Despite the general lack of snow over the past two winters, the Jasper County Ditch Bangers snow mobile club still meets in full force each month at Cadillac Jack’s in Baxter. While the club, just in its second year, is still rather new, treasurer Michelle Huffaker has high hopes for the future of the group.

“We’re actually really new as a club, this is only our second full season and last year we didn’t have any snow, so it didn’t really count as a season,” Huffaker said with a laugh. “My husband came up with the idea to gather a bunch of people and to form a club, because snow mobiling can be so fun but not a lot of people realize you can do it so close to home.”

In addition to the camaraderie the club brings, as an Iowa State Snowmobile Association-recognized club, the JCDR benefit in terms of safety as well.