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  1. thx for the visit smclelan !!! great shot of cross point and the rock !!! fyi .....having rouge give you better imagination !!!😀 jean-guy
  2. bonjour playhard !!! great thx...very appreciated.... spent the weekend in town ....in the morning went to the falls...to see salmons ...no luck ...only 1 jumping ... then up the small falls and the marsh ... spent the night outside taking pics of sunset and then , looking like a tourist ...i went back to the new bridge and the '' forks '' for some night pics !!! enjoy !!! jean-guy
  3. bonsoir piston lake cruiser !!! if you look closely ...i guess its more the upper section of the trailer who could nt support the weight of everything . the owner made a big mistake.....between the trees and no wind at all ...about 15 miles from my camp ....my biggest ride ...about 100 miles pics taken june 2 nd.... jean-guy
  4. no....yes, spraying for budworms last sunday morning ....flying behind the mill and next to shortcut for clubhouse last wednesday ...at least 2 planes spraying somewhere next to my camp ....could hear them from work...coming from matane i guess 2 helicopters....airport in town ...one came last week next to my work and turning around over my truck...could see pilot making u-turns and donuts !!! merci jean-guy
  5. hi smclelan !!! thx...yaaa....rough ...don t have much room to work... gas down to 2 11 ...saw that today ....yaaa...not too funny !!! some ride along the sidewalk....don t like that much...i could do that ....to the grocery up tp the auberge.....or higher toward ste marguerite....i could use the old logging rd behind the first gas station when you come from ns....i don t need to go to the mills i don t like to put garlands on my 4w.....my plate is in truck ...i won t drill holes to install it on my 4w...hate to carry papers...driver licences ...insurances...etc...no thx it ll be rock 'n roll tomorrow.....31 c today ...and it ll be monday ...ahaha jean-guy
  6. bonjour a tous !!! some could qualify for '' just for laughs '' here !!! sorry for the long wait ... well , i wanted to take a break.....i got bored in april driving always the same roads to take pics.... then , i realized that i could nt leave home with my 4w to go riding on the z e c ...there was 2 entrances for my street , one has been closed....the one closed was the one i was using to go in the woods complaint from a person in town ....or bs between 2..... so, now i must carry my 4w with my truck for 2 miles in town ....then go riding...i did it so many times for the dealership ...sick and tired to load and unload..i rode 3 rides...about 225 miles ...so, not much pics took my last ride 3 or 4 weeks ago ....no camp yet ....my pics average is on the way down.... saw friends last night and they told me that its time to cut the grass.... then , my boss surprised me....im doing '' commercial thinning '' with chainsaw...never expected that ....tough for my back ....tbk !!!....still not 100% shape...ahaha ....and so-so weather.... friend of mine works on park matane....still some spots of snow...as of last week... yesterday was '' la st jean baptiste ''...so, inauguration of the new bridge in town......took a few pics beside that , very quiet everything liquid is more expensive now.......gas , beer and wine ... gas went up to 2 24... 2 weeks ago....friend of mine works for h-q ....he went to manic 5 dam about 1 month ago.....2 45 l so , thats about it !!! jean-guy
  7. bonjour playhard !!! whoaaaa......you re going to need a bit of welding ,silicone or cement plastic to fix it !!! good luck !!! back from a drive ,with easter, rush hr in the gaspesie was earlier today!!! jean-guy
  8. bonjour !!! deer are tired from winter....saw 4 ...3 were having a nap !!! jean-guy
  9. thank you !!! thats an old one from the camp ...back in 88- 89....35 mm pic i had a 4w riding the old portage trail for lumberjacks back in the old days.... while riding , i had the feeling that something was '' racing '' with me....going under the 4w and the side so , i finally saw that little monster try to hide from me... thats 400' away from the camp...you should recognize the big tree !!! jean-guy
  10. bonjour quebec bob !!! merci beaucoup ....tres apprecié !!! jean-guy
  11. bonjour !!! yesterday pm , went up mile 30 on logging rd... few pics of mt logan....coleman and mt blanc on my way back.... just too bad....too early for pics !!! jean-guy
  12. bonjour !!! rainy day and traffic jam !!! 7c jean-guy
  13. bonsoir de la vallée !!! merci ...tres apprecié !!! gorgeous day ....but snow melting !!! last week or 2 weeks ago , saw a video from a guy from st alexis / st francois area showing the potholes on the bridge next to matapedia......crossing to nb...you could see the steel rods in some holes...very deep and very rough so, last night , i stopped at the bridge to take a few pics of the river...and i had forgotten about that video....so , parked my truck next to bridge and started to walk toward it ... once on the bridge , trucker coming from nb entering the bridge and listening to the sound of the trailer ,he was empty ding-ding-ding -bing-bang-ding -ding while he was driving in the potholes... he was going maybe 3 mph....very slow...took almost 2 mins to cross the bridge sorry for the quebec word .....but i had my '' oh tbk '' moment... i had already started taking pics and suddenly ... my camera was moving right to left ...could feel the '' swing '' on the bridge all the street lights ...light poles were shaking ....even the bulb on top ...ding-ding-ding !!! when trucker passed by me ....looking at me ...meaning '' bumpy tbk '' i could nt believe and shaky it was... between matapedia and campbellton ...still frozen ...last week ...hovercraft was in campbellton breaking ice... looks like they made only a few '' donuts '' next to the bridge between cross point and campbellton... enjoy the pics !!! jean-guy
  14. bonjour !!! yesterday went to meet 2 friends from nova scotia in cross point !!! stopped a few times to take a few pics !!! great weather today !!! jean-guy
  15. bonjour playhard !!! many thx !!! jean-guy
  16. bonsoir gemma and jim !!! great to hear from you .... merci !!! i took a few seconds to realize that your pic was at home....nice.. brown building on top....went to school there....5 and 6 th grade !!! jean-guy
  17. bonsoir preston !!! great thx... honestly , thought about it ...at least 1 more season ....mostly thinning saw now....but won t mind working with a power saw.... jean-guy
  18. bonsoir smclelan !!! tbk !!! a bit of respect for the elders....ahahaha soon , you ll be there...if not already !!! great thx steven !!! merci !!! jean-guy
  19. bonjour sandy and jeff !!! merci ...happy for you all !!! nice weather to go riding !!! jean-guy
  20. bonjour linda !!! many thx ....very appreciated ....sunshine with a few clouds...still snow to ride.... jean-guy
  21. bonsoir a tous !!! great thread .....tons of pics....interesting to look at at !!!....different ....including a few '' quebec words ''' bravo to all photograhs jean-guy
  22. bonjour nh-moose !!! happy for you !!! it makes life and trip easier for you and the group !!! jean-guy
  23. bonjour jackstraw !!! reminds me when i started grooming ...the ex operator was doing only 1 lane and no parking....very narrow !!! jean-guy
  24. bonjour snohorse !!! happy for john !!! felix and phil are my nephews.... sons of my youngest sister and the oldest of my brother jean-guy
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