poltodoo

Best trail ever near Amqui
 

I think the hotels are playing with the room reservations.  I originally made this week's reservation back the end of January.  I was told Friday and Saturday night they were booked full.  So we reserved thru Thursday.  Joe JAK had the same issue.
When Joe JAK arrived this past Saturday, he asked if he could extend his stay.  "No problem" was the response from the gentleman at the front desk.  He then asked if my stay could be extended.  Plenty of rooms.
Sandi and I think the hotel(s) allow Trivago and the other internet sites hold blocks of rooms for their sales.  Then whatever rooms are not sold are turned back to the hotel a week or so before the date.
Jack & Sandi

Your NOT kidding 
rooms are mint
 

597 is amazing!!! First time in Gaspie with skidoo420 we went down it ,they had it groomed two lanes for north and south. Beautiful scenery at full throttle.  We were in chandler in what seemed like 30 minutes.  
Enjoy thanks for posting and bringing us along

Weather so far has been awesome! Blue sky everyday!!! 😍

Great Thanks
just had beer come out my nose from laughing while reading this
nut doo aka snowmaster and the gang just left 
Chris we forgot to get a picture oh well. Awesone gang with snowmaster
as always we could bullshit until morning and then some

we are at Chic-Chac.....aka...the old church behind the gas station 
Guess liquor and food pays better than Jesus nowadays 
TOO LITTLE time with Ice & Caroline.  Next time we're staying up till the sun rises
 

597 is amazing!!! First time in Gaspie with skidoo420 we went down it ,they had it groomed two lanes for north and south. Beautiful scenery at full throttle.  We were in chandler in what seemed like 30 minutes.  
Enjoy thanks for posting and bringing us along

Me thinks that by Caro's description of Don's previous nights 'singing' that the Jack run dry!

2 room presidential suite at Copper tonight
 
 

Woah, wait a minute!! Chris, are you conceding that you may have in fact been 'the nut on the doo'? If so, this thread is ramping up big time,  and we need more input from you! On a side note, give our best to loverboy and Petunia!

As I remember we called that run the “moose ass 1300”
1300 for the miles and because we spent so much time that afternoon, evening, AND night staring at ....well...moose ass
was just looking at those pics the other night Ken. You NEED to rent a sled next year if you don’t have one and WE NEED to do another trip together 
here today out on the 597 south of Murdochville 
dosnt get any sweeter
meeting Ice & wife in a little bit for a cocktail 

I rode the Gaspe for the first time with some nut on a Skidoo.  Possibly 2006 ish as I think I was on my 2005 Vector. Until that time I had never seen a moose while riding despite all the signs posted everywhere.  I remember being super psyched when we came across some moose on the trail.  We took our obligatory pics and eventually they moved off the trail and we were able to continue.  We then came upon another group on the trail and they were not wanting to leave the trail because the snow was like 6' deep.  We had to make an executive decision to attempt to pass the moose off trail and hope we didn't spook them or bury the sleds.  All of us got by successfully.  Then, we came across yet another group of moose that would NOT get out of the way.  As they trotted along we came to a bridge made with 6x6's with gaps in between.  One moose fell into the bridge and was stuck.  Now we were in a predicament.  We could not get around it and we didn't have enough gas to back track, and the only gas station ahead was due to close shortly.  We shut the sleds down and started discussing options.  I recall pondering that out West they have cattle guards in the roads in the free range areas.  Cattle will not cross these guards, but moose will cross 6x6's with big gaps?  Anyhoo, long story short the moose got him/herself out of the bridge and we were able to continue.  We send the nut on the skidoo ahead to keep the gas station open until the rest of us could get there.  Thought I might just freeze to death in the Gaspe that night.  Good times!!

