b'Club Newsby purchasing grooming equipment for the first time. It was the support of our fellow club members stepping up to the plate to help get things done; the support from VAST to help us through; the 1000+ hours spent brushing, signing, connecting with land owners and trail sponsors every fall; the 300+ hours spent grooming in this low snow year - all of the stuff that is required to make the trails come together. It was club pride that was on my mind. Based on conversations with ridersDrift Dusters groom their new 2001 C trail with the Juliano Cat.on the trail, the thumbs up and big smiles as we pass by with the Tucker,neighboring club when their machineto take advantage of our trails. We the text messages and phone calls fromwas down.are already thinking ahead as to what members, and the support from theThere were some potential issueswork needs to be done for next years community we received, we shouldthat landowners had but we weresnowmobile season. We may have all be proud! We are all part of a veryable to work through them with nosome new reroutes to consider with special community, all brought togetherinterruptions to the trail network.new homes and camps being built. We under VAST.We greatly appreciate and thank thelook forward to being able to get back Even though the snow is prettylandowners who grant us access toto our in person monthly meetings much gone, the work continues. Thistheir properties.and gatherings. Thank you for your summer will be another busy one as weOur next big activity will be closing upcontinued support. Happy Spring!continue to improve and create betterthe system in a few weeks. We do haveNancy Rodgers, Club News Correspondent trails and better riding experiences.some planned reroutes and a bridgeglovertrailwinders.com The riding season was short this year,or two to do this summer. Our nextLike us on Facebookbut we still want to say thank you toclub meeting will be April 1, starting everyone who enjoyed our trails andat 7 p.m. at our clubhouse located in was part of our season. HopefullyCarpenter Park on Lowery road. Keep next year the snow gods will be withwatch on our Facebook page for the us! Over the summer, check out ourlatest trail status and events. As always, Facebook page to see when we will bebe careful and have fun!working on projects and what we are up to! Jim Wild, Media ManagerDrift DustersAndrew Connell, Vice PresidentLike us on FacebookLike us on Facebook Mother Nature continues to do battle ORLEANSwith our snowmobiling. I often groom COUNTY Monday mornings but sit here now as it is pouring rain out. Temperatures are supposed to drop and start snowing, so keep doing those snow dances!The Drift Dusters Snowmobile Club has been very busy this year, grooming Washington Snow Flyers round the clock many days and Here it is March 12, and we just hadGlover Trailwinders nights to keep the trails smooth for our three-day spring melt down.Snowmobile Club your riding pleasure. Our Groomer Wasnt much base but what wasCoordinator, Dan Gosselin, and all there was dense. Our trail system isWe would like to take this opportunityhis operators have been doing an currently at caution status. Most ofto thank all of the landowners foroutstanding job keeping things smooth. the surrounding clubs are closed, soallowing us to maintain our trailsOur Juliano Cat has been out daily as we are sort of land locked. Hopefully,on your land and for the privilegewell, keeping our 2001 and 2001 C trails you had a chance to sample our trailsof being able to ride on your land.smooth. Our Derby Cat is starting to this season. The volunteers did anAt this time it appears that ourput on the miles and is getting a little excellent job keeping them smooth andsnowmobile season is at the end, ortired. We are in negotiation to purchase open. We had a groomer breakdowncoming to an end. We would like toa brand new cat and drag for next year, or two but our volunteers workedthank our groomers Jim Rodgers,so please keep supporting us. hard to minimize downtime. We evenMitch Brousseau, and Nick Baker forOur membership has grown this year provided some grooming services to agiving us some great trails to ride on.and we are around 1000 members, We hope that many of you were able 24 | Snowmobile VERMONT'