When last spotted, the intrepid Blogging Moose was headed to the Keweenaw Penninsula of Michagan for snowmobiling. Thursday the 5th a great time was had out on the trails with the new sleds. The picture shows the Fusion sitting in Phoenix in the AM, there was plenty of snow on the trails, and both the Fusion and the Apex were fantastic. For a pure trail riding high performance person the Apex is certainly the ride to get if dollars aren't a problem ... unlimited power, smooth, gets quieter the faster it goes, fantastic ride, and just all around the sense of "reeks of quality". In general, it draws the most people trying to find out how good it is.
The Fusion however is a great pick if one is "well over 6'" as this writer is. Lots of leg position, tons of torque that wants to pull the skis off the ground, more "rider forward" for the sense of being able to throw the sled around, also great suspension, but at least as set up, a loser to the Apex, although still an improvement over even M-10. Super day with fine trails, although certainly not the kind of pristine trails we have round up there in the past.
Since I had been missing, I suspect that you can guess that something is coming, but not about sleds. Thursday night, black ice on the parking lot at hotel, 1 second cehecking position of vehicle and trailer, next 1/100 of a second, on back with bleeding head and sore elbow. Head was easy fix with stitches, but elbow turned out to be broken and needed surgery, before and after pics included. It is supposed to be 7 screws and a plate, I suspect that there are two screws looking like one at some point in there.
Before:
After
The cast came off today, and it is getting some typing use and holding up OK, so that is good news. Missed work all last week, but worked from home yesterday and went in for awhile today and plan to do more tomorrow. Things can go bad in a hurry sometimes, but apparently with a bit of Mayo Clinic assist, recovery is well underway.
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