Cruiser News
Board Meetings
All Board Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, September through April.
General Membership Meetings are held the 3rd Tuesday of the month, September through April. Social hour 5:00 pm, Dinner at 6:00 pm, meeting to follow.
RSVPs are required for General Meetings. Payment is due upon arrival by cash or check. Cancellations not made 48 hours prior, and No-Shows are required to pay for their dinner.
General Membership meetings are held at various club sponsors throughout the season
Update of Fall Trail Maintenance!
Fall Brushing and Trail Maintenance Schedule
Dear Cross Country Cruiser Members:
Trail Maintenance is a big part of our club. Please consider volunteering for the Trail Brushing Season.
Work days are always Tuesday and Wednesdays
Start Time: 8:30 AM
Location: Cross Country Cruiser Club House, 1503 Helminski Rd, Arbor Vitae, WI
September 15th, 16th , 22nd, and 23rd we will be working on trails Trails 5, 6, 51, 10, 3 and 11.
September 29th and 30th we will complete what is still needed on trails north of our Club House.
October 6th and 7th if we are finished with September list of trails we will put posts up for in town fencing.
October 13th and 14th we can start brushing on the Bearskin Trail.
October 20th and 21st, we will finish up on Bearskin Trail if still needed.
October 27the and 28th will be discussed if there are issues that need to be addressed on trails and signing.
We need volunteers for all of these days, especially the Bearskin Trail since it is a very long stretch of trail.
After that we will inspect the trails until the gun deer season begins and again after it ends. Hopefully we can be inspected by Dale Mayo as soon as possible.
Mowing is on a trail by trail basis. Panning and rolling of trails will get underway when there’s at least 6 inches of snow on the ground.
This schedule is subject to change based on weather and the number of Volunteers. If you cannot volunteer during the week there will also be opportunity on some Saturday’s. I will announce that when the time comes.
We always have fun and enjoy the fall colors. So please come enjoy the comradery and outdoors with us by volunteering.
***Here is an update of what has already been done on the trails: September 8th and 9th we completed Trail 51 which is south of the Cruiser club house as well as completing Trail 47. We will be running the new brush cutter through when it is ready.
Please let me know if you would like to volunteer for any of the upcoming dates. You can contact me, Don Schneider on my cell at 262-930-6914 or email moc.liamgnull@15redienhcsnod with your name, phone and date you are available to lend a hand or just show up on one of the dates. We don’t turn down volunteers.
Sincerely,
Don Schneider
Trail Manager
Volunteers Needed for Northwoods Harley-Davidson MDA Fall Ride!!!
NORTHWOODS HARLEY-DAVIDSON MDA FALL RIDE – September 18th and 19th, 2020 per notification from Bill Lemke, “We received a call from the Northwoods Harley-Davidson dealership in Arbor Vitae asking if we would serve beer and soda the weekend of Sept 19th,2020. Actual work dates would be Friday Sept 18th, 2020 and Saturday Sept 19th, 2020. Our set up would be on a very small scale – maybe 2 bar sections, a rolling cooler or 2, and maybe a tent. Primarily selling 3 kinds of beer, soda, and possibly some chips or ?? Times would be from 9:00 to 5:00 both days plus a little clean up and tear down. We would need 4 or 5 people each day.” Bill reiterated that this was their second request for assistance as we had initially turned down our participation in the event due to lack of commitment from club members. Harley has been good to us over the years and could really use our help on this one. With the cancellation of all other fund raising events this summer, this could be our only chance to bolster the Club operating funds as we enter a new season. Please consider volunteering some time for this event. Please notify Bill Lemke at 715-432-0998 or moc.reitnorfnull@ekmelb or Jon Cooksey 715-614-9003 or moc.liamgnull@pvresiurc as soon as possible so that they can compile a schedule and finalize arrangements. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!
If you have not been able to be active in past years, please consider it this year. We could use your help and would love to see new faces.
Good-Bye Big Blue
Big Blue was sold to a commercial company in Alaska. This company is near Bethal, Alaska which is about 400 miles west of Anchorage. This company provides alternate energy sources to small Eskimo villages that are totally dependent on diesel fuel & generators. They are putting up 100 kw wind generators on 150’ towers. That’s half the capacity and size we have in Wisconsin. The Soucy track system will allow them to walk on the tundra when not completely frozen extending their construction season. The following pictures are big blue being loaded yesterday for shipment to Alaska, Trucked to Seattle ($5500), then by barge to Bethel ($12k-15k)! All freight paid by the purchasing company. Pictures will show the cab glass wrapped for protection during shipping. Replacement glass extremely difficult to come by in Alaska.
A Big Thank You to Bill Farmer & Bob Brown for coordinating all of this!