Posted on Mar 25, 2009 under snowmobile travel |
Snowmobiling is probably one of the most popular of all winter time activities. If you are one of the people who think that heaven can be found on the back of a snowmobile then you know that the US is home to some of the most beautiful snowmobiling sites in the world.
Michigan has always been a winter state and the proof positive is the hundreds if not thousands of people who travel to the state with their snowmobiles. The huge wooded areas in Michigan, particularly close to the lakes, make for some fun and excitement when one is riding their snowmobile.
Maine is one of the colder states in the US and is also home to a lot of snowfall each and every year. For some this means terrible roads and school cancellations. For others it means a beautiful place to take the snowmobile out. The heavily wooded areas surrounded by vast fields are perfect for those with their machines.
Colorado is known for many things, skiing and snowmobiling included. The mountain regions come alive in the winter months as people take to the slopes for all of their skiing action. The same is true for those with the snowmobiles as they tear up the landscape through the woods and open fields, spraying snow in every direction.
Washington State is beautiful all year round, but for the snowmobilers, there is no time like winter. The giant forests across the state give way to massive fields where a snowmobile has more than enough room to gain some high speed. The beauty of the area is not lost on these people who love to stop and snap a few pictures from the back of their machines.
Wyoming is perfect for those that love to rip across the landscape with a snowmobile. Besides being so beautiful one can hardly stand it, Wyoming caters to the snowmobile crowd in high fashion. There are camps all across the state that are setup only for people with snowmobiles and they fill up quickly early in the winter months.
Utah is made for sports like snowmobiling and there are more than enough people who are willing to take full advantage of the area. The vast open space seems to call the riders to this state where some of the finest views can be seen while taking the machine for a spin on a winter afternoon.
When you think snow you most certainly think of Alaska. That is why Alaska is home to one of the largest populations of snowmobile enthusiasts in the entire world. The early onset of winter and the wide open spaces make this state one of the best sites for snowmobiling in the world.
There is a lot more to Wisconsin than cheese, just ask anyone who happens to own a snowmobile. The mountains are a perfect haven for lovers of this past time, and people the world over come to this state to see the views and spray some snow.
New Hampshire is big on winter time activities and snowmobiling is one of the biggest of them. The ski resorts in the state have found a new market and they now cater directly to those that come to the area with their snowmobiles in tow.
Vermont has taken snowmobiling to the next step. The number of places that rent the machines and also offer some of the finest in areas to ride is proof positive of the beauty that Vermont has to offer. Make your reservations early or risk not having the chance to blow snow in this magical winter wonderland.
So here you have it: the ten best spots to snowmobile in the States. Pick one or more for your next vacation, and be sure to snowmobile safely!
Joe Goertz
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Posted on Mar 05, 2010 under snowmobile travel |
1. Two roller skaters stand facing each other. One of their masses is 80 kg, the other is 72 kg. If they both push each other at the same time, what happens to their momentum?
A. The lighter skater has a higher momentum.
B. The heavier skater has a higher momentum.
C. Their momenta are equal but opposite.
D. The lighter skater has a higher velocity
2. A passenger on a bus traveling west sees a man standing on a curb. From the passengers perspective the man appears to be…
A. Standing still.
B. Moving to the East at a speed greater than the bus.
C. Moving East at a speed equal to the bus.
D. Moving west at a speed equal to the bus.
3. A snowmobile with a mass of 500 kg is moving 40 m/s in the Alaskan wilderness. Suddenly a Caribou galloped into the track of the snowmobile. Fearing for his life the driver applied the brakes to the snowmobile with a force of 235 N. How long does it take the sled to come to a complete stop?
A. 120 seconds B. 85 seconds C. 76 seconds D. 8.5 seconds
4. What is the tangential speed of a boy on a Ferris wheel a distance of 10 meters from the center when he moves 3 radians in 15 seconds?
