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Doing lots of hikes with the pup. Luckily many areas nearby with conserved land and hiking trails. Today's hike into Spirit Pond. mike

Sorry to hear this. Let's set up an online gallery/store and offer your photos to the world printed on calendars & posters & coffee mugs! We have increasing cases of small employer friends, who's crews are resisting returning to work, because unemployment benefits (handouts of taxpayer funds) are more than their labor wages. Maybe similar to what caused Les Opérations Dignité, government had good intentions, but the law of unintended consequences takes over. What do you think about your gallery/store?! Maybe two. One for the naturistes. One for motor-heads!

bonsoir !!! absolutely right quebec bob !!! yes smclelan ....back in the 70-80 and maybe 90's....maybe a bit of 00's too ....st octave was used by canadian army to train cadets / soldiers... great sunshine today .....buuuut cold with strong winds....i still wear my tuque...ahahhaha sorry for the late reply....busy here in the gaspesie...😁 a little bit of bad news yesterday .....won t use quebec words....might not start working before first week of july ... jean-guy

good morning playhard !!! great thx for the offer.......but im still '' old school '' with my pics....most nice pics and maybe all you see on the net ...photograph '' worked '' on their pics to '' upgrade '' them a bit ...give them more effects... i don t have that skill ......computer stuff always been '' hell '' for me !!! might go riding my 4w this afternoon and see where we are at with the snow....on the z e c... still sunshine with crazy winds again !!! saw something on the net yesterday .....padoue , between mont joli and sayabec.....they fought to keep their village alive....never been there....nice little village... and i was thinking .....not related to '' operation dignité ''.....back in the late 70's and in the 80's.........in ste marguerite.......more than half of the population were gone working on the crops in s-w ontario.......so , the village had no more money to fix or to renovate church ....they had to tore down the church .... yesterday , i tried to find that documentary about st paulin ...st jean de cherbourg area...no luck ...ill try again ... merci !!! jean-guy

Thanks for sharing JG! http://www.operationdignite.com/Journee-de-la-resistance-et-de-la-fierte-rurale Resistance and Rural Pride Day The Day of Resistance and Rural Pride crowns each year in May a municipality in eastern Quebec that has been threatened with disappearance, that has taken steps to take charge and that generates concerted initiatives. In the early 1970s, houses were burnt down and villages were emptied. Today, rural communities are showing determination and creativity in their achievements and their affirmation of living in the territory. Little story of Resistance and Rural Pride Day In 2006, during the fundraising campaign for the establishment of a Center for the enhancement of Operations Dignity in Esprit-Saint, was created the Day of Resistance and Rural Pride, a day during which we celebrate the determination, pride, creativity and achievements of a rural municipality. During this day is proclaimed the Manifesto of Rural Pride , written during the first edition at Esprit-Saint. From one village to another Esprit-Saint, La Rédemption, Sainte-Paule, the three JAL municipalities (Saint-Juste-du-Lac, Auclair and Lejeune), Saint-Charles-Garnier, Saint-Clément, Les Méchins, Mont-Carmel and Saint-Damase were alternately designated "Municipality of the Resistance". The 10th edition of the Day took place once again in Esprit-Saint, followed by Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac in 2017, Saint-Ulric in 2018 and St-Eugène-de-Ladrière in 2019. The selection criteria are as follows: The municipality was threatened in its existence and resisted. The municipality has taken and continues to take actions to promote the care of the environment. The municipality generates and has generated concerted initiatives. Main benefits Valorization and recognition of the rural environment = pride and sense of belonging to the environment among young people; Visibility of the municipality in its history, its recent achievements, its challenges and its plans for the future; Promotion of the municipality and its recreational tourism infrastructure; Creation of intermunicipal, corporate and individual alliances; Direct economic benefits; National visibility of a regional initiative. Fundraiser for scholarships: http://www.operationdignite.com/Fonds-Jean-Marc-Gendron-135

https://www.connexionao.ca/Welcome.H.htm Anyone on here running these? How do they work? Any issues with them coming apart while riding? I see ski-doo just came out with a similar product that incorporates the heated visor cord and tether all in one. It's not compatible with rev-xs sleds though, so this looks to be a good 2nd best for anyone not riding a g4 rev. Just looking for folks experience with this product good or bad.

