snowmaster2112

You came late and went early
thankful for our 8 day rip and was sure to get one more in
not so
congrats to everyone who squeezed in some decent rides here and there
Lowest number miles. >1400 in the last 30 years
had fun though and looking forward to next year 

“We did stop off at Camp de Casey  to use there wifi real quick”
you guys must be extra special!!!!!!
BTW… the drone pics of the Gouin are fan fuc;@i$g tastic !
still have a couple laying around and flew RC Heli’s for quite a long time. Been out of it for quite a few years now. Not a good “old man’s “ game.
way too much coordination needed 

I’ll say it again…
you guys got the “ best of the best of it “
enjoy. Anyone driving from Pa deserves a little extra 

“We did stop off at Camp de Casey  to use there wifi real quick”
you guys must be extra special!!!!!!
BTW… the drone pics of the Gouin are fan fuc;@i$g tastic !
still have a couple laying around and flew RC Heli’s for quite a long time. Been out of it for quite a few years now. Not a good “old man’s “ game.
way too much coordination needed 

Man that burger pic and poutine with hot dogs looks fabulous 
glad you guys are burning 🔥 it up

“We did stop off at Camp de Casey  to use there wifi real quick”
you guys must be extra special!!!!!!
BTW… the drone pics of the Gouin are fan fuc;@i$g tastic !
still have a couple laying around and flew RC Heli’s for quite a long time. Been out of it for quite a few years now. Not a good “old man’s “ game.
way too much coordination needed 

Man that burger pic and poutine with hot dogs looks fabulous 
glad you guys are burning 🔥 it up

Just freaking awesome for what is going on this year. Dragon & crew you guys got the BEST of the BEST for what the Abitibi had to offer this year. You guys picked the right week. No regrets driving all the way from Pa.
Who the fu&K woulda ever thunk you couldn’t squeak out a first week of March trip in the Abitibi ever ???
i gambled and waited too long to get another trip in.  Going to throw the towel in with recent forecast (and we were going to drive north into Abitibi) as a “red wave” is going to engulf the motherland late next week. (On already sparse conditions in most areas)
Saddest fucken season I have ever seen in my years 
God speed to all who are rounding out their trip and those who will still venture on………..

Just freaking awesome for what is going on this year. Dragon & crew you guys got the BEST of the BEST for what the Abitibi had to offer this year. You guys picked the right week. No regrets driving all the way from Pa.
Who the fu&K woulda ever thunk you couldn’t squeak out a first week of March trip in the Abitibi ever ???
i gambled and waited too long to get another trip in.  Going to throw the towel in with recent forecast (and we were going to drive north into Abitibi) as a “red wave” is going to engulf the motherland late next week. (On already sparse conditions in most areas)
Saddest fucken season I have ever seen in my years 
God speed to all who are rounding out their trip and those who will still venture on………..

Just freaking awesome for what is going on this year. Dragon & crew you guys got the BEST of the BEST for what the Abitibi had to offer this year. You guys picked the right week. No regrets driving all the way from Pa.
Who the fu&K woulda ever thunk you couldn’t squeak out a first week of March trip in the Abitibi ever ???
i gambled and waited too long to get another trip in.  Going to throw the towel in with recent forecast (and we were going to drive north into Abitibi) as a “red wave” is going to engulf the motherland late next week. (On already sparse conditions in most areas)
Saddest fucken season I have ever seen in my years 
God speed to all who are rounding out their trip and those who will still venture on………..

glad you guys had a great day. And ditto what Mikerider says. 

glad you guys had a great day. And ditto what Mikerider says. 

Dragon, as others have said here PLEASE keep us posted with as many reports and pics as you can. Have many fond memories of the 396 trail and have spent quite a few memorable moments at the Matagami club shack over the years. Had an 800 blow up back in 2013 right in the middle of the west side trail. That was a memorable day. I prefer the east side trail by far but both are good. When your heading north from Amos you will pass a small Native village "Pikogan" which you can barely see through the ding weeds. On the left side of the trail up on the hill they have a mini ski slope thing that they use for the kids to inner-tube down. If they are out there dont hesitate to stop and take a tube down the hill. Its a blast !!!!

I have NEVER seen this board this quiet, conditions non existent damn near everywhere, and moral so down in the snowmobiling community. It is literally depressing beyond comprehension. I guess we all have so many other things in life to be thankful for and I’m sure we all are in our own ways (and so am I) but anyone reading this is a tried and true die hard snowmobiler and knows what it takes to be one. Countless hours, money, time and devotion to try and get a couple days/weeks every year doing what we all love so much. To see it all go to complete shit is sad beyond belief. 
 
o.k. enough ranting. But this is how I truly feel:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C28S0rKgbOU/?igsh=Mzc3ZTVlOWMwZA==

i seem to do what this trucker did here now and then 
stay right.....and this will SURELY happen to you (more times than you would like) throughout your snowmobiling life

i seem to do what this trucker did here now and then 
stay right.....and this will SURELY happen to you (more times than you would like) throughout your snowmobiling life

I have NEVER seen this board this quiet, conditions non existent damn near everywhere, and moral so down in the snowmobiling community. It is literally depressing beyond comprehension. I guess we all have so many other things in life to be thankful for and I’m sure we all are in our own ways (and so am I) but anyone reading this is a tried and true die hard snowmobiler and knows what it takes to be one. Countless hours, money, time and devotion to try and get a couple days/weeks every year doing what we all love so much. To see it all go to complete shit is sad beyond belief. 
 
o.k. enough ranting. But this is how I truly feel:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C28S0rKgbOU/?igsh=Mzc3ZTVlOWMwZA==

I got you beat on the Relais 22 cheeseburger pic Wes 
and I even had them add bacon to mine
bwahhhhhhhhn……
so glad you guys had a great trip as well. Back home safe and recuperating 

Having coffee at the camp and waiting for the boys to wake up. We finish our trip today with a quick 80 mile run back to the truck in Mattawin. Just shy of 1400 mi. For the week. All in all it was a great run albeit some challenging sections here and there. No breakdowns, no mishaps and we all stayed on our seats and out of the ding weeds.
So good to ne back in the land of the snowmobile. Now the load up and long journey back home……ughhhh
i leave you with some pictures yesterday of the little church 200 ft north of the Manoune “B” (I think) dam on the 345 trail heading to Kanawata.
they have been constructing this little church for the last couple years and it now looks 99% finished. It truly is beautiful and someone put a lot of time and money into it. A MUST see whether you’re a religious person or not. 
The chapel is named after Saint Kateri Tekakwitha who was the first female Native American ordained as a saint in Canada back in the late 1600”s and the chapel is dedicated to “ Benny Petiquay” which one would assume was a local native from the area. I hope to hear his life story someday but it’s kinda hard to find a local around to ask. Every time I come through no one is there but surely someone looks after the place.

Here on the Kanawata express 
FYI….i was on the wrong side of the trail (safe straightaway) so I could capture Jeffrey in a video coming by. And that he did….at about 90
turned out sweet 

Here on the 83 this morning probably 10-15 miles west of Windigo jct
it was in fabulous, fast condition 

Here on the Kanawata/Casey express

Arrived back at camp a little before 5
another Awesome day and I can report the roadside from 345/83 jct into Wemo is 10 times better than when we hit it on Monday. Here at the junction