A. 0.5 m/s
B. 1 m/s
C. 2 m/s
D. 4.5 m/s
E. 450 m/s
5. A 50.0 N crate starts at rest and slides down a 10.0 m long ramp inclined at 40.0° to the horizontal. The force of friction between the crate and the ramp is 9.0 N. What is the net force (in N)?
A. 23 N B. 46 N C. 29 N D. 41 N
6. A wakeboarder with a mass of 60 kg is accelerated across a smooth lake at 1.5 m/s2. What net force acts on the wakeboarder horizontally?
A. 3 N B. 90 N C. 75 N D. 0.03 N
7. A free body diagram of a ball falling in the presence of air resistance would show
A. Only a downward arrow to represent the force of air resistance.
B. Only a downward arrow to represent the force of gravity.
C. A downward arrow to represent the force of gravity and an upward arrow to represent the force of air resistance.
D. An upward arrow to represent the force of gravity and a downward arrow to represent air resistance.
8. The length of a force vector represents the
A. Cause of force
B. Direction of force
C. Magnitude of force
D. Type of force
9. A boat having a mass of 30 kg is accelerated across a level road at 2.0 m/s2. What net force acts on the boat horizontally?
A. 15 N B. 10 N C. 60 N D. 32 N
10. A hiker travels south along a straight path for 1.5 hours with an average velocity of .75 km/h, and then travels south for 2.5 hours with an average velocity of .90 km/h. What is the hiker’s displacement for the total trip?
A. 2.5 km to the south
B. 2.2 km to the south
C. 3.4 km to the south
D. 4.0 km to the south
11. A rock is thrown up from the top of a cliff with an initial speed of 2.0 m/s. If it hits the ground after 2.0 seconds, what is the height of the cliff? (disregard air resistance)
A. 6 m B. 15.6 m C. 22.6 m D. 34 m
12. A car starts traveling 10 km from EHS, 2 minutes later it is 16 km from the school and 5 minutes later it is 25 km away. What is the car’s displacement in the first 2 minutes?
A.16 km B. 6 km C. 25 km D. 15 km
13. An athlete runs 110 m across a level field at an angle of 30 degrees north of east.
What are the east and north components of her displacement, respectively?
A. 55 m, 95 m B. 190 m, 64 m C. 64 m, 190 m D. 95 m, 55 m
14. A car travels 15 km during the first half hour, and then travels 45 km in the second half hour of the trip. The average velocity for the trip is (in km/hr)…….
A. 60 km/hr B. 70 km/hr C. 30 km/hr D. 50 km/hr
15. Which item does not represent circular motion?
The earth’s orbit around the sun.
B, The Ferris Wheel as it moves with riders.
C. A bicycle tire going down hill.
D. A car sliding down a hill after being rolled.
E. A battleship circling.
16. If two teams are playing tug-of-war, a rope is pulled by a force of 80 N to the left and by a
force of 70 N to the right. What is the magnitude and direction of the net horizontal force on the rope?
A. 10 N to the right
B. 150 N to the right
C. 10 N to the left
D. 150 N to the left
17. Centripetal Acceleration. A girl sits on a tire that is attach to a tree and her father pushes her with a tangential speed of 4.8 m/s, and she travels in a horizontal circle 8m. What is the centripetal acceleration of the girl?
A. 5.76 m/s2
B. 92.16 m/s2
C. 38.4 m/s2
D. 19.2 m/s2
18. A Rufous Hummingbird flies with a constant velocity of 10 m/s. What is its acceleration?
A. 20 m/s2
B. 10 m/s2
for someone who supposedly knows so much about fighting and the military you cant figure out some basic math problems
many of your questions are incomplete and cannt be answered
1 e
2 e
3 e
4 f
5 g
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Posted on Feb 24, 2010 under snowmobile travel |
Traditionally Christmas is seen as a time to spend with the family. However, more and more people prefer not to spend Christmas at home. There is no shortage of options for the Christmas break. It is important to plan your Christmas holiday in advance so that you are not disappointed. First you need to decide what sort of holiday you want. Are you looking for a traditional Christmas or do you want to experience something completely new? Do you want to go somewhere that is cold and where snow is likely? Or do you long for some warm weather as a complete contrast to the British winter? Do you want a holiday with plenty of activities or are you looking for a relaxing quiet time away from the bustle of the city?
