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Number 1, Volume 1 N e w s l e t t e r June 1, 2003
Origination of Name of Association
The name North Country seems like it is one of a number of obvious generic choices as part of the name of this organization, but there is really a deeper motive for using it. It is taken as part of the title of a book written about our area: Call It North Country, The Story of Upper Michigan, by John Bartlow Martin. The original copyright is 1944, with it being renewed in 1971 and the Foreword revised in 1986. It is published by Wayne State University Press and is usually available in local bookstores. It is a very interesting book that addresses the history of people, places, and events of our local area. Persons who enjoy history and ATV riding in our area could identify with the meaning of this book.
Revised Monthly Meeting Dates
Due to regular calendar constraints of several members, it was decided to change the monthly ATV Association meeting dates. The monthly meetings will now be held on the 2nd Thursday of each month. The next monthly meeting will be held on Thursday, June 12 at 7:00 p.m. at Jasper Ridge Brewpub.
Group Ride on Saturday, May 17
The U.P North Country ATV Riders Association held a scheduled ride on Saturday, May 17. Riders met with their ATV’s on trailers at the Jasper Ridge Brewery at 9:00 a.m. After waiting for 15 minutes, the seven of us trailered our machines to the end of the blacktop on Wolf Lake road in Champion Township. We decided to change our original plans of riding to L’Anse and Skanee; we headed north to catch a glimpse of the Silver Lake basin tragedy. At that time there was no proclamation of closing-off the area to the public. We then headed from there north on Snowmobile Trail 5 to Big Bay. We had some trying moments in “the mudhole” just north of Wildcat Canyon. It was extremely dusty from there to Big Bay. We arrived in Big Bay and had lunch/dinner at the Thunder Bay Inn. It’s a great place to eat and they were very accomodating to our muddy and dusty group. We then proceeded to gas our machines up; luckily they still had premium gas available. There was a gas shortage in Big Bay due to the flooding in Marquette. We then backtracked home and arrived back at our vehicles around 9:00 p.m. We had ridden roughly 90 miles on the trip. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. Although we had seven riders, the trip worked out very well. The reason for the lower turnout was due to a busy weekend with conflicting commitments for many members.
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