Gotta keep gas in the 4w & rouge in the chalet! i thought about that ....hahha.... unless my boss come up with few ideas...as soon i can make it to camp ...i ll spend time there... mill yard is full of woods....the owner of the mill ain t buying anything right now...so , this put many people in trouble... different pics....just a few mins before darkness last night ....colors not very sharp !!! i just checked a few mins ago .....most of the time when i see graffiti...reminds me the movies in nyc with gene hackman ....pedal to the metal ....driving his car under the subway overpass i ll go riding around 2 pm ... thx again jean-guy

We respect you notre frère! For being gifted at telling stories thru your lens, and for being OTG (off the grid)! Just sayin', we've got a bunch of web-savvy folks here, maybe even some with e-commerce expertise? Gotta keep gas in the 4w & rouge in the chalet! So if you ever feel like exploring that, just whistle!

The loop around Lac Chapeau de Paille is 6 miles and yes it has only been the last 2 years. From what I’m hearing it will be that way going forward......IF there ever is any “going forward “ nowadays.

Ya know Playhard..... that fu$&in toy sled was gone 6 days later when I came back through. Maybe it didn’t even last a day or two....who knows. I would have bet that everyone would have left it alone because IMO just looked cool as shit there. Hope who ever took it has bad luck with it.

good morning artsled and zeusand !!! thx.....i just read quickly ....bsl and gaspesie ....government wanted to move 65 000 people from those villages.... i remember watching the documentary , people still had the rage....could have hit the journalist and cameraman with a baseball bat ....must have been different life after they ve been moved in bigger cities .......when they were used to live in the '' outdoor '' .. here s a list of those threaten villages ...back then http://www.operationdignite.com/Liste-des-municipalites-menacees jean-guy

To lift the region out of poverty, wow... very interesting story. Would have never thought of that reason. Don't really understand how that could work unless the government was paying everyone for their house that their about to abandon... or they just walk away and head to the city. Crazy.

bonsoir zeusand !!! here s a bit of history about that .......20 years ago maybe....saw a documentary about that talking about people living a round st jean de cherbourg...st paulin ...st nil ...etc.... matane area... happened in many other villages...some people were so mad....instead of moving their houses into bigger town....just put the fire to their houses !!!.. In September 1970, 19 priests from the Bas-Saint-Laurent and the Gaspé regions launched the Manifeste des curés anger and three of them founded Operations Dignity. These operations become a real battle for the survival of rural Quebec. In 1970, Quebec and Ottawa decided to close 81 villages in eastern Quebec, according to the Relocation Plan of the Eastern Quebec Planning Bureau (BAEQ). The governments' objective is to lift the region out of its state of poverty. They also advocate better training of the workforce and the modernization of fisheries and forestry. The plan to close the villages and the relocation of tens of thousands of people raised the population's discontent. Ten villages will finally be razed. I also saw the burned houses, the shaved floors and people there dismayed to see disappear what they had built with their hands since the 1930s. Gilles Roy, founder of Operation Dignity 3 People leave everything behind. They received $ 8,000 for their property and moved to low-rental housing in Rimouski, Matane or Sainte-Anne-des-Monts. Among the first localities to close, there is Sainte-Paule, in the MRC de Matane. Resistance begins to organize. The parish priest, Charles Banville, is a rebel with a very hung tongue: “The fact that the little people had no voice, I was asked to take the lead in the movement. I woke up one morning, I was at the head of 21 parishes. I had no right to refuse. " On September 22, 1970, it was the birth of the first Operation Dignity, in the church of Sainte-Paule in front of 3,000 people. The second operation will be launched a year later, in Esprit-Saint, in the hinterland of Rimouski, in front of 6,000 people. Operation Dignity 3 was born in Les Méchins in 1972. A real popular movement was set in motion. Director Jean-Claude Labrecque launched the film Les Smattes in 1972, which tells the story of two men from Saint-Paulin facing the closure of the village. The Théâtre des Gens-d'En-Bas, for its part, presents collective creations such as We are gone to stay. And one day it happened / They said: "You are underdeveloped" / We fell again jean-guy

Lots of Chalets, the trail is only way for many to get to their places in winter. You will see many people towing toboggans loaded up to go up to their chalets.

The other honey hole is Kanawata up to Casey then to 83 usually a ripper.

M-20 Trail, nothing much to say about it.