Past-E-Mail: Cam Notes - 2006: May: May 05-06 |
By Mary Drew at Pasty Central (Mdrew) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 04:07 am: Women on Wheelers... catchy name for this group, who prove that us gals can and WILL do anything to get a Superior view. Taana Kalliainen documented the trip these women made through mud puddles and ditches, while getting stuck and just a bit dirty. They had a little coaching from the guys on the proper way to maneuver their ATV's through the beaver pond and muck, but this group of women rode hard and by the end of the day were covered in just as much mire as the men. For more shots from start to finish, check out Taana's slideshow on the ride out to Wolf Point. By JARMO ITÄNIEMI (Japei) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 04:46 am: By Brent in UPstate NY (Brent) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 06:03 am:
Makes me think of the 'personals ad': By jeffryeleconte (Upwannabee) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 06:24 am:
GOOD MORNIN, By Margaret, Amarillo TX (Margaret) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 06:27 am: What a way to initiate spring! By WishingIWasInDaUP (Sur5er) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 07:00 am:
Looks like you had fun, Taana...makes me wish that I had been there, to join in on the fun :) By Deb S. (Usedtobeayooper) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 08:05 am:
Thanks Sur5er, Right on top of things again! Brent's post does come BEFORE yours, you know. But thanks for the warning anyway. By Taana Kalliainen (Taanarae) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 08:31 am: Thanks guys! We had such a blast on this ride. I think we did almost 100 miles total. I'd do it again in a heartbeat, mud and all as that's the best part. By Tracie K (Tracie) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 08:36 am:
That's my sister! Wish I would have been up there to go wheeling. But then we probably would have fought over who got the machine... ;) By Alicia Fachet (Skexie) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 08:44 am:
That looks like great fun! I'm so jealous, being from Chicago, there aren't many places around here you can do THAT! By Gary W. Long (Gary_in_co) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 08:55 am: Any speculation what the two guys are doing in the woods in the upper right side of the second photo? Recycling beer, perhaps? By JanieT (Bobbysgirl) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 08:58 am: Yes! ATV's are a lot of fun! We use ours more than the snowmobiles by far! By Tracie K (Tracie) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 09:26 am: LOL...that should say WISH Taana a Happy Birthday! By Shelly Harwood (Shelly) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 10:24 am: Wow that looks like great fun!! You're never too old to play in the mud!!! By Liz B (Lizidaho) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 10:29 am: Go you women! Thank your honeys for showing you how to get through the mud holes. And, when you have the girls ride, you will know how. What great men you all have!! They enjoyed, I'm sure, giving you "more tools in your back pockets" to have a grand time!! By Capt. Paul (Eclogite) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 10:53 am: Looks like springtime fun. I have to commend Taana and her group of ladies for what appears to be good, clean (or dirty, lol), "responsible" outdoor fun. Too many times all we see are the yahoos driving atv's that probably shouldn't have a drivers license in the first place, which in turn gives everyone a bad rap!! Driving in a safe controlled manner, such as Taana's group, is a lot of fun especially when you can see parts of the countryside where trucks can't go. However, it's when atv's are driven foolishly and irr-responsibly that serious damage occurs, as much or quite possibly more than industry causes. By David C Cloutier (Dccloutier) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 04:31 pm: It looks a bit like a "Jeep Thang". By Gordon Schmitt (Gordy) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 05:26 pm:
