Alton Bay Winter Carnival 2006

IslandSib · 12-29-2005, 11:53 AM

Now that the holidays will soon be packed away we can concentrate on the important things!!! Winter Fun!!
For two years I have watched the Bed Race at Alton Bay Winter Carnival and wanted to enter.
With the help of enthusiastic forum members we could put together a team and who knows either win or just have a great time trying to.
So let's see who is up to this challenge.

Island Girl · 12-29-2005, 12:14 PM

count me in... I might have some old skiis to donate to cause.

DRH · 12-29-2005, 04:22 PM

Mrs. DRH and I will join you! Should be fun. Now we need to dig up a bed somewhere!

Rattlesnake Gal · 12-29-2005, 06:52 PM

I would like to donate my old Rossignols to the cause.
It’s been twenty years since they’ve been used. (They’ll be going out in style!

)

SPANKY · 12-30-2005, 01:53 PM

Sounds like this could be a good meeting spot for a winter forum fest!!!!

IslandSib · 12-30-2005, 02:32 PM

Great Idea!
Would you like to be a pusher or do you have a small family member who could be a rider...
Or you could cheer us on.

mcdude · 12-30-2005, 06:41 PM

Island Sib:
I have attended the fest for the last few years and the bed race has always looked like fun! I have no idea how to attach skiis to a bed but I could certainly help push! If DRH and Island Girl are pushing too, who is going to take photos? ......and we need a theme! (which hopefully will have nothing to do with 'chunky-dunking'). We should study the entries of the other teams! The Alton Bay Christian Conference Center is the team to beat. They use only a little baby crib for their bed! Let's see if I can find a photo....

Here's one that DRH took

and here's the Sunset Lake Snoozers....they have a weird bed....looks like a chaise lounge to me!

Go TEAM! Go!

Mee-n-Mac · 12-30-2005, 08:06 PM

Well I can volunteer to mush .... errr ... push. We do need a theme though. Forum friends frantically force futon to furious fleetness. I don't know how this might be expressed in a bed design though.

IslandSib · 12-30-2005, 08:23 PM

Thanks for volunteering as a musher ...was worried.
Most of the respondents have witnessed the successful win of the "crib"
and we have lookouts seeking an old one somone would be willing to part with.
Keep the ideas coming for a theme!

Sunset Bob · 12-31-2005, 10:06 AM

I just found an old crib up in my attic. It is all there spring and mattress may need minor hardware.Would be willing to donate to the cause.Don't want to push or ride but would like to watch.Maybe you can get Misty Blue to ride.I wiil not be able to get the crib to N.H. until the weekend of Jan.14-15.(I'm all tied up doing a car show in Boston World of Wheels)

DRH · 12-31-2005, 10:26 AM

That's great, Bob! Now we have a "vehicle" for the race.

Thanks!

gtxrider · 12-31-2005, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by DRH

That's great, Bob! Now we have a "vehicle" for the race.

Thanks!

How about putting a dust ruffle around your snowmobile and making it look like a bed?

Don't ask how I know about dust ruffles!

Since I am planning to be there that weekend I may have to help push the snowmobile no make that a bed.

Sunset Bob · 12-31-2005, 10:50 AM

DRH At this time it looks like I can drop off the crib on Jan. 14. That should give time needed to assemble the winning crib.Who is in charge of assembly?Where do I need to drop off crib?

DRH · 12-31-2005, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunset Bob

DRH At this time it looks like I can drop off the crib on Jan. 14. That should give time needed to assemble the winning crib.Who is in charge of assembly?Where do I need to drop off crib?

Bob - I will have the honor of assembling the crib and installing the skis, so you can drop it off at my house in West Alton. If you'd like to send me an email I'll give you the directions.

Thanks again!

Island Girl · 12-31-2005, 12:15 PM

I will help with decorating the crib .... and take pictures. We need a very very light person to ride in the crib.

IG

gtxrider · 12-31-2005, 12:35 PM

Perhaps Mrs. DRH can make a quilt to cover the rider?

Anyone want to take a chance on a blanket?

mcdude · 12-31-2005, 12:38 PM

Have we thought about how the "bed/sled" will get from West Alton to Alton Bay? Will we need a pick-up truck or can it be towed by snowmobiles?