Let it all be known to thee that I WAS the one who put this famous sticker on

Fan fu$@cking tastic

Fished the week at 764...  It was awsome... smooth sailing...
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Dropped at Select Inn Mont Laurier Sun the 19th. Off to Auberge Lac Taureau for Mon night. 63 was absolute dog shite the whole way. Was looking forward to a good start as have ridden it many times but it was trash. Anyway, straight to the bistro on arrival as beverages were deserved and a snack was needed.....smoked meat and ceaser(s) were tres bonne. Biere blanche was good too. Now being partially recovered from the days beating off to the room we went with travelers in hand to get showered up for dinner. Bottle of Vin rouge ordered minestrone soup arrives which was very good. Off to the buffet next.....sadly not good. Bland lamb chops same for the pasta primavera and chicken pas bon! Deserts...fudge, creme brule, eclairs top shelf but would not recommend meal package as food in bistro was much better but kitchen there closes at 4 so load up if you take that route. Breakfast buffet next day was good.  
Off to Lac a L Eau Claire after the buffett. Groomed right from the door to Cabanon so were there lickety split. Decide to goof around on some locals as its still early and Eau Claire isn't far and find ourselves at the Glacier for fuel. Pull up to the pump, fuel up and our 22 xrs decides its had enough for the day and electric start does work....just clicks like a dead battery. Well that was the 1st tabarnac of the trip. Staff is super helpful with booster battery etc but sleds having none of it. Alrighty then off with the cover and old school the primary with rope and she lights right up. No more pissing around ...straight to Claire. Pull up to big garage and attendant asks if we want to put the sled inside and we banish the bad one to the garage and thinking its a battery issue arrange to get a new one which one of the staff picked up that night. 
Into the hotel we go for you guessed it.....adult beverages. Great spot all round, food was super, lovely rooms and staff was great. Up early, head to garage. Sled fires right up.....monszeeee! Change the battery anyway, stick the old one in the saddle bag and off too Windigo we go. 
Get about 1/2 hour down the trail and time for coffee purge, son shuts sled off and ..... yep NO GO again. Well tabarnac NO WAY we head to Windigo with his sled acting up so off to Brp dealer is St Michel Des Saints off we go after roping the primary again. Trails are great but beaucoup traffic, fuel at Cabanon with sled running then straight to Haute Matawine Brp. Get there around 1pm, place is slammed. Stroll up to service counter and explain to the fellas the my francais nes't pas tres bonne, they say pas probleme as their english sucks...perfect. Guys says what happens when you press starter Button....I make click click noise he says je comprende click click click. Grabs tester and out he goes to ck sled...pas bonne. Forklift appears and into the shop she goes. Back out front and running in less than an hour. Loose ground on engine. Parfait...give the boys a healthy tip for looking after us and scoot over to Hotel Central for the night. Been a while since I've stayed there and was happy to see the rooms (at least #47) had been nicely updated. Day of goofing around cost us Windigo so off the Fer a Le Cheval we go early next morning. 63 is pancake flat and tight....flipper is pinned. Make it to 33 junction in a blink. Stop for a minute and son says.....doesn't sound right DAD and he's right. Sounds like belt, clutch issue. Off with the panels  and belt cover.....nut is backed off and spacer loose on clutch TABARNAC rollers are fried. U turn and nurse it back to dealer....bonjour mes neuveau ami's ces't nous encore 🙂
Place is really slammed today....nous somme au plain. I say all good anything you can do for us would be appreciated...owner is standing right there I tell him how good his team is and how they treated us yesterday and he's beaming. Machine disappears from front of shop about 10 mins later and re-appears less that an hour later ready to rock. That shop is great.
Saddle up at noon......pull into cheval at 5pm. Trails were good... 33 is a ripper especially across the top after Repos. Was drooling all the way along that stretch thinking of a couple of all dressed chen chauds at LU-NIC but arrive only to find out that kitchen is shutdown for good. Fuel, grab a drink and punch out the last 80k or so to Cheval. Pull in ...have a couple of ceasers while we register and freshen up for sup which was great as per usuual. Nice touch with the new valet service. Breakfast spot on as usual also. Mount up and head back to Laurier
Ripper out of cheval and good all the way to St Anne du Lac. Tight in spots on lower portion of the ride to St Anne as most would know and clowns still not staying right but we are always super cautious especially just outside of St Anne du Lac so we made it unscathed. Stayed on 13 below St Anne which was stupid as its tight and almost always whipped and the 322 is much better. Anway decent run despite the issues with the 22 which will be down the road as soon as I get a 24 ordered. 
Ride safe and excuse my butchering of french as mon francais nes't pas tres fort 🙂
Cheers
Gowser

Way too much information.😍

Outside of Matane and loving life

Hey Petunia, you need a profile picture 🥰

Day 1 Friday Feb 24

Went to teach my only two periods that morning, how lucky was I that this day ended up being the Friday before spring break, an early start for me. 

Don and I had discussed a lot about where to go during my spring break but ... I have a little something in my heart for Gaspesie. 
So we left home with the trailer around 1:30 pm to get to Matane by 7:00 pm. 

Day 2 Sat Feb 25
We left Matane to go to Redemption and all around. Actually, the real goal was to get to see the mummies, which I finally did. Yeah! See pictures. It was beautiful and colder at the top up there. Lover took the time to replace his stickers that discolored over the years. 
Yes I'm riding, but I'm also sightseeing. There is so much to admire in nature. My tour was organized to take our time so I get to enjoy it and relax as well. I'm not into the 300-400 km a day kind of thing. It's not fun for me. I can do it but I'm not interested. 
But here is the real info you're looking for, we left on the 5 from Matane, then we took an orange local trail to join 587. That's where the mummies were! Then we left 587 to 591 to get to 5 back to Matane for the night. Trails were beautiful everywhere we went. 

Day 3 Sun Feb 26
This morning we had quite a pleasant surprise, we met Jim & Gemma at breakfast. It was so nice to meet you! Enjoy your ride! Hope we'll meet again.
We left Matane and headed to Mont St-Pierre on the 5 all day. There was rough bumpy trail near Cap Chat all the way near La Martre. 

Lots of ups and downs (remember I dislike that) and twisty trails, more work for me. But when I hear; ''good job Petunia'' I know I'm doing all right. Also we upgraded my training, because I was in front a lot for the last two days. It's totally different, I'm the one calling out the things on the trails, the first one meeting another sled, etc. 
 

'Petunia' and 'Lover'.......oh boy, this is gonna be a great story!

4 years ago 135KPH cost me nothing 🤪

Trudeau needs all the money he can get for the universal health care, quality road infrastructure and the 5000 illegals pouring in every month at Rockham road crossing
so figure 500+