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hi plain-rev !!! ha !! ha !!! ha !!! remember last season went i met you .i had no boots while standing on the track of the machine !! 3-4 years ago ,i bought a little carpet to put on the floor of the machine , for the long runs i remove my boots .so for 12 -15 hrs i don t feel the '' weight '' of my boots !! it s more relaxing ,but i must put my boots back every time i stop to take pics . ps: st' un tapis de rubber dans le surtrac !!! that s why i bought a little carpet !!! ha !! ha!!! groomer !!!

they saved the restaurant ,just saw that on the news !!! groomer!!!

those who expect to go in the lac st jean area in the days to come , better put lots of gas around quebec city .just heard on the news ,the gas station in l etape (road 175 ) is burning .will probably know more tomorrow morning !!! groomer !!!

hi gtse800 !!! don t know if you have that expression in english ,but this is an hundred buck$ question!!!! ha !! ha !! ha !! back in the 80' s a friend of mine used to compete on the world cup downhill championship and they were calling him '' the flyin gaspesian '' !!! now i think it s my turn !!! ha !! ha !! ha !! seriously !!! put my feet on the '' bull '' and jumped in that ''rut '' or '' slot '' on the left side of the groomed side and i walked a few feet behind the place from where i took the pic .that s why you don t see my foot prints !!!! i took the pic from a moose '' watch ''' usually i try not to show my foot prints by walking on the side of the trail (edge ) but sometimes i foget about it !!! groomer !!!

left the club house in albertville this morning to put signage on the trail for the last 5 miles before arriving to the first c b in town .should have a few inches for tonight and tomorrow . groomer !!!

rfm !!! this is the hill i probably fear the most when i fell ''sleepy '' .this is on my way back home about 4 miles west of the c b i turn around .this hill is about 1 mile long with 2 little flat spots .on my way back i always watch the right side , just in case i fell asleep ,ha !! ha !!! go down that hill in 5th gear or 10 mph.sometimes in 6 th (13 mph ) but very seldom . so one day if you come in my area ,watch the right side ,i might be there somewhere in the clearcut !!!! ha !! ha !! ha !!! groomer !!!

hi nh vector !!! thank you very for appreciation !!! be sure when i go to bed early morning i have no remorses of the job i did during the night .i rather take extra time to groom and be happy when i arrive home . the second pic ,this place can give me a lot of work .on some nights i can see drifts between 2 and 6 ' high .must nt be afraid to bulldoze the drifts and never forget where the hard packed snow is.if i take all the width of the ''bull '' to bulldoze snow ,must not forget where is the hard packed snow is .if i feel the machine is ''sinking '' in the drifts ,i hurry up and go back on hard packed snow !!!! snowdrifts its a place where you can gain tons of experience if you re not afraid to '' dive '' in there !!! like it !!! thanks again !!! groomer !!!

hi rfm !!! thanks !! no i don t sleep in the machine at all .it s better for me not to start that ,when i come back early morning ,i try to be in town before 7 30 am -8 am .why ?? because its narrow at few places in town and i don t want to hit anybody with the ''bull '' so it s better for me not to sleep at all .if i m way too late ,i bring the machine home and start again at darkness only for a few miles . if i feel too asleep while grooming i try to find a place to bulldoze snow !!! going forward and backward (reverse ) with the machine for a few minutes ''wake me up '' a little bit . the roughest days is went i come back between 6 30 am and 8 am and start grooming at night again on the same day .don t have much time to sleep .5-6 hrs and go !!! there s no hrs to start grooming ,i can start at midnight ,5 am or 4 pm.but i try to groom most of the time at night .i like daylight only to take pics !!!! my longest run is 20 hrs and i did many 16-17-18 hrs runs . i always told myself, the run i ll have to sleep in the machine, i ll probably quit grooming .since last year i m alone to groom ,tq 5 + local trails ,its 400 hrs + of grooming .440 hrs i think last season . groomer !!!

coldest morning here since we have snow !!! - 26 c at 5 am . groomer !!!

just saw your pics on the other thread ,looks like good conditions for early december .we still have about 5 miles of signing to do between home and halfway up to albertville, should be done by tomorrow .need a little bit more snow in the fields , but it s rideable . groomer !!!

thanks again to you and your friends !!! see you in january !!! groomer !!!

happy birthday guys !!! from the matapedia valley ,gaspesie !!! wish you tons of snow and many '' clicks '' groomer !!!

hi smclelan !!! the girl who do that job to call in chandler or sending an e mail ,she will probably wait for the albertville guys to be done with their signage.my side of the matapedia river is done (east) and they are doing the west side toward amqui .it should be done by tomorrow . groomer !!!

hi gtse800 !!! great sunset ,but it wasnt warm when i took those pics .around - 15 c i guess and this morning - 24 c. -10 c right now . groomer !!!

few pics from this week !!! it snowing a bit right now !!! groomer !!!

bonjour rob !!! whoooooooops !!! the top right corner of the cover of my magazine was in bad shape .probably confuse with that french forum .you re right rob ,it s motoneige quebec , the fcmq magazine . groomer !!!

yes , december one !!! page 22 !! groomer !!!

just saw that on the french magazine ,motoneige au quebec !!! ps: sorry for the quality of the pic !! groomer !!!

just read on the french forum ,according to those 2 guys from the east end of of the gaspesie , chandler -grande riviere area should be groomed next week and one was nt sure about riviere au renard . also ,should have '' new circuit '' in the grande riviere area for 08-09 season with a brand new cable bridge over the grande riviere river . -24 c at 4 30 hr am here this morning !!! a lot colder than last year at the same period . groomer !!!

they are fixing it right now .should be ready for next tuesday .saw on the news tonight ,they are doing a quick job ($$23,000.00) to save their '' winter ''but they ll spent over $$ 150,000.00 next summer to fix it right . groomer !!!

very happy to tell you that the season has saved in percé .back in october, that rain storm (noel ) broke some roads ,bridges and ''water pipes '' around percé .they began to fix it .it will be temporary for this season and fix it right next summer !! just read that on a french forum !!! groomer !!!

pics from my yesterday run .snow began around 5 hr ,but received only about 2 ''.only 2 more local trails to groom . i ll be back on the trail to put the signage around 9 hrs . groomer !!!

if they had no drags , (guess) probably because there was a lot of snow or like you said for brushing .also trail can pass in some ''swampy '' places ,so mixing snow ,mud ,etc together help to freeze faster and work better with no drag. and no ,snow was nt icy .if you look at the 9 th pic ,probably only the effect of light .snow was soft on top but ''rotten '' at the base . groomer !!!

few more !!! groomer !!!

went grooming tq 5 yesterday ,it was very slow going up hill ,snow was kind of '' rotten '' at the base .there s a few mooses on the trail .should return on local trails this morning if weather is nice !! groomer !!!