Fozzy

Leaking antifreeze... sounds like a loose clamp on a hose or cracked heat exchanger. Good thing you shut her down before all destruction of your wallet.

I was up in Duhamel last week riding. We stopped at the warming shack on 43 between Duhamel and Montpellier at the end of the day where there were lots of sleds. A guy from the FCMQ noticed we didn’t have any passes on our sleds. Holly shit we got out of there in a hurry. Just kidding lol. We didn’t have printed versions as we only decided to go that morning. Showed him the screen shots of it on our phones. He was happy with it. I really don’t think he checked that the pass matched the sled but more that the date of purchase was correct. Nice guy and it was simple. But could see it being a problem if my phone was dead as it was at the end of our day and my phone usually doesn’t keep a long charge in the cold.

Looking at the itinerary, what’s up with Monday’s ride? Looks like you ride on and off the ferry and that’s it for the day.

I just arrived here at the Delta. Checked in and now at the bar having a beer and food after the white knuckle drive here from mtl. Meeting up with friends at the Mont tomorrow. Unfortunately there wasn't a room available for me till tomorrow. So here I am, first time here, nice place! If your here come and say hi, black shirt and blue cap on.

Here you Gutz, she’s at Relais Le Chapelle waiting for you according to their FB page lol.

Good to know, thank you. I am heading up on Thursday afternoon and staying at Le Cabanon for a ride on Friday. Normally we would wait another week in hopes of more trails opening but unfortunately my riding bud is having surgery so it’s go now or not till January.

Is yours a yearly pass and what you printed is only a temporary till your sticker comes in the mail? What I have is a day pass, but still you would think they would want me to affix it to the sled some how.

Hmm, it doesn’t state any of this on the permit.

Purchased a one day permit for next week. Yes it’s print version of a pass and they ask just to keep it in your pocket in a ziplock bag or have a screen shot of it on your phone. Nice and easy.

According to the fcmq website it doesn’t say that. Now I didn’t go through the process yet so we will see.

I get the whole idea of buying your permit on-line, makes sense. But to but a daily permit, three day or 7 day permit, these should be able to be printed from your printer. What happens when you decide to go to Quebec last second which happens in my case often, you are screwed.

Grooming at the end of November, NICE. This must be one of the earliest times they have done this. I remember back in the mid 2000 I would always do my first ride of the year around the third week in December. Then the Groomer had only started going out.

The Groomer is out in Mont Valin as of today. Pic is at Auberg KM 31

I still have a bit of work to do. Not buying a Qc trail pass this year as I will only do a couple of rides in Le belle Provence. I enjoyed riding in NY last year and will be doing it again this year along with Ontario of course.

It doesn’t get any easier than that. Now only if I can get my computer to get my sled ready for the season.