My wife, Gail, and I were very fortunate to be invited to be guests of honor at this years Snow-Cat Serenade in Sun Valley Idaho. Pontoon Princess gets all the credit for making all this happen. She is the primary organizer / delegator that keeps this event together.
Gail and I were planning to renew our vows while in Idaho and I asked Pontoon Princess if she knew of a minister in Sun Valley so that we might have a little ceremony while we were out there. PP took that thought and ran with it to the extent that we renewed our vows near the top of Fox Peak (8630 ft above sea level) with the snow-cat gang in attendance. We wanted a serious but light hearted ceremony and PP came through in flying colors. No rice was thrown. Instead small snowballs sufficed. A very memorable meaningful experience for both Gail and I. God took care of the back drop and I have never ever seen anything so beautiful. The attached pics give an idea but they do not do justice to the immensity of the beauty of the Sawtooth Mountains. Breathtaking.
I was thrilled to meet so many of our snow-cat forum members. So nice to put a face to the names I see on the forums every day. And to see what they have done with these amazing machines we call snow-cats. They have 'cats' with Volkswagen engines, 407 Chrysler engines, and even 496 GM engines. Amazing. And every one of them climbed up these skinny mountain trails. Absolutely no place to pass or go around if someone breaks down. Planning goes into each ride to ensure no issues, but when issues happen, and they did, these guys are pros at working together to get the snow-cats back up and running. One of the snow-cats we rode in even had a welder and full set of tools; ready for about anything. These guys are dedicated to their snow-catting hobby. I feel so fortunate to have been invited to see all this up close and personal. Thank you again Pontoon Princess. You are so kind and generous to put on such an event for all the 'ole grousers' to get together and have such a great time in a beautiful place like Sun Valley.
I posted pics of many of you who were with us in Sun Valley. Anyone who sees a pic of themselves they prefer not to have online please message me and I will remove it.
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