First snow machine ride.

One Sunday, January 9, 2011 I went my first snow machine ride. I went out for a walk and I stop by the shed where the school’s snow machine is kept. I have never been on a snow machine before so I decided to see if I could crank it up. It started very easily, I read the directions on how to shift, got on and backed out. I followed paths across the lake, the tundra, and between houses. The hardest place to ride was on the boardwalks because they are icy not snowy. I rode out to the airstrip then back across the village to the old airstrip. At the old airstrip I decided see how fast the snow machine would go. When I got up to 55 miles an hour I decided that was fast enough without a helmet. I rode back across the village out onto more tundra and came to a big icy patch. I found out the brake does not work very well on ice. I hit the brakes and the snow machine started spinning to the right, I guess I leaned too far to the left and over I went sliding on my butt. I got the snow machine rolled back onto its track and skis, dusted the snow off and away I went. I had a great time just tooling around the village. I also found out that snow machines, or at least this one, have heated handgrips and foot rest. The handgrips got so hot I could hardly hold on. I sure was glad when I figured out how to turn the heat off. I made it back of the shed, parked the snow machine and went home. I wonder if I'll be sore tomorrow after sliding across the ice. I had a good time today; I will be going back out tomorrow.