My first Snowmobiling Adventure

With the first snow of the season falling this week I thought I would write about my first snowmobiling adventure. My first snowmobiling adventure took place during the winter of 1997. I was 15 years old and had actually talked my parents into buying two snowmobiles. I had saved up during the summer to help out with the purchase of my new arctic cat zr 580. We shopped around all over trying to find the best deal on a used snowmobile and after about a month or so of looking we found two arctic cats. So we checked out the two snowmobiles and got the money together and bought the snowmobile that would be a part of my first snowmobile adventure. We waited for about a month and then we ended up getting about two feet of snow. As soon as I woke up that morning and saw all the snow I begged my dad to go riding with me. After about an hour of convincing him we finally headed out.
We started out about one o clock in the afternoon for my first snowmobiling adventure. We made our way out to the edge of town where we could do ditch riding in the fresh powder. we rode in the ditch for a while going pretty slow to get used my new snowmobile so that I did not wreck it. After about ten minutes or so of taking it easy I finally got to open it up a little more and fly through the fresh snow. It was so much fun to tear through the fresh powder and jump some of the drifts that had piled up in the ditches. After a couple of hours of ditch riding we found an open alfalfa field to see what the snowmobiles were really made of. My dad and I decided to have a little drag race to see which sled was faster. My dad got the early lead but after I got some traction I caught up to him and flew by him, at speeds around 70 mph, "what a rush" ! So after opening up our snowmobiles in the field we decided to do some more ditch riding and head back to town. At about seven o clock or so we made it back home and parked the snowmobiles for the night. I could not wait to get back on my snowmobile the next day and ride again.