BroadHopper · 12-31-2005, 01:54 PM

And two pairs of skis. Do you think we can get all the forum members into this one??????? Second thought how are we to push this monster. Once we get it going, how are we going to stop.

What a ride!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

gtxrider · 12-31-2005, 01:54 PM

If the Babes are planning to do the RADAR RUN they can tow the bed/sled down.

I have a small pickup trunk if needed. I think a crib will fit in the back or it can be lashed to the roof of the cap.

upthesaukee · 12-31-2005, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcdude

Have we thought about how the "bed/sled" will get from West Alton to Alton Bay?

Why not put it on an available eastbound train on the historic Lakeshore Railroad? The West Alton station should be just about perfect!

KBoater · 01-19-2006, 07:05 PM

OK you winter folks, how about this. STOP dancing for snow. START the COLD swirl dance which will form perfect smooth ice. Give the mushers all speed skates. Put blades on the crib. Give Pepper a para foil. Hold on.

Mee-n-Mac · 02-02-2006, 09:09 PM

So with the Derby being postphoned and warm temps being what they have been .... anyone know what the thinking is re: Winter Carnivale ? I saw fpartri's recent pics showing ice on the Bay but how thick is it ? Anyone know of a defunct ice rink whose ice making equipment we can "borrow"

IslandSib · 02-02-2006, 09:45 PM

I keep thinking if we talk about it ...it wont happen ...So I keep quiet...
At lunch today I was measuring from the tree to where the ice starts on DRH's daily pictures ...with a ruler...
Think i might need a detox center for Ice In and my chronic viewing habit.

12-29-2005, 11:53 AM	#1
IslandSib Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 91 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Alton Bay Bed Race.... Now that the holidays will soon be packed away we can concentrate on the important things!!! Winter Fun!! For two years I have watched the Bed Race at Alton Bay Winter Carnival and wanted to enter. With the help of enthusiastic forum members we could put together a team and who knows either win or just have a great time trying to. So let's see who is up to this challenge. __________________ IslandSib

12-29-2005, 12:14 PM	#2
Island Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central MA Posts: 2,354 Thanks: 18 Thanked 551 Times in 180 Posts	I am in count me in... I might have some old skiis to donate to cause. __________________ Island Girl ....... Make Lemonade

12-29-2005, 04:22 PM	#3
DRH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meredith Posts: 1,690 Thanks: 1,205 Thanked 677 Times in 179 Posts	Count Us In Too! Mrs. DRH and I will join you! Should be fun. Now we need to dig up a bed somewhere! __________________ DRH

12-29-2005, 06:52 PM	#4
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Sounds Like Fun! I would like to donate my old Rossignols to the cause. It’s been twenty years since they’ve been used. (They’ll be going out in style! )

12-30-2005, 02:32 PM	#6
IslandSib Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 91 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Alton Bay Winter Carnival-Bed Race-Winter Forum Fest I Great Idea! Would you like to be a pusher or do you have a small family member who could be a rider... Or you could cheer us on. __________________ IslandSib

12-30-2005, 01:53 PM	#5
SPANKY Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 51 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sounds like this could be a good meeting spot for a winter forum fest!!!!

12-30-2005, 06:41 PM	#7
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,367 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,057 Times in 495 Posts	Island Sib: I have attended the fest for the last few years and the bed race has always looked like fun! I have no idea how to attach skiis to a bed but I could certainly help push! If DRH and Island Girl are pushing too, who is going to take photos? ......and we need a theme! (which hopefully will have nothing to do with 'chunky-dunking'). We should study the entries of the other teams! The Alton Bay Christian Conference Center is the team to beat. They use only a little baby crib for their bed! Let's see if I can find a photo.... Here's one that DRH took and here's the Sunset Lake Snoozers....they have a weird bed....looks like a chaise lounge to me! Go TEAM! Go!

