to a movie
screening. Nor is somebody going to drop a new navy blue Ford F-350 into your
lap anytime soon.
My perfect day was reality just last March when riding with
friends on the Duchesne Ridge in central Utah.
It was everything I described above to a T.
Except for the steak dinner part and you know what, I didn't
even care. It was a perfect day of riding.
Even without Angelina Jolie or a stretch limo or pizza for
breakfast.
Snow and sun-my perfect day.