Trailblazer

You guys are getting great weather and trails are looking really awesome, Phil go gently on the eye you can get back double vision in the evenings. 😊

You getCrazysnow out of his cabin yet?

Oh oh!!! I think I smell a 900 turbo tailing the 850. That is such a nice run with lots of regions and diversity in the trail. Great job getting to Gotbout ferry on time and tell Molly there’s nothing wrong with feeding those 🐴 a little, giddy up! 😉 Old man winter hasn’t left the building yet.

Crazy Americanos We we’re already settled in Forestville for the night when you guys were passing through. Too bad you guys were running late, would’ve been nice to touch base. Nice run boyz.

Nice ride and pics Alain, the Gaspe is le creme de la creme.

A little

We looked for that sign and didn’t have any luck, trail gets dumped onto a river crossing then you come back up to the road and that’s it. Was looking forward to seeing that sign

And it just keeps getting better and better, gotta love adventures. Local weather also reports zero visability today, after the last few days practicing in the flat light were ready for that.

Right out of the gate we got an issue, Freeride down, more later. RR will fill u in with the details. White Road grease gun

The norm up here, no helmets just goggles and pile as many you can on the Scandics. Vieux Fort landing strip, got lucky and saw this

The norm up here, no helmets just goggles and pile as many you can on the Scandics. Vieux Fort landing strip, got lucky and saw this one landing. Was thinking about Lindasledgirl for the following 3 pics As Howard said literally fell apart rolling into the garage, timing??? The boys hard at work, big thumbs up for these two saving the day. Ferry boat leaving Blanc Sablon port over to St.Anthonys Newfoundland

Labrador arrival as scheduled for Tuesday lunch time made for a lonely ride up or down I should say as the locals do. This is by far has got to be the craziest thing I've ever done, solo'd La Route Blanche half at night and half in the day. Guess I was in Cains Quest mode. Not far into Lab who do I meet in the trail? RR and crew, we are now reunited once more. In the hotel early and out comes the Captain. Yippy kay yeah. Not much going on here I missed all the action the day before. Today leaving Lab it's a flat light day and stays the same all day, made for some pretty hard visibility. Just outside of Tabatiere we another sled issue 2 fold. RRs Expedition popped a spring and into the track it went, it's a goner, the other F3s Yammy Viper's hanger brackets for the upper wheels are showing signs of cracking and are in need of some welding, off we go to the garage in Tabatiere. I think RR will post more on his carnage at a later time. The day is done and another with out a dull moment, checked in to Harrington Harbour at Jeans B&B, 10 on 10 for this spot, she is by far the best cook we've seen up La Route Blanche yet.

Returned from Sept Isles at 4:50pm, decided not to stay another night in Kegashka rather push on up the White Road closer to Lab but this meant doing it solo in the dark. This is what adventures are all about! Called Chevery but no rooms so 40 k further Tete a La Baliene has and so it is but not before getting to the gas in Chevery before they close by 8 pm. Left Kegashka at 5:30 got the gas at 7:20, great! Doing good time but not for long, missed the left turn at the fork for Tete and ended up in Harrington Harbour, boy does the trail look so different at night. Back track 10 k to the fork and I’m in Tete at 9:15. Missed supper grrr and everything is closed. Tomorrows plan get on the trail early and hope to arrive in Lab for noon. I’m very disappointed I wasn’t able to be there to see Team Maine roll in and missing the opportunity to shake Robs hand and give him my support. That’s snowmobiling.

No need to bring gas with you, you can get gas at Riviere Tonneau.

A little lunch I whipped up something you’ll see often around here went for a little ride

Auberge La Brion

Found myself getting settled into the local B&B, Auberge La Brion in Kegashka. The owner here is Ruth and after explaining to her the predicament that I’m in she was quickly on the phone looking for solutions. It’s supper time so I go grab a bite to eat, when I return she is still on the phone, god bless her soul. A short while later she’s got some options for me. Option 1 A fella from La Romaine is sledding up to Kegashka in the morning and driving to Sept Isles for supplies, he owns the ski doo repair shop in La Romaine and has agreed to stop at the Auberge to inspect the damages and tell me if they have the parts, if so I’ll need to find someone with a sleigh to drag my sled 60 klms to La Romaine. Option 2 Call BRP in Sept Isles Monday morning for a rental, have it delivered and they return with mine. Seems this is done often up here but not on a regular basis so it is uncertain they would do same day delivery. Option 3 She found someone to drive me to Sept Isles early Monday morning so that I’m there for opening time and have my sled looked at first thing, if they have all the parts, bonus. If not I’ll set myself up with a rental and return same day to Kegashka. Option 1 is put into motion immediately with option 3 as a contingency. So I am in for the night, the next day and night so what do you do to pass time all alone in a small town where everyone you meet knows you’re an outsider. Well you watch a lot of tv cause there’s no cell service and the wifi was in and out mostly out and when it was working it took like 10 minutes to try and send a text after multiple efforts. That gets old real fast so I go for a tour du ville, take in some air, some pics and chat a little with the locals. This is a English speaking town btw. The following day Sunday, Sylvain from La Romaine shows up and has a quick look and tells me they have no parts. They can order them from Sept Isles Monday and have them flown in the next day, apparently there are daily flights here. But that puts me on the trail at the very best Wednesday and by then the boys will be heading back and I would’ve missed out on Labrador. So option 3 is now put into play. Ruth gives Trent a call to confirm and we have agreed for a Monday 4 am pick up. It’s a 5 hour drive from Kegashka to Sept Isles that’s like the same time to drive to RDL from home OMG, BRP opens at 8 and because we’re driving back in time cause Kegashka is one hour ahead that puts us in Sept Isles for 8 am. Stay tuned for an update.

Little hick up today, 7 k outside of Kegashka rear suspension gives out, metal bracket hold the upper wheel on the tunnel is destroyed, trail too rough or I’m to hard, pick one! RR and crew analyze and come up with a band aid fix to get me back to Kegashka for repairs. Got a few option floating around so I’ll be making some decisions in the am. RR has the footage and will be happy to share.

Northbound Guilty as charged, I’m the one with the Iceman sticky on my sled.

As long as we are talking about big ones.

I’m with 603 on this one and we are actually running up the coast to L’Anse au Clair, Lab. Hope to cross pathes, what are you riding/color and how many in your group?

Right on guys keep er going. BTW Eric’s a ball buster he can handle those drifts. Go go go

Ask Lindasledgirl she just ordered 2 of them. They’re called Oxygen.

Local guys around here have sticky’s on the back of their vacuum trucks. My son is a helper on one of those. Sh...... on wheels It’s not Koke but it’s the real thing