On February 16, 1996, right after school my dad and Nathan were planning to go to Russian Mission for the races. I couldn't go because I had the flu. Two other snow machines went with my dad. One carried two Pilot Station girls and J.B. and Lois rode on the other. J.B. had an old snow machine that likes to breakdown all the time. They decided to go on the Kuigpagamut trail in Kuik. The weather got worse as they were going. My dad brought his GPS 40 with him so they wouldn't get lost in the blizzard. The visibility was getting poor and the snow was turning into rain. J.B. and Lois broke down quit a few miles back and they had to look for them. The Pilot Station girls kept on going up to Russian Mission. My dad found them but the weather was getting worse and they had to turn back to Marshall. The next morning the two of them got ready to go by the back trail. My dad brought rain gear with him so he wouldn't get wet. They left about 4:30 while I stayed in my gram's house. Later that night around I 1:00 they came in all wet and cold. My dad told his mom about the trip.the creeks were thawed out, the trail was really bumpy, the visibility was bad, our snow machine was running out of gas, they were in waist deep snow, and they had to turn back.

6th grade