Bergland Bay Bar

Weather: 20 degrees overnight, but temps are going down now.

Trail Conditions: Good to OK

Trails are getting better, cold is setting in for a few days and we have a good chance of snow early next week. We are long overdue in the snow department. A couple of inches possible today and tomorrow. Come on Mother Nature, be good to us.

The snowmobile detour on trail 8 adds a lot of miles coming to Bergland from the west, unless you take the Lake.

Snowmobile Detour the red shows were the trail was and the green is showing the detour. Using the Lake will get you into Bergland the fastest when coming from the west. This will be the route for the rest of the year, they are doing work on the closed section.

I have heard a lot of complaining about sleds and the way people drive. Most of the complaining I hear is from snowmobilers like yourselves. We have had 2 deaths up here in the last 10 days. Below is an email I received from one of the locals that ride. Don’t take this wrong we are not referring to all the out of town’ers as assholes, we have some local assholes, just not as many. What he says in his email is true, I have quit trying to warn people about riding on the highway because all I get is an attitude back.

Hey Tom another weekend is coming upon us and I have put my sled away for the weekend. I am a local and it is not safe to drive the trails on the weekends up here with all the out of town, as you would call them ASSHOLES. They rip up and down the trails like they own them . You never know what idiot is coming around the corner out of control. Watching convoys of sleds coming down the highways into town and when you confront them about it their answer is I did not know. If your going to come up here follow the damn rules or leave your sorry asses at home, Know the rules and the laws and learn how to read a trail map. The Railroad tracks are also a two lane highway. More people are going to get killed up here with all these fools running around. You do notice the people getting killed are all out of towners. I really hope we have law inforcement up here for the rest of the season to ticket these fools. Have a good weekend sell lots of beefs, and we will see you back on the trails on Monday.  Thanks MIKE

Weather: Flurries (yea just flurries) and colder

Trail Conditions: Good to OK to Bad

I’m leaving bad up there because I heard 13 south still sucks. But tonight I heard 8 east was better, 8 west was getting groomed late today and 1 south will probably be done to as I speak. Or write. So in general our trails should be getting a lot better, cold is here to stay for a while, now all we need is snow. Oh yea, and you guys, you can find good riding, time to get your asses up here.

Hey Ann, I purchased a weather station that I am going to hook up to the bar, and send info to weather underground. In should be in next week, so anytime you look up Bergland on weather underground you will be getting the weather from Bergland instead of Wakefield.

Snowmobile Detour the red shows were the trail was and the green is showing the detour. Using the Lake will get you into Bergland the fastest when coming from the west. This will be the route for the rest of the year, they are doing work on the closed section.

A guy named Joe received a free ticket to the Super Bowl from his company. Unfortunately, when Joe arrived at the stadium, he realized the seat was in the last row in the corner of the stadium, he’s closer to the Goodyear Blimp than the field.

About halfway through the first quarter, Joe sees through his binoculars an empty seat 10 rows off the field right on the 50 yard line. He decides to take a chance and makes his way through the stadium and around the security guards to the empty seat. As he sits down, Joe asks the gentleman sitting next to him, “Excuse me, is anyone sitting here?”

The man says “No.”

Now, very excited to be in such a great seat for the game, Joe again inquires of the man next to him, “This is incredible! Who in their right mind would have a seat like this at the Super Bowl and not use it?!”

The man replies, “Well, actually, the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven’t been together at since we got married in 1967.”

“Well, that’s really sad,” said Joe, “but still, you couldn’t find anyone to take the seat? A friend or close relative?” 

“No,” the man replies, “They’re all at the funeral.”

Weather: Temps dropping through out today and a couple inches of snow tonight is likely

Trail Conditions: Good to OK to Bad

Ann thanks again for the thermometer, but I had a problem, the blue face would not pick up on the web cam. Dan brought in a white faced thermometer that I put up. Thank you both very much for thinking of us.

Only click on the google ads if you are interested in the products they advertise, it looks like some readers are clicking a bunch of times and google is going to get pissed at me.

As far as trail conditions go, I really can’t say, I took yesterday off. Outside of going down to Fish Tales for lunch, I was in bed all day. The pics Mike posted on trail 8 looked great, let’s hope the rest of our trails are just as flat. I’ll post conditions later tonight after I talk with riders that come in today.

Snowmobile Detour the red shows were the trail was and the green is showing the detour. Using the Lake will get you into Bergland the fastest when coming from the west. This will be the route for the rest of the year, they are doing work on the closed section.

Weather: A little warmer, temps going down starting Thursday

Trail Conditions: Good to OK to Bad

Trail 8 east was still rough as of yesterday afternoon, I heard a groomer went out that way late yesterday, hopefully he can get the chops out of it. 13 north I heard was bad yesterday too.

I am getting more calls at the bar about bare trails and broke groomers. All I can say is our trails are not bare and our club’s groomers are all running. We have plenty of snow. Trail conditions have been changing daily, warmer temps and weekend traffic have been a big factor, we just can’t seem to get a good flat trail froze in on some of the routes like 8 east and 13. Just ask where to go when you get up here, snow is in the forecast and we are long overdue. (fingers crossed)

Snowmobile Detour the red shows were the trail was and the green is showing the detour. Using the Lake will get you into Bergland the fastest when coming from the west. This will be the route for the rest of the year, they are doing work on the closed section.

