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salut playhard !!! yaa...just too bad... when the pm has been sent , i was having a few '' beverages ''...then supper ...and watched my favorite tv show......pekin express.... pics at the '' school bus ''....yesterday morning jean-guy

hi all !!! sorry if we missed .....just back on the computer !!! great pics ...thx for sharing ..... first pics i see on my side at st fidele cb .....i feel almost sad to see that the new operator ain t making a parking the way i was doing it !!! jean-guy

bonjour playhard !!! aboslutely right !!! great people from ontario.....at the corner of 587 and 391...the day we went to '' ma cabane en gaspesie '' !!! another 6 '' of fresh snow last night !!! -5c and a bit of sunshine !!! jean-guy

bonjour !!! off the trail to the camp yesterday ...lots of fun ....laughs and snow !!! great weather...even today !!! jean-guy

bonjour !!! went to meet my ontario friends yesterday in amqui ....madame sledgirl and compagny !!! because it was cold and strong winds....short ride....up 587 ...then 391 to sayabec .....ma cabane en gaspesie and back in amqui by tq 5... meeting a group from ontario at the intersection of 587 and 391 was funny ,specially when you don t expect that .. not much pics ....too much troubles getting camera out of my coat ...i had extra clothes -30c this morning !!! jean-guy

good morning byrd !!! great meeting you and your group yesterday ....!!! great group of sledders !!! never know what to expect on the trails.... just too bad it was cold and windy ...not much pics !!! jean-guy

bonsoir !!! fyi , they are grooming tq 5 right now from town to the intersection of albertville and amqui st fidele cb has been done last night!!! jean-guy

bonsoir o'dog !!! no problem for the updates.... great you can come riding in the gaspesie..... grey sky most of the day ....-16c.........-34c at 7 am just searched for a few old ones !!! jean-guy

bonjour !!! just to let you know....i just received a message......and both groomers for the albertville club are down i ll try to find more info later.... sunny and -34c jean-guy

bonjour !!! few pics from the storm ... sunny , -14c and still windy up the hills !! jean-guy

bonjour playhard !!! like that pic....congrats.... on your way to become an '' artist '' !!! jean-guy

a bit of rain ....freezing rain and looks like its turning to snow again !!! -5c !!! jean-guy

bonjour nshm !!! hahhaha i could say the samething ....man , if i had a 1$ every time i said a '' quebec word '' during my 2 years with challenge kanada....i could be millionnaire today ... the guy who was with me was a great groomed trail rider.....but in the deep snow.....hmmmmm pink line...coming from lsj ....met guys from canadian army at lac des ecorces....around 9 pm ...left around 11 pm and landed at the camp 1 ..2 am ... lac jupiter just below phone boot ,next to rd 175 we spent the night at the cabin at the intersection just next to ''106 km '' the green line was going down to the auberge below l etape...we had to change plans.... lake pikauba just east of phone boot jean-guy

bonjour !!! roughly 8-10 '' here...........sugar just read....gaspé (city)...about 16 '' last night....about 2' for the whole week ... according to my nephew....close to 10 '' rimouski area rdl area...freezing rain last night ... grey sky right now....-5c jean-guy

bonjour zeusand !!! sorry for the late reply ,busy here in the gaspesie....just saw your post !!! we even removed the carburators because they were full of ice......ice halfway up the clutch ....pan was so full ,could nt steer ....i was using my weight next morning , we could hear a plane riding near by , looking for us !!! pics... the one in the trees...2 dead trees....stopped for a pic...we had called a trapper in chicoutimi for help... ....he sent us near lake jupiter ..but there was no more road....thats why i landed in the trees....left side of the hwy....up l etape the one in the powerline.....just next to falardeau !!! full of snow.....just south of lake pikauba....east of phone boot , laurentides reserve...on our way to manoir richelieu the one on the lake.....from village western in dolbeau to st prime....21 miles jean-guy

bonsoir !!! snowing mollo since 7 am .....a bit windy ....-13c stopped by the bridge for a few pics.....not the greatest , it was snowing !!! jean-guy

bonsoir!!! a little reminder.......for your knowledge... we talked about that 2 years ago.... while driving the back roads this morning , i was listening to music...but the commentator / disc jockey just brought my bp waaay up !!! so , i moved to another radio station ....a few seconds there....ding !!! guy said that '' operation dignité '' started 50 years ago , today when the government decided to close some small villages... pics of st nil .....between st vianney and st rené ....up in the mountains jean-guy

bonjour preston !!! yaaa...about time....nice to see big snow banks in the back roads... back to grey sky .... looks like there s was nt that much traffic this weekend !!! -12c jean-guy

bonjour !!! sunday morning back roads drive !!! -15c jean-guy

bienvenue!!! relais st adelme..... monday and tuesday ............closed. wednesday to saturday......11 am to 8 pm sunday 8 am to 8 pm ma cabane en gaspesie....pic... i did nt see any info about that yet .....but make sure the gas station in la martre is open about 2 weeks ago , i saw a message that the gas pump was kaputt for a few days... jean-guy

bonjour pmac !!! relais in st adelme and ma cabane en gaspesie in ste paule......already open clubhouse in albertville should be open on the 28 th of this month gas station in albertville also open for lunch ill be back later in the day for business hrs for ste paule and st adelme ..... jean-guy

bonjour playhard !!! hahaah....no....but in a bad situation , could use them to play tennis... pic with brown cabin .....quoquochee....about 40 miles outside la tuque....on the road for parent .... one night , we landed there at 10 59 pm ,guy was closing ....put gas and go for latuque....landed there at 4 30 am ....at motel 9.....no more rooms......so , we slept in the stock room for a few hrs grey cabin ,laurentides reserve.....coming from desbiens,l s j ,...spent a few hrs with guys from canadians army at lac des ecorces....n-w side or reserve....we left around 10 pm ..... i was always in front ....so,cab was full of snow...around 1 am.....throttle cable frozen wide open...tried to fix it ....no luck ...pan was full of ice....my friend remembered there was a cabin a few miles away ....so, started sled with throttle cable stuck ....but i was using kill switch to slow down....cabin about 12-15 miles west of the phone boot at the intersection of rd 169 and 175 guy was waiting for us...since the day before....stopped there a few mins for lunch ...then vroom for manoir richelieu !!! jean-guy

bonjour quebec bob !!! yaaa...perfect sled for my kind of riding .....just too bad ...was nt fast enough...but a real '' bulldozer '' in the snow.....needed a few extra mph about the shoes.....funny !!! depending of your way of thinking....not for me... the organisation or the guy who was riding with me ,told me to bring snowshoes...big city people don t think like us.....can be very funny ... i kept the snow shoes for a few days and put them back in the truck....it has been my first time riding with snowshoes and the last one...never used them. my skill level is '' high '' riding off the trail ...without swelling my head... pic with river.....peribonka river...way up onatchiway ......west of lac st jacques....many miles along the river the one with open water....15-20 miles west of tadoussac.....we went across tq 3 ...down in a steep hill ,,,,then started riding on lakes til 5-6 miles west of tadoussac...we did the last few miles on tq 3...could be on z e c des martres...not 100% sure...we had left from clermont best off the trail riding with my 2 years with challenge kanada.....incuding resrve des laurentides !!! jean-guy

bonjour !!! few pics from the storm...still snowing ....-9c .....windy a bit must be close to 8 '' now... jean-guy

bonjour !!! raining mollo !!!.......+2c jean-guy