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About three times a day: I get cold sweats, bad cases of the shakes, and have had other catch me talking to myself about freshly groomed trail and Gosse poutine. I am hurtin bad man!!

I can reply in 2 weeks I will be in RDL on the 14 its good to go in Gaspe

First time in 21yrs I can not reply to a post like this on the Gaspe F**kin Covid!

Busted the ole girl out of the garage this afternoon. Dusted off the helmet and squeezed into my pre covid lockdown snowmobile gear. Still fits. Decided to go see what it looked like locally with a quick spin. Fresh 4” of snow maybe a bit more than that. Windy though and saw some drifty parts to prove it. Left home made a left 3 ouest to local trails to St Louis de France direction Trois Riveres. This fresh snow will help alot when they groom it in. Not much traffic at all midweek but most using a single track. I decided to break her open a bit wider as I just cannot ride down the middle. Not bad close to home a sloppy trail with the fresh snow drifted up all over. Felt good to squeeze the flipper and hear my Apex sing. Running on fumes from last year but made it to gas in St Louis de France. Filled her up and my rotopak spare juice gan too. Pay at the pump. Keeping my social distance. Enjoyed watching the guy trying to clear the snow with the front end loader must be his first day, but hey practice makes perfect. Continued on down to Cap de Madeline rode to the shop to make sure no one was driving my truck. All good there she is cozy in garage enjoying her day off. Back up the local and its groomed here and in the woods pretty nice. Followed the groomed trail to junction with 351 and headed for St Maurice. Passed a couple of people leisurely. Into the fields after crossing the Autoroute 40 it got interesting. Searching for sticks in blowing snow it was a great “hey I remember this moment” big drifts here. The groomer wasted fuel coming through here but I guess I am lucky he did. Once to the Junction with TQ3 a group was stopped there. My phone was ringing in my pocket but I was not answering. TQ3 groomed and not drifty all the way to Lac A Tortue. Burned it up. Followed 3 to Shawinigan, freaking Shawinigan Sud is snirty brown snow all along by the junction to Reggies at Drakkar. Never seen that ever in February not even in March. Crazy. They been burning it down to the sand. Really need about 40 cm more to fill all the dips and holes. It’s truly like early season riding here still. Sure you can ride but its nothing like it usually is in February. Need more snow. Cruised on back on TQ3 to chez Ice. Good first ride. Tested out the garmin Inreach mini tracking, mrs Ice likes follow along. Riding alone it’s another tool, nice to have. Maybe tomorrow after they groom it up I will venture out further. Did about 50 miles. Its just about good enough to take the Mrs out but I won’t be riding on the weekends way too many people with limited skill sets and new sleds. B924138D-E3A4-4CEF-9AB3-2D072F248297.MOV B924138D-E3A4-4CEF-9AB3-2D072F248297.MOV B924138D-E3A4-4CEF-9AB3-2D072F248297.MOV

bonsoir !!! storm started around 1 15 pm ... rock' n roll since 4 pm.... a bit over 4'' a bit windy ........-3c jean-guy

X2 I always appreciate the updates, news and even the Bad News. Clicking "Like" or anything, seems wrong given these circumstances, but it denotes the appreciation for passing it along to the rest of us. GutZ

bonjour !!! storm kaputt now.....it was still snowing a bit this morning mild temps.....0c almost forgot ....7-8'' jean-guy

3 February -4c still snowing lightly about 4” very windy

Sounds good, do you handle the reservations? GutZ Kinda in the neighborhood of Bazinet & La Barriere & La Glaciere: https://auberge-lanaudiere.com/ https://lanaudiere.ca/en/accommodation-lanaudiere/auberge-du-vieux-moulin/ https://www.bonjourquebec.com/en-ca/listing/lodging/hotels/auberge-du-vieux-moulin-366815738

Looks like similar spot. Haha. Been a few pictures taken by those picnic tables!

Sounds good, do you handle the reservations? GutZ

Yes I’ve seen the prototype.

Says it’s closed but I’m sure sleds are running it. I may try it on the week end heading up to my cottage. We’ve been riding the river from the Carillon dam to Cushing, Qc already this year, roughly 8 klms on the river with no staking and there never is, 14” of ice there now.

Let the brand bashing begin? Saw this while checking the weather radar map for my area...

Aha, a clear case of patent infringement!

This almost looks like a Polaris ranger with skiis

It still is a home improvement joke! You can't go with a negative test, we are going to Maine all in our group have tested negative and we are bringing everything we need to isolate ourselves and go home clean!!!! Crazy times. Need mucho grande Blue's

No idea, I been riding Quebec since 1988 so I am way out of touch here at home....guess you could say I have been spoiled!!

Heading down to the same spot .. That's Trailblazer taking in the view

Is it this place?

