We didn’t break the World Record for Minnesota at the ATV Parade in Silver Bay but it was a good time had by all!
Everyone I talked to in Silver Bay had a great time. Can-am and Polaris showed up with there race and demo trailers. Can-am was letting people take test rides on a full line of ATVs they have out. The hotels, restaurants and bars were full all weekend and were overly nice to us. I haven’t gotten an email from ATVAM yet on the final numbers from the weekend but as the news and news papers reported we ended up with 1084 machines riding in the parade, about 50 short! It was a bummer to hear that after all the work everyone had put into it. It was a learning experience for ATVAM and all of us on what it takes to get that many machines together, but now we know what we have to do to beat the WORLD RECORD next time.
Share your pictures and stories from your weekend at the ATV parade!
Thanks to everyone that came up and said “hi”, hope to hear from you!
Just a quick note…I uploaded some ATV parade photos on my MySpace and Facebook pages. I’ve posted a couple here, but check out my other photos, too, on MySpace and Facebook. And, don’t forget to leave me a note and let me know where you are planning to ride on the Iron Range this weekend!
I plan to blog a little more about the ATV parade when I get a spare moment here. But, if you were in attendance, let me know what you thought. I had a great weekend!
It’s set to be a great weekend of ATV’ing in Silver Bay this weekend! It’s not very often we get this many ATVs together for a weekend of fun. The fun starts Friday afternoon at the AmericInn parking lot (in Silver Bay) with registration.
I’m meeting the crew from Northern Traxx ATV club in Chisholm at noon on Friday to load machines. Pat from P.R.O. Trucking is pulling all our machines up to Silver Bay with his Peterbilt! It will be quite the site to see the BIG RIG pull into the AmericInn parking lot with a full trailer of machines (16+) for the parade. That will be hard to top!
Be sure to stop by and say “hi” and see all the machines from Northern Traxx Friday evening and Saturday during the day in the AmericInn parking lot. We’ll have our banners hanging from the semi and I’ll be there with the crew getting our machines ready for the parade.
I’ve listed the schedule for this weekend in case you’ve missed it.
See you in Silver Bay to break the world record for the longest ATV parade in history!
Friday June 13, 2008
3 - 9 p.m. Registration in front of the AmericInn Motel on Hwy # 61
Saturday June 14, 2008
6:00 am Silver Bay Fire Dept Pancake Feed (Fire Hall)
7:30 am Registration and Staging for Parade (please come early so we have time to line up ATV’s for parade)
11:15 am ATV Parade
Northern Helicopter will be giving rides throughout the day for a fee
3 - 6 p.m. All you can eat buffet for $10.00 a person at the Union Hall provided by Zup’s in Silver Bay
6:30 - 7 p.m. Announcements, Legislative update at the Sports Arena
7 - 9 p.m. Famous ATVAM Auction at the Sports Arena
9 p.m. - 12 a.m. Dance to the “Northern Lights”; 50’s, 60’s and early 70’s at the Union Hall
Thank you for your support of ATVing in Minnesota!
Be sure to check back for photos of this awesome event!
Meet me and the crew from the Northern Traxx ATV Club up the North Shore in Silver Bay! Though I mostly ride on the Iron Range, I’m a member of ATVAM and I’ve gotta tell you about this great event.
ATVAM is hosting an ATV PARADE to celebrate its 25th anniversary. We are planning to break the WORLD record for the most ATVs in a parade. The Parade is being held in Silver Bay, MN, on Saturday, June 14th. Our goal is to have 2500 ATVs to participate in the parade. So grab your family, friends & buddies and plan on making history with us this year in Silver Bay!!!
For more information you can contact me or visit: http://www.atvparade.com/.
Preregister before Saturday and get a free Memorabilia T-Shirt. (you may register anytime up until the event).
See you in Silver Bay the weekend of June 14th!!!
