Je me souviens
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Our maiden voyage is complete. Like many of our QR.com friends we also hit the trails this weekend. Great to feel the Quebec gold under the skis again. We left Sainte Anne Saturday morning headed to Clova. I don’t have too many pics to share because I spent in the night in Clova but my phone stayed at the Horseshoe…I retrieved it fully charged the next day at no extra cost. 😂 Merci to my two favorite ladies at the Horseshoe for that.
They are still hauling on the Wabash so that kinda put a damper on things for a few miles. If you still think there was no visible impact of the forest fires this summer you are in for a rude awakening.
As per always we had a great time in Clova. We ran into quite a few people we have met there before and it just cemented that common purpose feeling you can only get at those special places.
Also ran into Jim Jameson outside the Horseshoe after the phone retrieval mission was complete. Good to see him still at it. I hope that will be me one day. Retired and racking up miles in La Belle Province year round by sled or SxS.
Here are the few pictures I have. As you can see by the snot frozen to my jacket, there was a slight chill to the air.
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It can be done. I would take 83 all the way to 73 then head south. They have a couple radar traps around LaTuque. One just past the clubhouse once you cross the main highway in town, where the stoplight has a sled. Use the pedestrian crosswalk button, lol.
They also like to watch the railbed just south of town.
The rest of that route is superhighway. The pain in ass is the last part into sweet baby St Ray because the local trail is closed. They call it “Le Renversi”.
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Love Faillon, great place but not having a chef on staff anymore really cuts down my desire to spend the night. The new owners are great and the view from the rooms upstairs is hard to beat in the morning. I just don’t think cereal and toast is enough for my stomach to make the next stop 100 miles east. The last time we spent the night there I eat one of the best bavette steak dinners I have ever had. I hope they decide to go back to the chef on site plan. I have a hard time believing they can’t afford it when I see new chalets all along the beach.
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Sorry to hear about the injuries Jack. If anything else at least you know the Irish/Polish head is hard enough to not give in to the obstacles preventing your maiden voyage to Quebec this season. Albeit a little later than usual. I look forward to your first trail write up when it does happen. I may not comment on them, but I do always read them in there entirety. Cheers from George and Shannon.
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21 hours ago, skidooccio said:
Team VT still out there? Team NH will be there Thursday! Wanted to wait until it got super cold, lol.
Post another Let’s Go video when you get back. Still the highest quality QC trail riding clips I have ever watched. Love them. I met the Professor or the Chemist can’t remember which one at Pacini restaurant in Alma years back. I didn’t see you that time.
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Bonjour Alain, I had forgotten about the fox joining our impromptu summit gathering, that zoom made for a great shot. Yes the bridge is indeed the one that crosses the Peribonka river at the old Scoobyraid (Otis) end of the 49th parallel trail. I bet you laughed while digging out that picture of us from back in 2008.
PA Dragon - that middle pic looks like Mont APICA on the way to Monts Vallin where I believe the other 2 shots are from.Fuse - the cave is a cool place. I will never forget meeting Bill at the HI back in the day, he ended up taking us for a guided tour out to it the next day.
NYNH Skidoo- second pic has “that skidoo feeling” to it.
Steve - I have never seen the rock in the winter, guess I will have to add that to the list. Classic Gaspe, like the MSP lookout. I had bad timing when I was at the lookout in MSP, my pic below.
Grumpers - Add some pics to the post, if you have videos you gotta have pics somewhere…lol
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Great idea on the thread. I am definitely ready for some “throttle therapy” as Kenny calls it.
I have no clue on the clubhouse, looks remote.
I love meeting fellow QR riders on the trail. Those would be some of the best pics, but I always forget to take one. Here are some favorites to keep the thread going.
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Wanted one more trip on the batmobile before breaking out the snowmobile. Mattawin to Kanawata via the northern roads on Saturday and return to the truck via the southern roads Sunday. It was a relatively short trip so we didn’t have to start so early in the morning, allowing the sun to warm things up a little for us. Saturday afternoon the rain hit just as we pulled into Kanawata, so we brought the luggage in our rooms. About 20 minutes later the sun came back out, so we headed Nord to Casey and checked out the new stripping on the runway. Back down to Kanawata for supper. 200 miles for the day. We watched the Habs beat Bedard and the Hawks on the new couches. There has been significant investment made in the last 2 years at Kanawata, you might not recognize it now. Sunday morning Mario fed us all the big breakfast plate before hitting the trail back to the truck. The drizzle kept the dust down most of the day. Stopped at the Mattawin damn for the first time in years and had a snack. 150 miles for the day. Here are some pics.
PS the road between Repos and the Manawan cut off is the current title holder for bumpiest gravel road in Quebec right now.
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Welcome aboard Snowdevil. If I was running a 6 member team around the Gaspe, there is no way in hell I would wing it near peak season. The flip side of that is shit happens and the best laid plans can crumble on day one if there is a storm or mechanical issues. I am sure you are aware of all that jazz. We used to have a couple members here that run tours. I do not know either one of them personally. Bon Voyage snow tours is the name of one, the other dude’s name is Bruce Cody, he’s on the facecrack version of QR. I don’t know the business name. They could probably lay out a trip for you. Option 2 would be a lot of homework using the app, combined with member suggestions and hope for the best. I can tell you Le Francis in New Richmond is somewhere the lady’s will enjoy dinner.
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Yes most definitely. I see a lot of sport touring bikes on the main roads, and I have crossed paths with full on dirt bikes on the trails. I try to yield to the two wheelers in the bush so they don’t have to stop. Last time I spoke to a group on the touring bikes it was at relais 22, they were headed around the Gouin. The first time up this year we met a guy cruising solo at the Repos. He said he was headed to the reservoir as well. We all agreed it was pretty ballsy to be cruising that far out solo, but hey more power to him.
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No bueno. Loved that ride from the Classic to Val D’Or…. I forgot to mention the Classic on my list of ownership changes. I thought that section of 63 was closed for the past couple seasons due to logging, and if anything the bridges would be bigger and better now. I bet the Pavillon Laverendrye will be another to add on the list in short order.
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39 minutes ago, markusvt said:
I'm thinking the 20 hour, 7 days a week, 11 months a year can wear a person out..........
Seems like so many places we all love have changed hands in the past couple years, or are about to.
Ombre du vent
Fer a Cheval
100 lacs was for sale, but they changed there minds
My personal favorite Auberge Clova
relais du touriste
Notawissi
Gouin
lac du repos
kanawata
and many others I am sure I missed. It sucks to lose your contacts, the new owners don’t realize you are a longtime customer and have been coming for over a decade, making getting you out of a jamb a little less appealing…
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Hi Steve. Saturday was light on the trail side of things because I wanted to make sure to stay out of the hunters territory, so we stayed on the main roads through the ZECs, no side trail. I like to have breakfast at 6 and be in the trail moving by 7, the early start gives you a chance. Once we were north of the substation near fer a cheval we dipped back into the woods to Parent. I stayed on the Clova express to close the afternoon out. Let me know when you want to Doo it and I will be your guide for the weekend. Mid June sounds perfect to me.
Back in the saddle again
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