On Apr 1, 12:50=A0pm, Jan Flora <snows...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> The article in today's ADN says Mackey's "foundation stud dog," Zorro,
is
> expected to recover from the snowgo wreck in the Sweepstakes Race.
> (I put that in quotation marks because I've never heard of a dog
> referred to that way before. The term is used for horses though.)
>
> Mackey says he's going to try to address the conflicts between mushers
> and snowgo drivers -- that near-misses are pretty common these days.
>
> The guy who ran into Lance's sled is going to pay all vet bills for
> Zorro. I'm glad to see the guy be standup, after such an unfortunate
> wreck.
>
> I know the mushers in my neighborhood stay way away from the commonly
> used snowgo trails, to avoid the yahoos who run flat-out all the time,
no
> matter how much alcohol they have onboard.
>
> A friend of ours wanted to buy a Super Cub. His wife wouldn't let him,
> so he bought a snowgo that will go faster than a Super Cub. Ha.
>
> =A0 =A0Jan
I wish someone would address the conflict between snowmachiners and
people. It is not safe to walk down these bike trails in the winter
without the fear of being run down by a snow machine doing about 50
miles an hour. The same goes for 4 wheelers in the summer.
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