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Iceman Friday

This year we were not sure if we would even make Iceman.  Michelle's Grandfather passed away on Tuesday.  We didn't tell her mother our weekend plans because we did not want that to play into the planning of the funeral.  If things worked out they would work out.  We learned late Wednesday that the funeral would be on Friday (more on that later).  So we decided to go ahead with Iceman.

By the time we got home, got the van loaded, picked up JJ's girlfriend, got gas, got food and got on the road it was after 5pm.  We didn't stop till we got to Grayling and then drove straight to Traverse City to the Expo.  It was shortly after 8pm when we reached the expo.  We got inside and picked up our race packets. After that we did a short walk of the expo to see what was there.  Brendan was in search of a free water bottle.

This year my focus was looking at taking photos of as many Fatbikes as I could.  Here is a sampling of what I saw.  There are several more that I may post later.

Trek Farley

Specialized Fatboy

616 Fabrication, belt Drive

Borealis Carbon
 
After the expo we headed for our final destination of the Comfort Inn.  We got to our room and it did take some time to settle in for the evening.  We informed everyone that we would be up early to get to the race start on time and turned out the lights.


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