b'Club News2018/19 season, setting a new club record for TMAs sold for the fourth year in a row! Three of our volunteers attended the VAST Spring Construction Seminar in Barre and returned with some new knowledge and ideas. We plan on sending some members to volunteer at the VAST Annual Meeting in September as it is Caledonia countys turn to host. A few projects we have planned for this fall include the usual brush cutting, checking on the condition of bridges and seeing if we need to re-deck any, and getting some signs replaced. We are always looking for new volunteers. If you dont mind giving up a Saturday and coming to help us out with a trail project, wellLarry Dwyer, Bonnie Dwyer, Ken Thorpe, Dave Kaufman, Jessica Carvalho, Cindy Locke, give you a free TMA in exchange!Eli Piette, Dave Frizzell, Rick Ringgard, Rhea Ringgard, Dave Perrault gather for a photo at Please contact Gary LambertonNEMBAfest.if interested. Keep checking our Facebook page for updates as we movediscourage the tremendous crowd closer to Fall.from enjoying pancakes, sausage,ESSEX Thats it for us. We hope everyone isVermont maple syrup, juice andCOUNTYenjoying this nice weather but thinkingcoffee. We had a visit from VAST about snow! As always, be safe, respectExecutive Director Cindy Locke, who the landowners property, and pleasecongratulated us for supporting the dont litter our beautiful trails. community.Taylor Lamberton, PresidentFollowing the pancake breakfast, we Kevin McDonnell, Vice Presidentheld our annual picnic, cooking on Al buckaroosof302.comRobertsons rotary suspension grill.Brighton Snowmobile ClubLike us on Facebook Our club has had t-shirts printed on blue, green, yellow and pink shirts.It seems summer has really come Anyone interested in ordering oneafter a long, wet, and cold spring. should contact the club secretary atIt is a bit difficult to think about ldysky@myfairpoint.net. We plan tosnowmobiling. However, there are a have sweatshirts also. These will be onfew memories that do remain, such as sale at VAST Annual Meeting. all the grooming that was done. Our Lyndon Sno-Cruisers three groomers and tireless operators Speaking of which, VAST Annualgroomed approximately 8,336 miles Summer has finally gotten into fullMeeting is the next event on ourin 1,623 hours of sleepless nights last swing. The construction seminaragenda. Caledonia county will bewinter.is complete, construction grant-in- hosting it at Northern VermontThere is always a lot of late spring aid applications are submitted, andUniversity in Lyndon on Sept. 7work and still many summer projects fundraisers are finished. We hadfrom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. See the two- to do before the next season. Most of two bridges float away, but luckily,page advertisement in this issue forthe trail signs have been pulled up, both bridges were found intact. Thisdetails. Plans indicate that it will be anropes taken down, and gates closed. A summer, we will tow them back tointeresting day for all snowmobilers. new track has been installed on one of their proper locations, then attach andThe shiny blue snowmobile is sleepingour three groomers. Work on culverts sink weights so they do not float awayas I write this, so I did not ask for anyand bridge construction on Corridor again on another Tom Sawyer journey. special summer advice. 114 is being done this summer. Our fundraiser pancake breakfast forLarry Dwyer, SecretaryWeyerhauser Logging has provided the Kingdom Trails NEMBAfest waslyndonsnocruisers.comour club with a brand new, beautiful held at the Wildflower Inn on June 29Like us on Facebook bridge up on the Henshaw Road, for and 30. Since we share some sectionswhich we are very thankful. We still of trails, we like to help them withhave other bridges and culverts to the event. The poor weather did notrepair, stones to remove on Corridor 26 | Snowmobile VERMONT'