Many hotels in the UK offer Christmas breaks, ranging from relatively cheap to very expensive. Rooms in hotels in Wales and Bath can be booked for as little as £45.00 per person per night. Alternatively if you want to spoil yourself then you can travel to the Scilly Isles and enjoy champagne, boat trips, helicopter transfers from Cornwall and gourmet meals. For those seeking some peace and quiet during the holiday season, Skye may be just the place. You can stay in a lodge in a quiet corner of Skye and enjoy the food and walks around the lochs. Devon offers everything from thatched cottages with real wood fires and inglenook fireplaces, to olde-world country inns, to 4-star hotels. Whether you want the bright lights of London or the quiet of the Cornish countryside there will be something for you. Check around mid-December as often this is when hotels begin to offer room deals.
Christmas holidays abroad are becoming more popular for those who want to escape the commercialisation of Christmas or just the British weather. A wide range of trips is available from stays in an Austrian castle to beach holidays.
A number of travel companies offer tours that depart during the Christmas period. You can spend a leisurely week in Andalucia, enjoying the local cuisine and Moorish architecture or tour through Northern India, visiting the magnificent Taj Mahal, the Pink city of Jaipur and the Ranthambore National Park. Perhaps one of the most beautiful places to spend Christmas is in Lapland. Many holidays feature Lappish traditions and luxury cabins with Christmas trees. They also include champagne breakfasts, traditional Finnish Christmas Eve dinner and a reindeer, husky or snowmobile safari. Of course no trip to Lapland would be complete without a visit to Santa Claus. If you are looking for something truly unusual then why not try an igloo in Finland? You can stay in a snow or glass igloo and enjoy a spectacular view of the northern lights, go on a reindeer or husky safari and learn how to ice fish. Guests can also visit the snow restaurant, the ice bar and the Ice gallery that features some amazing ice sculptures. If you are travelling to a city and want to combine your Christmas trip with sight-seeing you should check in advance which attractions will be open during the Christmas period.
If you would prefer to travel to somewhere warm for Christmas there are plenty of options. You can choose a luxurious hotel in the Caribbean or try somewhere a bit different such as Cuba or Costa Rica. Other great destinations for the Christmas holiday period are South Africa, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, the Maldives, Thailand and Malaysia. It is best to book early and it is cheaper if you can depart before December 20-21. You donât just have to consider countries that are predominantly Christian; the Red Sea Coast is another good destination although you need to book before the end of October. In fact the Muslim countries of the Middle East are becoming more popular with British travellers wanting to escape the excesses of Christmas at home. Some of the most popular destinations are Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Dubai and Oman. Turkey and Jordan are also rising in popularity.
For those who want a more active holiday, skiing is a good choice. Again if you are considering a Christmas break in the Alps then you need to book sometime in September or October. Once the first snow starts to fall in November availability will fall rapidly. This is especially true if you have children. For the more adventurous, there is ski-sailing in Norway, a snowmobile safari in Canada and much more.