Weather: Becker got a couple inches yesterday. Opps I meant Bergland

Trail Conditions: Good to OK?

Conditions are getting better, finally we got a few inches of snow too. I haven’t heard about 102 conditions, but that trail should be getting better. 13 north is always a challenge, seems when our end is done Rockland’s is rough. I would use 8 east to 3 to go north, it has been better all year. Cold air is coming in for the weekend with a chance for a few more inches and then Possible LES for next week.

A shout out to the 3rd Shift Crew, hey Crazy hair Cosmo Kramer, why doesn’t Iowa have a professional football team? Because if Iowa had one, Minnesota would want one too.

Snowmobile Detour the red shows were the trail was and the green is showing the detour. Using the Lake will get you into Bergland the fastest when coming from the west. This will be the route for the rest of the year, they are doing work on the closed section.

An elderly man was stopped by the police around 2am and was asked where he was going at that time of night.

The man replied, “ I’m on my way to a lecture about alcohol abuse and the effects it has on the human body, as well as smoking and staying out too late.”

The office then asked, “Really?  Who’s giving that lecture at this time of night?”

The man replied, “That would be my wife.”

Weather: Cooler, then after Thursday temps drop, hopefully Monday morning we awaken to a few fresh inches of snow.

Trail Conditions: Trails were better today, keep on grooming guys.

Big improvement overall but we got a ways to go to get the trails in good shape. Hopefully we get better every day now.

My little house is open the next few days, give me a buzz if it fits into your schedule.

Trail 8 detour starts tomorrow, Snowmobile Detour the red shows were the trail was and the green is showing the detour. Using the Lake will get you into Bergland the fastest when coming from the west. This will be the route for the rest of the year, they are doing work on the closed section.

Thanks to a lovely Lady name Ann on the east shore we have a new thermometer on the porcupine.  Ann sent her husband into the bar with it so I would replace the one that was not working. Tonight I got a chance to go out there and holy crap, I thought I was going to die. After I climbed the snow bank I kept falling over into 3-4 foot of snow going up the side of the yard. I ended up rolling up the hill to replace the thermometer. All out of breath and panting like a dog who just ran 5 miles in 105 degree heat before I was done. I think that I need to give up the smokes. Thank you very much Ann, we got it done.

A shout out from the Henchmen to the boys back home.

I got an email from Marv from Wisconsin today telling me he blew out his knee riding on the bumpy trails this weekend. Below is a picture of his x-ray. I hope you get better soon Marv.

Weather: Cold at last

Trail Conditions: Hopefully we see an improvement today

I don’t think the groomers were out yesterday because of the high temps. Our trails were not in good shape over the weekend. Hopefully we can get them in lot better shape with temps getting back down starting Thursday night. There is even a hint of a few inches of snow coming in tonight or tomorrow.

Trail 8, Snowmobile Detour the red shows were the trail was and the green is showing the detour. Using the Lake will get you into Bergland the fastest when coming from the west. This will be the route for the rest of the year, they are doing work on the closed section.

The after party for the Walleye Lodge’s Fishing Tournament will be at the bar early this afternoon. I will probably not be able to serve food until later in the afternoon.

A husband and wife in Minneapolis were listening to the radio during breakfast.

Kevin Sorg call me at the bergland bay bar if you lost a credit card

Weather: Getting colder later today

Trail Conditions: Probably poor to bad

Mixed feelings yesterday by riders, a lot of ok’s and some WTF’s. Trails were soft with the warm temps and in a lot of cases I think that made for a smoother ride. I think the biggest disappointment has been trail 8 east. It has been getting very rough by the end of the day, until you hit Ewen that is, then it smooths out. Temps will drop by later today, hopefully then it will get better.

Thanks to everyone that made last night turn into a hell of a party, power went out from Wakefield to Bergland from about 5:45 pm till 1:15 am, I thought I was going to be able to close early and get some rest, but instead people kept piling in. Candles, propane lights and a generator lit up the place and powered the juke box. We had a blast.

A gas station owner was trying to increase his sales, so he put up a sign that read, “Free Sex with Fill-Up.”

Weather: Shitty. Freezing rain and drizzle early today.

Trail Conditions: Good to poor

Most riders said trails were good to OK yesterday. Today’s high is mid 30’s but after that temps are going back down. Next week is showing signs of possible snow coming to our area. Bout damn time. Most riders I think are just happy to be riding and making the best of conditions right now.

Now for the detour of trail 8, Snowmobile Detour the red shows were the trail was and the green is showing the detour. Using the Lake will get you into Bergland the fastest when coming from the west. This will be the route for the rest of the year, they are doing highline work on the closed section.

A couple of shout outs,

The Manteno Boys say the trails were great and Harms is a tight ass.

Train and Phelan say Linko is a puss. I think they miss you buddy.