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Wont be the first one found on the trail..... Damn GPS! GutZ

2 February -3c snow and wind maybe an inch so far another big one. wow it does still snow I was beginning to think it didn’t happen anymore

In training for work and was told Amazon Web Services has a snowmobile. This might be a little interesting coming down the trail.

Maybe it's tree huggers antifa. Trying to stir the pot to get sledding banned everywhere.

thx grumpy !!! enjoy for taking pics....and if possible...riding ... no storm here yet ....-9c !!! jean-guy

Mason Says, " Not as good as Canada... but Ok" GutZ

Well, finally maneuvered the paperwork black hole and got 3 sleds registered, just in time for a ride last weekend. Mason's first real Trail Ride!! STAY TO THE F'N Right!! LOL!!! He's getting it.... slowly...

These are the places we depend on, in all four seasons, and they are hurting. As an aside, I heard from the Delta\HI that they have had No Sleds this year yet. Later GutZ

bonjour !!! yesterday , for sure the nicest day of the season to ride...gorgeous weather !!! jean-guy

Update. So mystery man came good in that he sent all his license and other information to my buddy. Sled was registered in Indiana. As of late Sunday night he thinks the pass insurance will cover the damage. I'm pretty sure he's in for a rude a wakening on that. Also apparently he was the 2nd sled. 1 st was a 2 up and he was in the middle and ended up in the ditch per se shortly after having to swerve away from my buddy. At the end my buddy gave him his gas from the Linq so he would make it back to the truck with the other in tow. Buddy still waiting for adjuster and has accepted the fact he might have to ride a Doo rental for part or rest of the winter.

Can’t go wrong with BISHOPS. That’s are spot when coming out of Southern Quebec heading to Fort Kent. Is Mama Bears open at all down the street? Always nice enjoying a different sled sometimes..... Good for you.👍 ENJOY THE WIND!!!!!!

Took out the hot red Ferarri today. Felt 40 years younger!

Thank you for posting all of your trips. Looking forward to 2022, as everyone else is getting back to Quebec.

Y'know, for these sorts of observations, it's hard to click on the "Like" button, or a frowny-face emoji, it isn't enough, in any case, thanks for keeping the awareness up, maybe it can be a life-saver, respectfully, thanks,

OH HELL YES! How many gang-shaming cancel-culturing snowflakes can we outrage in one little ditty?! Fat kids. Skinny kids. Kids who climb on rocks... Tough kids. Sissy kids. Even kids with chicken pox...

Move along folks nothing to see here, just extra ballast to keep the inside ski on the ground.😁😁😁😁

Who needs buns?

Well it’s a rap for this trip. 200km for the day. Not the greatest today but still decent for the most part. local 307/309 ok but not great. awesome trailside dogs and pretty much sunny all day but frosty. cheers gowser

Fancy place !

bonsoir !!! 2 sisters + 1 b i l went riding around la redemption area this afternoon !!! jean-guy

bonsoir playhard !!! merci de votre appreciation !!! tres apprecié !!! grooming with sur-trac was a lots of extra....i had to keep those drifts clean....lots of extra work .... i ll never forget my first run on tq 5 with the gilbert ...saved 3 hrs.....no need to take care of the drifts like the sur-trac....traction was way better on the gilbert imagine you delivering the grosse poutine and me taking selfies of both of us !!!! hahhahaha could be a funny day !!! pics of my last morning at the st fidele cb as a groomer operator !!! merci !!! jean-guy

Pretty sure I can speak all of us Hommees south of the border on this: YES! AND WE WOULD ALL LIKE TO DELIVER IT IN-PERSON TOUT-SUITE!

bonsoir smclelan !!! ahahha 1 year ago today !!! jean-guy

bonsoir scorpionbowl !!! aaaaaaahhh ...you have noticed !!!.....hahaha excusez moi monsieur and without swelling my head up ...im a very good rider.....more than average.....on the trail ...off the trail.... no trails....no problems !!! years ago , the trail we used before landing to camp....its an old lumberjack trail ....got stuck there with my 4w....the 450.....deep in the black dirt ....short pant...t-shirt...tons of spectators to look at me....( mosquito )...took 1.5 hrs to get out of there digging with my hands only .. about the groomer ,my average has been very good....3x in 13 years with the sur-trac and i don t think im wrong 1x with the gilbert ...so , 4x in 20 years ......worth a grosee poutine extra fromage !!! pics from today jean-guy

Took my brother in law, his son and a friend out on lake Ontario 2nd week of August for a day of trolling for salmon, they are from Texas, we had a great day!!

Nothing quite like fly fishing Alaska where every cast could be the best fish of your life!!

The bride had Santa slip an ultrawide monitor down the chimney, so if i can't ride, and if i can get her to take a break from crushing MASSIVE candy, at least i can plan big rides!...