Steve was up bright and early on Friday the 31st of December as our friend Brendon was taking him to look at a snow mobile - yippee! We had been umming and ahhing about whether to get a snow mobile as it is not something we can all do together, however after more snow falls we saw just about everyone riding around on their snow machines and it looked like so much fun. Steve was impressed with the 2008 Yamaha Venture which has two seats and is suited to driving on trails, he came back to talk to me about it and I agreed that we should get it. We went across to Wabush and paid the deposit and then went straight to Ce La Vie sports store to buy our snow mobile gear!
It seems that every activity here requires a different set of gear and accessories to go with it, however you can't really go without them. Snow mobile suits are especially designed for the cold, so we felt like snow men trying on our suits, pants and gloves. Steve, Taylor, Cooper and I all got a two piece Choko snow mobile suit. Everyone in Lab City seems to have a Choko snow mobile suit so we won't look out of place; they even select the colour suit to match the snow mobile! We chose modular helmets, Steve got black while Taylor and I chose silver as well as balaclavas to wear underneath, we decided to pass on the heated visors for now as we are not sure yet whether we need this accessory. We did need new gloves though as this can be a real cold spot in the wind, even with our heated grips for the driver and the passenger. We decided to stay with the snow boots we have but you can buy snow boots suited for the extra cold as well. I was very impressed by the seal fur boots however they didn't have my size )-:
We loaded our bulky bags into the car and took the gear home and packed it away, the New Years weekend started this afternoon so we can't get the snow mobile until Tuesday. More on the snow mobile once we get it!!
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