Ike

Ha!  Thanks. It actually is a professional model in the picture……na na na na na na na na….
PIPEMAN!

Drakkar!

Drakkar!

Drakkar!

Chomping at the bit to get back there soon Pipeman!  

Thanks Pipeman!  I share in all of the same sentiments!  Good times!  Best company!
 
Ike

Ok.  Here's a quick update.
Made the trip as planned for the most part. 1260-1300 miles depending on which of the three odometer readings you use.  I had the least (oversized tires) and the Polaris had the most.  Not one flat tire or mechanical issue on any of the machines.  We didn't even run out of fuel!  We made the lookout on the Gouin and the "bunkers" at Casey thanks to all of the information posted here!
All in all - great trip with great people!
 
Thanks again for the helpful information!
 
Ike

Lots of familiar sites!  Unfortunately, the screenshots of our route around the Gouin are a distant memory at this time.  Update on the App wiped out the saved track!  Ugh!  I did place a bunch of Google Earth placemarks at the intersections that I could make out on the aerial (for future reference).  Maybe I'll try to bring them over here later.  I've attached a picture of the map that the surveyors gave me.  It was helpful.  The "black line" on the next photo is an "edit" that the nice fella at Gouin made for me.  He informed us of a "new road" that wasn't on the map at KM 152 heading north out of Gouin that we could take instead of the "big road" (which was closed anyway).  It can bring you back out on to the "big road" by passing either Lac de la Lime (to the east) or Lac Bell (to the north) - shown on the last photo.  We blew right past in at first because the km markers were overgrown with thick brush along the road.
 
 

Ok.  Here's a quick update.
Made the trip as planned for the most part. 1260-1300 miles depending on which of the three odometer readings you use.  I had the least (oversized tires) and the Polaris had the most.  Not one flat tire or mechanical issue on any of the machines.  We didn't even run out of fuel!  We made the lookout on the Gouin and the "bunkers" at Casey thanks to all of the information posted here!
All in all - great trip with great people!
 
Thanks again for the helpful information!
 
Ike

Just North of LaTuque before Odanak.

Unfortunately, we took the old trail.  BAD BAD BAD idea.  In some places, it was completely grown closed.  Not wide enough to walk through let alone take a SXS!  I know what the followers were thinking about 100 yards into it.  For that, I am still sorry but we made it.  Dominic told me that he has a contract out to clear that trail (?soon?)……..  I will NOT take it again until that is confirmed.

......And yes......ripe blueberries for the pickin' all over!

Ok.  Here's a quick update.
Made the trip as planned for the most part. 1260-1300 miles depending on which of the three odometer readings you use.  I had the least (oversized tires) and the Polaris had the most.  Not one flat tire or mechanical issue on any of the machines.  We didn't even run out of fuel!  We made the lookout on the Gouin and the "bunkers" at Casey thanks to all of the information posted here!
All in all - great trip with great people!
 
Thanks again for the helpful information!
 
Ike

Ok.  Here's a quick update.
Made the trip as planned for the most part. 1260-1300 miles depending on which of the three odometer readings you use.  I had the least (oversized tires) and the Polaris had the most.  Not one flat tire or mechanical issue on any of the machines.  We didn't even run out of fuel!  We made the lookout on the Gouin and the "bunkers" at Casey thanks to all of the information posted here!
All in all - great trip with great people!
 
Thanks again for the helpful information!
 
Ike