12-30-2005, 08:06 PM	#8
Mee-n-Mac Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,943 Thanks: 23 Thanked 111 Times in 51 Posts	Will mush for food Well I can volunteer to mush .... errr ... push. We do need a theme though. Forum friends frantically force futon to furious fleetness. I don't know how this might be expressed in a bed design though. __________________ Mee'n'Mac "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity or ignorance. The latter are a lot more common than the former." - RAH

12-30-2005, 08:23 PM	#9
IslandSib Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 91 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Alton Bay Winter Carnival-Bed Race-Winter Forum Fest I Thanks for volunteering as a musher ...was worried. Most of the respondents have witnessed the successful win of the "crib" and we have lookouts seeking an old one somone would be willing to part with. Keep the ideas coming for a theme! __________________ IslandSib

12-31-2005, 10:06 AM	#10
Sunset Bob Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,701 Thanks: 115 Thanked 25 Times in 13 Posts	Have Crib Will Travel I just found an old crib up in my attic. It is all there spring and mattress may need minor hardware.Would be willing to donate to the cause.Don't want to push or ride but would like to watch.Maybe you can get Misty Blue to ride.I wiil not be able to get the crib to N.H. until the weekend of Jan.14-15.(I'm all tied up doing a car show in Boston World of Wheels)

12-31-2005, 10:26 AM	#11
DRH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meredith Posts: 1,690 Thanks: 1,205 Thanked 677 Times in 179 Posts	That's great, Bob! Now we have a "vehicle" for the race. Thanks! __________________ DRH

12-31-2005, 10:50 AM	#13
Sunset Bob Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,701 Thanks: 115 Thanked 25 Times in 13 Posts	Have Crib Will Travel DRH At this time it looks like I can drop off the crib on Jan. 14. That should give time needed to assemble the winning crib.Who is in charge of assembly?Where do I need to drop off crib?

12-31-2005, 12:15 PM	#15
Island Girl Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Central MA Posts: 2,354 Thanks: 18 Thanked 551 Times in 180 Posts	Decorations I will help with decorating the crib .... and take pictures. We need a very very light person to ride in the crib. IG __________________ Island Girl ....... Make Lemonade

12-31-2005, 12:35 PM	#16
gtxrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Piscataway, NJ Posts: 1,030 Thanks: 2 Thanked 46 Times in 24 Posts	Quilt? Perhaps Mrs. DRH can make a quilt to cover the rider? Anyone want to take a chance on a blanket?

12-31-2005, 12:38 PM	#17
mcdude Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rock Haven Lake - West Newfield, ME Posts: 5,367 Thanks: 374 Thanked 1,057 Times in 495 Posts	Logistics Have we thought about how the "bed/sled" will get from West Alton to Alton Bay? Will we need a pick-up truck or can it be towed by snowmobiles?

12-31-2005, 01:54 PM	#18
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,596 Thanks: 3,236 Thanked 1,111 Times in 798 Posts	King size bed. And two pairs of skis. Do you think we can get all the forum members into this one??????? Second thought how are we to push this monster. Once we get it going, how are we going to stop. What a ride!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

12-31-2005, 01:54 PM	#19
gtxrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Piscataway, NJ Posts: 1,030 Thanks: 2 Thanked 46 Times in 24 Posts	Babes on Sleds If the Babes are planning to do the RADAR RUN they can tow the bed/sled down. I have a small pickup trunk if needed. I think a crib will fit in the back or it can be lashed to the roof of the cap.

01-19-2006, 07:05 PM	#21
KBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 521 Thanks: 10 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	For an ICE race OK you winter folks, how about this. STOP dancing for snow. START the COLD swirl dance which will form perfect smooth ice. Give the mushers all speed skates. Put blades on the crib. Give Pepper a para foil. Hold on. __________________ Home Permanently in NH

02-02-2006, 09:09 PM	#22
Mee-n-Mac Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,943 Thanks: 23 Thanked 111 Times in 51 Posts	Update anyone ? So with the Derby being postphoned and warm temps being what they have been .... anyone know what the thinking is re: Winter Carnivale ? I saw fpartri's recent pics showing ice on the Bay but how thick is it ? Anyone know of a defunct ice rink whose ice making equipment we can "borrow" __________________ Mee'n'Mac "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by simple stupidity or ignorance. The latter are a lot more common than the former." - RAH

02-02-2006, 09:45 PM	#23
IslandSib Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 91 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Alton Bay Winter Carnival-Bed Race-Winter Forum Fest I I keep thinking if we talk about it ...it wont happen ...So I keep quiet... At lunch today I was measuring from the tree to where the ice starts on DRH's daily pictures ...with a ruler... Think i might need a detox center for Ice In and my chronic viewing habit. __________________ IslandSib