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Success. Made it to Hotel Nordic in the daylight, barely! Johnny at Gouin booked us at his place for for 2 nights due to the snow depth and consistency, (he did not thing we would make it and would have to return back), bet we did NOT need it.  He said this was not a ride for children 😜 Funny guy. His side trail yesterday was FLAWLESS😏
Very deep snow for the 50 miles on the Gouin made for a bit of tough going and it only got more challenging from there on. More stucks that we bargained for due to the insane snow. ( The 2 recent mega snow dumps have buried everything!)
We did ride 10 miles of the 93 coming into the Hotel. Unbelievable nice trail! Don’t walk, RUN to Chibougamau, the snow and trails are that good! They will be riding for WEEKS more here no doubt 👍
 

Thank you!

Via Explora snowmobile, does it still exist? can't seem to bring it up....

Was updated back in the fall. Any old links don’t seem to work anymore.
Go to FMCQ site and create a new link.

Name of the place in Clova is Auberge Clova.  Correct, the road to 100 lacs is Le Chemin Parent, dirt road that will most likely be an ice road by all accounts.  It took me 3 hours one way from SADL to Parent the last time I did it in the winter.  The cut off for 100 lacs is around the midway point, just past Lunic’s if memory serves.  In reality it probably adds 2 to 2.5 hours from SADL to 100 Lacs in the truck, highly dependent on conditions, so if your hooked on 100 Lacs it’s not all that bad.  I was told to stay in the middle unless there is oncoming traffic, there are washouts on the sides that can be tricky to navigate, it might be more challenging if it’s dark out.  Agreed that day is on the long side, 300 miles from Windigo to Chibaugamou.  Once you get past the first part of 93 it is pretty fast trail.  As Jack mentioned, make sure you have gas caddies, the mill is closed this year, so it’s 160 miles from pump to pump.  (La Dore to Chibaugamou).  If it’s a boys ride, no problem, on the other hand I would not try that with my wife, she is good for 200 miles, then she has had enough for the day.
Cheers.
 

bonjour de la vallée !!!
 
long time no see...must be busy preparing your technology !!!..yaaa...at the '' forks ''...
yaaa...funny that night !!!
back from a '' sunday drive ''' on the z e c....snow on the mountains of pârk matane...
still windy here....0c at the lake this morning 
 
jean-guy

So first they finally admit only 6% of all deaths were solely from Covid. Now today they are saying 90% of people testing positive are not even contagious. The writing is on the wall for all to see. 
Enough of this charade. Wake up people like I said from early on this is a game and we are all being played. 
False Pandemic 100%
mask up sheep

Here is how much of an Idiot Cuomo is.
approval given for MTV music awards
But
9/11 Memorial Tribute denied. 
He should be very proud. He surely does not remember or respect what really matters.
Time for a revolution New Yorkers, Rise Up, take it back.
 

All I’m going to say about that!!!!!!

I used to think I was pretty much just a regular person, but I was born white into a dual parent household which now labels me as "Privileged", racist and responsible for slavery.
I am a fiscal and moral conservative, which by today's standards, makes me a fascist because I plan & budget.
But I now find out that I am not here because I earned it, but because I was "advantaged”.
I am heterosexual, which according to some folks, now makes me a homophobe.
I am not a Muslim, which now labels me as an infidel.
I believe in the 2nd Amendment, which makes me a threat to the liberals and I get labeled as being part of a militia.
I am older than 50, making me a useless person with outdated ideas and values.
I think and I reason, and I doubt much of what the "main stream" media tells me, which makes me a "Right-wing conspiracy nut”.
I am proud of my heritage and our inclusive American culture, making me a xenophobe.
I believe in hard work, fair play, and fair compensation according to each individual's merits, which today makes me a target of socialists and Antifa.
I believe our system guarantees freedom of effort - not freedom of outcome or subsidies which must make me a borderline sociopath.
I believe in a strong defense and protection of America for and by all citizens, now making me a militant.
I am proud of our flag, what it stands for and the many who died to let it fly, so I stand and salute during our National Anthem - so I must be a racist.
I think the Confederate monuments around our country symbolizes history, so I'm labeled as having hate in my heart when some suddenly are offended by their presence.
I'm labeled racist when thinking the erasing of history will potentially cause us to repeat the problems. I think that all lives matter, which labels me as a racist.
I support President Trump, which labels me as a racist. I think the riots and destruction of property around our country is wrong and is just an excuse to push a political agenda, so I'm labeled a racist.
I support our cops, which labels me as a racist.
I vote for the Republican party because it best represents my conservative views, which labels me as a racist.
I question how fear is being used to control us during the COVID-19 pandemic and think the crisis is being used for political gain, so I'm labeled careless and non-sympathetic.
LIberals have tried to make me feel bad about who I am! Based on everything above, some want me to believe I am a bad person, I'm not, I'm a good person who loves my country.
1) I am not naive and see through the attack.
2), I will be voting for President Trump in November!
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bonsoir !!!
 
tonight !!!.... sadly i had only my big lens...
 
jean-guy

bonsoir zeusand !!!
here s a bit of history about that .......20 years ago maybe....saw a documentary about that  talking about people living a round st jean de cherbourg...st paulin ...st nil ...etc.... matane area...
happened in many other villages...some people were so mad....instead of moving their houses into bigger town....just put the fire to their houses !!!..
 
