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[QUOTE="KTM Mike, post: 1289438, member: 22658"] [b]Day 2:FANTASTIC single track,fun two tracks, meeting Wrong Way Willie[/b] Day 2: Some FANTASTIC top quality single track and fun two tracks, meeting up with Wrong Way Willie. A late start once again (which would become our norm), but we all were feeling quite good. The weather was perfect – a tad cool initially, then warming up nicely, but still comfortably cool. In the road and higher speed sections, you appreciated wearing a light windbreaker. We rode a few more miles on the Boon trail north of M-55 would then take us to single track heaven! Some absolutely outstanding single track trail! It was like event trail that was well burnt in, but had not yet been used in an enduro – nice and flowing, no whoops, no chop – nothing technical, but a rip roaring blast to ride. On top of the great trail, the scenery was great – some hill sides with views down through the trees in a mature hardwood forest, trillium flowers on the ground. I could of ridden that section back and forth for days on end. At one point I almost crashed as I was goose necking taking in the view. Occasionally, Mitch and I would sit and wait for Ted to get well out ahead of us, then rip on ahead. I could tell The Energizer Bunny was feeling good to – I could see him ahead flowing along the trail making that old Penton do what it was built for. After this we would have a fair bit of road sections, mixed in with more trail and two tracks. At one point we found what must of very recently been re-located trail – I could see markers on the trees, but barely a mark on the ground. Riding that little section (quite short actually) reminded me of riding on a very early minute in an enduro riding arrow to arrow. Soon, we found ourselves riding part of the Leetsville trail system. Leetsville was in great shape, appeared to be recently groomed. With the Poplar trees in full bloom, the ground would be covered with the white fuzzys (sorry don’t know the technical correct name) so well, it appeared we were riding through a fresh dusting of snow. Leetsville trail soon lead into the Kalkaska trails – again in great shape. All of us had ridden Leetsville and Kalkaska several times, so our familiarity kept us on track and making good time. North of Starvation Lake after where the trail crosses Mancelona road, Wrong Way Willie appeared for his first bigger role. Willie is one of those characters that can lead an unsuspecting group of riders astray rather easily. At first you can just barely catch a glimpse of him – standing there at a trail intersection, pointing the wrong way. These faint glimpses you usually realize the correct way pretty quickly. Then, sooner or later, you see him in a big way – there he is clear as daylight – pointing what ever way is the opposite of the way you are supposed to go. For some reason, even though you know you should go to the right, you go the way Willie is pointing. In some cases, Willie goes as far as removing trail markers just to confuse you further. If you are lucky, the 3rd or 4th rider in your group realizes what Willie is doing, and gets the first couple of riders headed the right way quickly – other times, Willie somehow fools all of you – and you find your self quite a ways down the wrong trail before you figure it out. We would meet up with Wrong Way Willie multiple times during our ride. Anyhow – in this first big instance, Willie clearly had removed some trail signs. The two track we were on came out on the corner of a road – which of course had no road sign. Across the road was a snowmobile trail running parallel with one of the legs of the road, with one MCCCT marker on a nearby post. What was not clear was did the trail run down the road? Or did it run down the snowmobile trail? We assume the snowmobile trail – yet see no markers. We decide to ride down it a mile to see if we can see some markers later on – no luck. Back to the corner. We look down the road – no markers there – just the one lonely marker across from the trail. Ok – time to man up and ask for directions. There was a carpenter working on a nearby house – he should know. I walk over, and ask – “what road is this” “uh, I don’t know”, “is this Scholl road?” (which is what the map seemed to suggest we should be looking for), “go down to the end of the potato field, that is where Scholl Road is.” I thank him and let the others know. We ride down the road to the end of the field to see that Scholl road was the road we were on to start with! Clearly, Wrong Way Willie can even alter the memory of unsuspecting locals! One thing I enjoyed was riding through various road crossings I have seen in the past, from the road. I had always wondered just what the trail was like as i would peer into as I drove on by. Now i know! A few spots I was quite suprised to realize how close they were to other trails I had ridden before, but never ventured down the MCCCT section. One example of this was from the ORV trail north of Starvation Lake crossing Mancelona Road. Later in the day, as we approached the Boyne Falls area, we were on a twisting turning little back road in the hills – again some great stuff to ride. It was here I decided I need to really do some dual sport riding. I was having a blast. Of all our days, if I had to pick one full day as the best day, I would say it was our day 2. We checked into our motel, a bit of a dive, but all I needed was a bed, a nice hot shower and something to eat. Down the road a bit for some pizza for dinner – with some left overs packed for lunch the next day. It was a great day. All of us ended feeling great and ready for more. Connie did another fantastic job meeting up with us for the gas stops. No mechanical issues this day. Life was good, and we were all happy bikers. 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