b'VAST NewsSAFETY AMBASSADOR PROFILE: TIM PARKBy Tim Park wanted it. After the meeting, the King In 1972, a friend invited me to comeof Snowmobiling, Mr. Carmi Duso, over to his house and try a snowmobiletook me aside and said it wasnt a around the meadows. I was hooked,bad idea, just ahead of its time. So, and the next day I had a brand newdont be afraid to offer ideas because Ski-Doo Elan in my dooryard. That setit gets other people thinking - and, just me back $600. I immediately startedmaybe, your idea will eventually get to help out on local trails and gotadopted.involved in several local clubs aroundIn the early 80s, the director from Rutland county. VAST was pretty new,Franklin county convinced me to go and when they decided to hire a trailwith his group to Quebec and check administrator, Victor Woods, I becameout their trails. I met Richard Trudeau, the first trails coordinator in Rutlandnephew to the Prime Minister of county. Canada, and we became good friends. Early on, I was always big on signingI spent the next 25 years riding in and better trails. My pet project wasQuebec and touring all over Quebec,Ambassadors represent VAST on and off to try and get all the local clubs tonorthern Ontario, Labrador, and thethe trails. Tim Park volunteered to work at join their trails together, especiallyeastern provinces. Three of those yearsthis years Yankee Classic tradeshow booth up in the mountains. In those days,I rode over 10,000 miles, and one yearin January. the old timers didnt like young ideasI started the last week of October and and rejected most of my plans. Steveended up at 12,200 miles. My longest Goodrich, from the Burlington area,trip was to Minnesota and back.Because most of my riding friends and I developed a plan to connect allIn the early years, I met a girl fromhave given up snowmobiling since areas around the state. We called itMontreal and paid her to help out with2010, Ive been riding more in the Corridor Trail System. We broughtthe language issues. Being a thriftyVermont and have been helping the idea to a directors meeting, andVermonter, I figured if I married herout on local trails. For the last three they said it was dumb and nobodythen I would save money. years, Ive been back again as Rutland county trails coordinator. Last year, I became a Safety Ambassador. Everything the volunteer job requires T HER ES NOis just the same as Ive been doing for 48 years now. Signing is still my BE T T ER T IMEbag, and both directional and safety signing are important. My own club, S.A.F.E, just finished signing all 10 of T O CRUSH A N Your intersections.Last year, I was stopped at an CONDI T ION intersection and a young couple came along who were lost. The intersection had the number and the trail number but no directional signage. The couple \x0e-YEAR WARRANTYdidnt have a map or the app on their phone and didnt know what + $,\x07\x06\x06 trail number they needed. 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