ahhhhhhh, couple more weeks and I will be out there on those trails, hopefully nice and muddy, last year everyone kept telling how muddy the trail to Gay would be and yawn, the machine was for the most part clean yet. By Shirley Waggoner (Shirlohio) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 06:45 pm: By Ms. Katie (Mskatie) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 07:10 pm: I've never ridden an ATV but sure wish we were still riding our Goldwing.Actually I always hoped to ride my own bike. You go girls! Happy birthday Taana when it gets here. By JanieT (Bobbysgirl) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 07:22 pm: Ms.Katie..one is never too old to learn to ride a motorcycle! I have had my motorcycle license for nearly 20 yrs. now. Learned to ride and owned a Harley til I injured my back and had to have surgery. I have a Honda now, a bit lighter than a Harley, but better for my back without giving up motorcycles altogether. My husband and I put a lot of miles together on the weekends. By Ruth (Rdrake) on Friday, May 5, 2006 - 11:10 pm: Pictures are great, I wonder what the beach property owners think of them on the beaches. Not much, I hear. Rdrake By me myself and i (Totally_me) on Saturday, May 6, 2006 - 12:05 am: Why called women on wheelers when the men have to help you through the holes???? By WishingIWasInDaUP (Sur5er) on Saturday, May 6, 2006 - 01:20 am:
Happy Birthday, Taana! :) By Bea Neveau (Bea) on Saturday, May 6, 2006 - 12:51 pm:
Hey now "me myself and i" By Nicole Frantti (Nicolefrantti) on Saturday, May 6, 2006 - 01:00 pm: What an awesome day of riding! Thanks for sharing your pictures Taana . . . I didn't have a camera with me. Did I make the "wall of shame"? LOL! ~nicole~ By Bea Neveau (Bea) on Saturday, May 6, 2006 - 01:30 pm:
Hey Nicole, By Taana Kalliainen (Taanarae) on Saturday, May 6, 2006 - 01:33 pm:
Hey there guys! Just to clarify some things. None of us girls got stuck! We were the pros! :) A couple of the guys did have a bit of trouble and they had to get out a chainsaw to move a tree that had fallen but other than that the WOW had no problems. The guys were there to help if needed ;). By Bea Neveau (Bea) on Saturday, May 6, 2006 - 01:50 pm:
Go Taana.............. it's your birthday! By WishingIWasInDaUP (Sur5er) on Saturday, May 6, 2006 - 03:23 pm: Bea, Nicole, Taana, and the rest of the WOW ladies ...you ladies rock :) What a sense of adventure you ladies have...and such a wonderful bond. Hope your group is still around when I eventually move to the UP, cuz my motto is 'live hard, play hard' ;) By Bea Neveau (Bea) on Sunday, May 7, 2006 - 02:46 pm:
Good Day All, By M. B. (Missy) on Sunday, May 7, 2006 - 09:54 pm: I am an avid woman four wheeler in the Keweenaw. It is one of my passions in life. However, the slideslow made me cringe! Holy Cripe! I sure do not want to be a passenger with some of those riders on an ATV! Sorry! Some (...all) of you need lessons. I hope no one got hurt! Man-o-Man! By Nicole Frantti (Nicolefrantti) on Monday, May 8, 2006 - 10:33 am: Apparently M.B. (Missy)'s sense of adventure is nothing like ours! There were 32 ATV's and 2 MULES on the ride, and not a single person got hurt, but we were all REAL MUDDY! *note* The only ones with passengers were driving the MULES . . . riding a single person ATV with 2 people would be unsafe. By Taana Kalliainen (Taanarae) on Monday, May 8, 2006 - 11:45 am:
Ok, I wasn't going to reply to M. B.'s comment since Nicole already did, but I felt I had to. By Michael Du Long (Mikie) on Monday, May 8, 2006 - 12:01 pm: Taana, Glad you had fun whis I was young enough to ride with you gals. Never been on a 4 wheeler but owned a Jeep once.Kids all learned to drive it. We were on our family forty acres when a neighbor came over to shoo us off. Mil got all over him for trespassing.He thought he had the right to hunt on our property, boy did Aggie let him know. By WishingIWasInDaUP (Sur5er) on Monday, May 8, 2006 - 01:54 pm: M.B., I didn't see anything unsafe being done in any of these slides. If anything, I do believe I would gladly nominate any of the WOW women, to teach ATV riding/safety courses, after watching the slide show of the rough terrain they covered. By Bea Neveau (Bea) on Monday, May 8, 2006 - 02:32 pm:
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