Amber Mike
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Posted on Feb 18, 2010 under snowmobile travel |
the dream i had was about war between germany and US AGAIN…i was stuck in the middle of it…it was probably because i was playing modern warfare 2 at my friends house. we were on a 10th grade field trip to washington D.C. and a nuke went off somewhere around us…luckily it wasnt the white house. but 10 of my friends…all the guys and i went to a building to scavenge out food, and we meet a guy in the military on a mission to save the president, he asks us to join him and of course we say yes…the epic nuclear winter starts to go down, and we dont want to travel by foot so we go on snowmobile, (this is where everything starts to happen), someone yells out grenade and we all take cover behind our snowmobiles…next thing you know theres bullets flying everywhere, and a big ass tank comes plowing down the street, immediantly the guy we saw at a local store, btw his codename was Ghost…go figure huh…takes the C4 he packed and places it on the tanks side, throws a grenade inside, shoots the guys surrounding the tank, and runs away before BOOM!! shrapnel flew everywhere….and i see one of my best friends yelling out F*** YOU NAZIS!!! he runs out in the open and starts fire every wich way, i look away for 1 sec and he gets shot in the leg, my instincts knew that i had to get him out of there, i run out, grab his arm and we’re firing all around us hes firing behind me and im firing with 1 arm on my gun shooting anything that moves, too many enemies were alerted to our position, Ghost yelled " theres too many of them!! we have to go NOW!!" we all jump on a snowmobile and start going through the city as fast as we can, my friend ben was looking every wich way shooting behind him, and got shot in the arm, he swerved out of control and he crashed into a car and flipped through the air…i yelled out "NOOO!!" ghost yelled into the mic, "its too late for him! we cant stop and save him or we’ll die, if hes alive they’ll kill him, theres nothing we can do!" i stopped and sed FUCK THIS!! i commanded into the mic, "ill follow your tracks as soon as i get ben, just go!!" ghost stopped and turned back around to where i was…Ghost: are you crazy? im not leaving one man to fend off 5 squads of germans…grab him and lets GO!" i dove behind a car, shot a cuple clips, and ran 10 ft to where ben was, he was still screaming in pain, i grabbed him and threw him on my shoulder, got to the snowcat, and ghost was right behind me…luckily enough, while i was busy getting ben, ghost had laid out land mines and C4 along the road, he clicked the remote and all i heard was explosions…the scene changed and we were back at a government building…ben was still stable, but weak, ghost called in medics as soon as we had gotten there…………….. the rest of the dream wasnt very clear but could make out just one part of it where we were in a helicopter and i was nearly unconscious…and i could just make out barak obamas face before i looked at ghost, ben, my couzin, and the rest of the helicopter crew and medics…and then i woke up…………….Crazy intense or just freaky?
I think you had a lot of pent-up ffrustrations and they exploded in this dream
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Posted on Feb 07, 2010 under snowmobile travel |
We’re planning on going snowmobiling tomorrow, we live in New Jersey. Has anyone ever been or known of a place in or around Jersey to snowmobile? Perhaps, Pennsylvania, as well. We just don’t want to travel too too long in the car.
Maybe 2 hours tops. We just don’t know of any places. Thank you! 10 points best answer.
well thge adiriondacks of new york state (old forge area) is a lways a great choice..so is southern vermont (killington area, jay peak area in northern vermont)…BUT the problewm is that it hasnt been snowing mujch this winter–ibn fact most of the snowmobile trails in those areas are bare right niow
…wait–look into the Tug Hill plateau region of nys–north of syracuse–they’ve been getting bombed with lake effect snow—they might have enough for snowmobiling
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Posted on Jan 22, 2010 under snowmobile travel |
snowmobile to be used for hauling firewood, trapline, general backcountry traveling. very remote area, no room for breakdown.
A Ski-Doo Alpine is what you are looking for. These were made, from the early 1970’s, till the late 1980’s. these particular sleds, were made for work. Actually, they were made for the ski lodges, in case someone got hurt, or, if the owners had to haul stuff up or down the ski hill. The Ski-Doo Alpine has two tracks, and, one ski. These things, are a work horse, indeed. They have electric start, and, reverse, as well. One would think, that having only one ski, in front, would be unsteady, though, it is not. I own a 1971 Ski-Doo Alpine, and, it is almost impossible to tip over. Not that I purposely try to tip it over, you understand, but, sometimes, you need to go over snow banks, and, other sleds, can tip over real easy, indeed. Another workhorse, would be a Evinrude or a Johnson snowmobile… A 1968 to a 1970… These sleds, had electric start, wide track and reverse. I have several of these, and, people like them, for ice fishing. I just took my 1969 Evinrude Skeeter, out of storage, and, replaced the spark plugs, and added fresh gas, and, shee fired right up. I was thinking of selling this one, actually. If I were to sell it, I would let it go, for $200. Hope this helps you some.
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