Scranton1

Nice pictures!  It appears you are on the new lookout at Perce, I noticed it from Rolands in January but didn't have time to run up and check it out.  Looks like lots of snow on the trails. 

Fantastic pictures BJ.  The Gaspie doesn't let you down with the scenery.  One of the pics looks like an aerial shot with the clouds below you.  Wow!
Jack & Sandi

220 miles cap chat to Gaspe
plenty of sightseeing
Cap chat to Gran Vallee outstanding
grand valley to Gaspe flat out sucked.  
needs some TLC but the scenery made up for it

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220 miles cap chat to Gaspe
plenty of sightseeing
Cap chat to Gran Vallee outstanding
grand valley to Gaspe flat out sucked.  
needs some TLC but the scenery made up for it

bonjour timbo !!!
merci !!!
 
yaaa...still grooming ...back from tq 5 an hr ago !!! third blue sky day in a row...+6 c at city hall...+3c at home in the shade..very low traffic ....6 sleds 
if weather still good...should groom til first week of april !!! mother nature will tell !!!
this morning started my truck just before  2 am....could hear a bunch of coyotes barking very closely !!!
 
jean-guy

A gentleman would deliver the sled directly to Sandi

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Trail conditions are good.  There is plenty of snow.  The sections of trail that runs on the road, is very thin or asphalt.  The sun is melting the snow on the roads quickly.  The trails firm up overnight so early morning the trails are good.  Noon thru mid afternoon the trails get like mashed potatoes.  There is still a good base but the top softens like a good ex-lax.  No problem with any water crossings.  You can still ride out of Universal but 5 east has a small section that was plowed.  You can run along the side of this thru the field. Overall, the trails should be good until a big warm up or bad rain.
Until later.
Jack & Sandi

Hi everyone.  We haven't had a chance to post.
Sandi, myself, Don and Dave Gutz left Motel Berniers Saturday morning to a beautiful day.  Sun out, comfortable temperatures and plenty of snow.  Its mid March and there is snow at Bernieres.  That is a good sign.
Everything is going along fine until 15 miles before Relais Tourville.  I'm behind Sandi on the 35 rail bed and Sandi is slowing down.  Why?  I look in my mirror and I see the two headlights behind me.  Nothing unusual that I observe.  We all stop and I walk up to Sandi and she says "It just made a pop sound like an exhaust backfire and it went beep, beep, beep, beep.  Then the check engine light comes on and the machine shuts down."
We take a quick look at it.  No motor parts hanging out.  Nothing obviously wrong so I hit the button and it spins over.  After a couple of attempts the motor comes back to life.  No knocks, no marbles rolling around in the crankcase, no misfire!  We switch sleds and I start down the tracks.  I don't push it and it feels OK.  I come up to a stop sign in a couple of miles and the motor shuts down again.  Now there is a lot of steam coming out from under the hood and from the heat exchanger.  We open up the side panel and you can smell the anti-freeze and the bottle is empty.
Get out the tow strap and we are on our away for the last ten miles to Tourville.  Now the options start going thru the brain.  One good thing is this is the easiest place to tow a sled.  We tow the sled behind the relais so it is easier to pick up with the trailer.  We go inside and grab a table and have a meeting of the minds.
Sandi's sled isn't going anywhere on its own power.  We have to get the truck and trailer from Bernieres to Tourville.  Its going to be a long day.  So the game plan is > Sandi stays at Tourville.  Hve you noticed how short the seat is on the new 850.  Sandi would be sitting on the gas caddy if we tried to go two up.  She didn't think that was a good idea.  I'll go back to Bernieres by myself and get the truck.  Don and Dave will continue on the RDL.  They have never been on the trails this side of RDL before.  So thats the plan.
I skip lunch and fill up at Tourville.  Just before I leave, Sandi comes running out and asks me if I have the keys to the truck?  Yes I do and the keys for the locks.  I have done that before.  Ten years or so ago I rode seventy-five miles by myself back to the truck just to realize that Sandi had the truck keys in her pocket seventy-five miles away from me!  That's another story.
So I get to the truck.  Boy the sled uses a lot more gas when you ride the rail bed by yourself.  I wonder why?  I unlock the boot and club and load my sled in the trailer and take off for Tourville.  Boy is it a beautiful day and I'm in the truck.  I get to Tourville and Sandi comes out.  Boy is she glad to see me.  It was a long afternoon for her.
I go over to her 1200 and push the start button.  It fires up and sounds OK.  I load it in the trailer and tie it down.  Off to RDL.  We discuss our options now that we are back together.  Sandi is so good.  She says why don't I, don and Dave go out for a ride on Sunday like we had planned and she will sit in the Universal.  Sunday no option to rent a sled and no way to go two up.  So we agree.
We meet up with Don and Dave.  They made it safely to RDL.  We go over the plan while having supper them.  It is  a go.  The crisis is under control.  More to follow.  Time to go have breakfast.
Jack & Sandi

220 miles cap chat to Gaspe
plenty of sightseeing
Cap chat to Gran Vallee outstanding
grand valley to Gaspe flat out sucked.  
needs some TLC but the scenery made up for it

220 miles cap chat to Gaspe
plenty of sightseeing
Cap chat to Gran Vallee outstanding
grand valley to Gaspe flat out sucked.  
needs some TLC but the scenery made up for it

Guyz
it was good seeing you the other day!
have fun!
GutZ

220 miles cap chat to Gaspe
plenty of sightseeing
Cap chat to Gran Vallee outstanding
grand valley to Gaspe flat out sucked.  
needs some TLC but the scenery made up for it

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Doonali has been assigned to handle the trip report....much more to come.
RDL to cap chat was excellent.  Tons of snow and not much asphalt when getting gas.
270 miles

Great pics.   Conditions look great. Have fun.
mike
 

Looking outstanding. Nice Pictures. Rooting for you guys I know its gonna be perfect. Enjoy. Hopefully we can cross paths. 

Doonali has been assigned to handle the trip report....much more to come.
RDL to cap chat was excellent.  Tons of snow and not much asphalt when getting gas.
270 miles

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Doonali has been assigned to handle the trip report....much more to come.
RDL to cap chat was excellent.  Tons of snow and not much asphalt when getting gas.
270 miles

Doonali has been assigned to handle the trip report....much more to come.
RDL to cap chat was excellent.  Tons of snow and not much asphalt when getting gas.
270 miles

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Doonali has been assigned to handle the trip report....much more to come.
RDL to cap chat was excellent.  Tons of snow and not much asphalt when getting gas.
270 miles