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bonsoir !!! back from riding ...strange day ... up to '' school bus ''...to ste marguerite and about 1 mile after 90's corner ...went toward logging rd...my camp ...lake frenette...casault and back to the 16 miles on logging rd.. many chickens...and 1 moose for 3 '' .....cloudy and windy jean-guy

wooww !!! nice.....and look very peaceful here in town ...only at the st jean baptiste.....fete nationale des quebeois....thats when you see the most canoes and tubes... they start going down the river at the big bridge ( trail for the lake ) and land at the '' forks '' right in town...then very quiet .....salmon anglers don t like to see canoes on the river... camping in amqui .....lac malcom ......val brillant and lac humqui are the places for that at the lake where i go to party with friends....maybe 2 canoes and 3-4 kayaks ...thats it !!! pics at the bridge where they start riding the river jean-guy

hi jackstraw !!! ahhaha....with a full face helmet and knee pads ....no problem most people here to that kind of stuff on lakes...few kayak amateurs here reminds me ....back in the 90's....friends of mine ....about 12 miles higher on that same river...took their canoe and go .....i guess they did nt know the river at all ... not too long after they started canoeing ....river become a lot wider.....not enough water ....so , they walked a lot in the river to arrive to destination pic of the '' mommies '' area taken a few days ago ....may 20 th jean-guy

hi smclelan reminds me a few years ago at my camp...after unloading the stuff in my truck ....at the table for a cold one and that thing showed up in the yard ps.....don t forget to close your window driver side 😁 jean-guy

bonsoir !!! this afternoon ....still no rain ... very dry ...at the extreme !!! jean-guy

bonsoir....good morning !!! over 100 miles ride.....sunny and very windy ....27 c when i left around 2 pm ... 1 bear 2 miles before camp ....3 moose ...1 deer and many gaspesie poulets !!! jean-guy

good morning paddy o !!! the only reason im thinking ....there s a camp about 7 miles from there on the main road....only a guess ...maybe the guy , if its him ....he s waiting for the road to be out of snow to bring back his sled to his camp ...... another great weather day today .... merci !!! jean-guy

bonsoir !!! about 75 miles today .....8 moose !!! jean-guy

bonsoir !!! went back to check toward my camp.... getting better and closer...turned around 5 miles from camp ....4 moose ....1 castor...few partridges !!! sunny ....but wind was fresh !!! jean-guy

bonsoir quebec bob !!! absolutely right....this must hurt for sure....tracks of a friend of mine at the lake....he could have rode a lot more going north of the lake... and not to stir the pot ( hahhaha )...just back from riding my 4w....at the mile 17 miles on logging rd...fresh tracks...another friend mine...probably rode before noon but the end is coming .....snow is turning to whipped cream and slush .... i went up to the 18 miles today ...still 14 miles away from my camp ....too much snow... few pics between logging rd and '' school bus ''......a guy i know on my way back ...stuck in the snow with is s x s , first fields west side of logging rd...he made me say a few strange quebec words....(hahah ) he did nt have the twist to get unstuck !!! 18c this afternoon !!! jean-guy

bonsoir went up to 18 miles...too much snow...down to the 16 ....samething ...then i tried local trail for ste marguerite ....down to the big bridge for the lake and then up to the lake.. 1 bear ....1 deer...3 moose and many gaspesie chickens jean-guy

Gotta keep gas in the 4w & rouge in the chalet! i thought about that ....hahha.... unless my boss come up with few ideas...as soon i can make it to camp ...i ll spend time there... mill yard is full of woods....the owner of the mill ain t buying anything right now...so , this put many people in trouble... different pics....just a few mins before darkness last night ....colors not very sharp !!! i just checked a few mins ago .....most of the time when i see graffiti...reminds me the movies in nyc with gene hackman ....pedal to the metal ....driving his car under the subway overpass i ll go riding around 2 pm ... thx again jean-guy

good morning playhard !!! great thx for the offer.......but im still '' old school '' with my pics....most nice pics and maybe all you see on the net ...photograph '' worked '' on their pics to '' upgrade '' them a bit ...give them more effects... i don t have that skill ......computer stuff always been '' hell '' for me !!! might go riding my 4w this afternoon and see where we are at with the snow....on the z e c... still sunshine with crazy winds again !!! saw something on the net yesterday .....padoue , between mont joli and sayabec.....they fought to keep their village alive....never been there....nice little village... and i was thinking .....not related to '' operation dignité ''.....back in the late 70's and in the 80's.........in ste marguerite.......more than half of the population were gone working on the crops in s-w ontario.......so , the village had no more money to fix or to renovate church ....they had to tore down the church .... yesterday , i tried to find that documentary about st paulin ...st jean de cherbourg area...no luck ...ill try again ... merci !!! jean-guy

bonsoir !!! absolutely right quebec bob !!! yes smclelan ....back in the 70-80 and maybe 90's....maybe a bit of 00's too ....st octave was used by canadian army to train cadets / soldiers... great sunshine today .....buuuut cold with strong winds....i still wear my tuque...ahahhaha sorry for the late reply....busy here in the gaspesie...😁 a little bit of bad news yesterday .....won t use quebec words....might not start working before first week of july ... jean-guy

good morning artsled and zeusand !!! thx.....i just read quickly ....bsl and gaspesie ....government wanted to move 65 000 people from those villages.... i remember watching the documentary , people still had the rage....could have hit the journalist and cameraman with a baseball bat ....must have been different life after they ve been moved in bigger cities .......when they were used to live in the '' outdoor '' .. here s a list of those threaten villages ...back then http://www.operationdignite.com/Liste-des-municipalites-menacees jean-guy