In September 1970, 19 priests from the Bas-Saint-Laurent and the Gaspé regions launched the Manifeste des curés anger and three of them founded Operations Dignity. These operations become a real battle for the survival of rural Quebec.
In 1970, Quebec and Ottawa decided to close 81 villages in eastern Quebec, according to the Relocation Plan of the Eastern Quebec Planning Bureau (BAEQ). The governments' objective is to lift the region out of its state of poverty. They also advocate better training of the workforce and the modernization of fisheries and forestry.
The plan to close the villages and the relocation of tens of thousands of people raised the population's discontent. Ten villages will finally be razed.
I also saw the burned houses, the shaved floors and people there dismayed to see disappear what they had built with their hands since the 1930s.
Gilles Roy, founder of Operation Dignity 3
People leave everything behind. They received $ 8,000 for their property and moved to low-rental housing in Rimouski, Matane or Sainte-Anne-des-Monts.
Among the first localities to close, there is Sainte-Paule, in the MRC de Matane. Resistance begins to organize. The parish priest, Charles Banville, is a rebel with a very hung tongue: “The fact that the little people had no voice, I was asked to take the lead in the movement. I woke up one morning, I was at the head of 21 parishes. I had no right to refuse. "
On September 22, 1970, it was the birth of the first Operation Dignity, in the church of Sainte-Paule in front of 3,000 people. The second operation will be launched a year later, in Esprit-Saint, in the hinterland of Rimouski, in front of 6,000 people. Operation Dignity 3 was born in Les Méchins in 1972. A real popular movement was set in motion.
Director Jean-Claude Labrecque launched the film Les Smattes in 1972, which tells the story of two men from Saint-Paulin facing the closure of the village. The Théâtre des Gens-d'En-Bas, for its part, presents collective creations such as We are gone to stay.
And one day it happened / They said: "You are underdeveloped" / We fell again
 
jean-guy
 
 

2019: You see a man in a store wearing a mask and think you are in danger.
2020: you see a man in a store not wearing a mask in a store and think you are in danger.
Until further notice the days of the week are now called thisday, thatday, otherday, someday, yesterday, today and nextday! 
Just asked a 6-year-old if he understands why there is no school.  He said it's because they are out of toilet paper.
After years of wanting to thoroughly clean my home but lacking the time, this week I discovered that wasn’t the reason.
2020 is a unique Leap Year. It has 29 days in February, 300 days in March and 5 years in April
Wearing a mask inside your home is now highly recommended. Not so much to prevent COVID-19 but to stop eating.
This cleaning with alcohol is total BS. NOTHING gets done after that first bottle.
Kinda’ starting to understand why pets try to run out of the house when the door opens.
  
My Mom always told me I wouldn’t accomplish anything by laying in bed all day, but look at me now! I’m saving the world!
Whoever owes you money, go to their house now. They should be home.
Is your car getting 3 weeks per gallon now?
It’s like being 16 again, gas is cheap and I’m grounded.
Low gas prices during the lockdown is like a bald man winning a hairbrush.
“All those grandparents who are missing their grandkids now — you can have them for a month once this is over.
Powerball is up to an 200 pack of Charmin.
Let’s not tell some people when quarantine is over.

Question?????????? If President Trump were to implement the same measures on foreigners do you think he'd be accused of being a racist?...…….for the one millionth time.. Just curious..

It was a question for all  in response to the implementation of carrying papers for passage. Sorry as it seems directed solely towards you..

It was a question for all  in response to the implementation of carrying papers for passage. Sorry as it seems directed solely towards you..

Question?????????? If President Trump were to implement the same measures on foreigners do you think he'd be accused of being a racist?...…….for the one millionth time.. Just curious..

Yes and then the “media” would say why did you not do this in 2017? 

Question?????????? If President Trump were to implement the same measures on foreigners do you think he'd be accused of being a racist?...…….for the one millionth time.. Just curious..

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Hers’s the thing. let’s say testing and the results were instant, which it’s not at this point, you could still easily catch the virus from the time you get tested till the time you decide to head north across the border or you could have already been exposed before testing but not yet showing signs at the moment of testing. Interesting idea, but until Quebec feels it’s safe to allows it’s citizens to circulate freely in their own province, I don’t see that happening. 

I did not write it, This is copied and pasted.
I was reading some posts for and against reopening the country.  One was talking about being selfish and it got me to thinking.
There are those wanting to reopen yet they’re being classified as selfish. There are those that rely on all kinds of people to supply them while they cower in fear at home. Isn’t that being selfish too?
You expect your garbage to be picked up, you expect the grocery store to be open so you can get milk, you expect truck drivers to supply the stores, you expect farmers, meatpackers, fruit and vegetable pickers all to keep food in that grocery store.
You expect Amazon to still ship all the things you’re ordering while you sit at home shopping. You expect the delivery driver to leave it on your doorstep. You expect your phone to work, your power to stay on, and your mail to show up rain, sleet, or shine.  And most important, you expect the doctors and nurses to be there if you need them although many of them across the country have been furloughed because their units and services have been shut down while the entire system focuses only on COVID19.
The whole premise of shelter in place is based on the arrogant idea that others must risk their health so you can protect yours. There is nothing virtuous about ignoring the largely invisible army required to allow people to shelter in place.
I know there are some of you that are screaming mad about what I just said but stop and really think about what is allowing you to stay safe in your home.
I truly believe that with some common sense on my part, I could easily go back to life as it was. I want to go to restaurants, I want to shop at the little store just up the road.
And yes, I could catch COVID-19. I could also catch the flu or a cold.  I could get run over by a bus.  I could get struck by lightning. We take risks everyday. If you choose to stay home, that is absolutely your choice. And please don’t start screaming at me about how I’ll just spread it. Why are you worried? You won’t get it because you’re staying in your home. Are you going to shelter in place every time a new strand of the flu happens?
Our economy can’t withstand much more of this. If our economy collapses, so will the rest of the world’s. If that happens, you will see the rise of tyrants.
I absolutely don’t want people to die...from COVID or anything else. I want people to live.
But sheltering in place is not living.
A thought provoking read.
Copied from a friend that lives in Michigan