ALLSEASONRIDER
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NO EARLY SEASON WARNINGS HERE!!
I was fortunate enough to sneak away for an early season trip to Kalkaska Friday December 5th. The trip was planned on very short notice and I had not realized my registration expired at the end of September until the night before. I made sure to purchase a trail permit on the way up but as we all know, the Secretary of State has crappy hours so renewing my registration was out of the question on this short of notice.
Well to make a long story short, a DNR officer nailed me up near Alba. I plead my case and explained that I always registered my sleds however, this time I didn't have a chance to before getting on the trail. He did his job and made sure they collected the $110 they needed to justify his existence. NO WARNINGS HERE!
I could understand if it wasn't this early in the season or my sled wasn't registered for the last year or so, but all this ticket did is ensure that I will not be going north as often as originally planned. And I definitely will go and support a local economy ELSEWHERE. To bad for the local businesses as this sort of law interpretation will not help an already struggling economy.
As I said, the mistake was mine as it should have been re-registered before hitting the trail...just wanted to warn you guys that may head toward Kalkaska, MI.
I was fortunate enough to sneak away for an early season trip to Kalkaska Friday December 5th. The trip was planned on very short notice and I had not realized my registration expired at the end of September until the night before. I made sure to purchase a trail permit on the way up but as we all know, the Secretary of State has crappy hours so renewing my registration was out of the question on this short of notice.
Well to make a long story short, a DNR officer nailed me up near Alba. I plead my case and explained that I always registered my sleds however, this time I didn't have a chance to before getting on the trail. He did his job and made sure they collected the $110 they needed to justify his existence. NO WARNINGS HERE!
I could understand if it wasn't this early in the season or my sled wasn't registered for the last year or so, but all this ticket did is ensure that I will not be going north as often as originally planned. And I definitely will go and support a local economy ELSEWHERE. To bad for the local businesses as this sort of law interpretation will not help an already struggling economy.
As I said, the mistake was mine as it should have been re-registered before hitting the trail...just wanted to warn you guys that may head toward Kalkaska, MI.