The other day on MDI, the island guys found a small section of Echo Lake that had gone through a decent recovery.

Dan Stillman tess us:
"Mike Young called Jim Turner and me after spotting an acre or two of ice peeking out from the northern end of a crusty, snow-covered Echo Lake on Monday evening. Jim and I scrambled, and twelve hours later we met up.

Mike was testing his newly tuned bendy mast. Jim had his custom-converted blocart out for a shakedown cruise. My DN was dialed in, sporting new transport wheels and a set of fancy pants quick pins.

We had a wonderful time chasing each other, often carrying enough speed to slice through 100′ patches of crusty snow. After a few hours, encroaching slush signaled that the fun was winding down, and by 1:00 we called it a great day.”

Jim Turner was sporting a set of DN runners on his BloKart and by all reports the upgrade in performance over the stock runners was significant. The only downside was when he hiked the runner would rotate over center and when he brought it back down he’d land with the runner upside down facing aft. He used the axle housings to attach the runners. Sounds like some sort of stop is in order.

This is how it is these days. Chickawaukee is showing ice today but without cold nights to firm it up we are still waiting on the shore.