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Day3
Today was one of the days you remember. Blue skies with the most scenic part of the gaspe ahead! Tq5 freshly groomed! Perfect all the way to Mt St Pierre. Hit all the overlooks, traffic low, never gets old! After Mt St Pierre tq 5 is pretty spanked all the way to the 597 to murdochville which is also in need of some tlc. Lunch at the copper. Thought was new Richmond but rooms all booked. Deceide on easy day into la cache on the orange trail which could also use some tlc for the night. 188 miles
 




 




 

Then over for a view of the Saint Lawrence. There’s an Island with a light house off the coast. iPhone doesn’t do justice.

Day2
Woke up this morning to a fresh 5” of light fluff and still snowing. Early start today with the huge crowd here, want to beat the mass exodus of sleds. I’ve only been to the universal end of March. Good god this place was packed. Still a half hour wait for dinner at 8:30. Ordered a pizza and ate it in the room, no patience for that mess! Destination today was cap chat. Took the  greens to tq35 which was absolutely stellar with the fresh powder on top. Lunch at relais st damas. On into motel nanook for the night. Other then losing Eric for an hour after fueling up and heading to the motel.  Went back twice to the last place we where together to look for him. No sign. He went down a different feeder trail and got stuck. Good thing he was able to dig himself out as we never would have found him there as the sun was setting.  Alls good now! Where to tomorrow? We shall see. 262 miles for the day

Arrived at the Le Victorian in Victoriaville Friday afternoon. Same crew as a few weeks ago minus Momo. Figured we would try South of the Fluve for a change. Haven’t started this far west before and with the new snow we’d give it a whirl. Nice hotel, had the place to ourselves.  Plan today was RDL. Fresh groomed tq 35 to Tourville for lunch. Ridiculous amount of sleds on the trails. Passed more sleds by lunch then the entire 1700 mile loop we did a few weeks ago.  Relais in Tourville packed even at 1:30 took an hour and half to get outa there. From there to RDL  combination of blues, greens and orange trails all showing wear from the heavy traffic. At the universal in RDL for the night and this place is packed! I do believe I’m parked next to mike riders sled out back. 254 miles for the day. Eastbound in the morning.

At RDL we met up with Mike. We took a ride into town and had a nice dinner and conversation.
Another great day in Quebec.

The trails are in great shape. It’s a nice ride.

Once we get on the trail it looks like it was groomed overnight. 

Back on the trail conditions are nice. We cross the bridge at Cap-Chat.

You know where this is too

Had a crazy powder day.....Left Faillon a little after 9 a.m. and pulled into Parent at 4 pm with a long lunch break in Clova
thanks to the 7 Québécois who broke trail for us and the two groomers we passed today. Little hairy from Faillon to Clova but then just darn fun all the way into Parent. Still snowing good here. We stopped for a half hour or so and had a glass of water and a chat with the caretaker at Balbuzzard.

Day 4 238 Miles

We are off to a late start about 9. Over to Petro-Canada and Fuel up. The gas trail is really beat up. We take TQ5 towards 597. The trail is in nice shape.

We continue on to 597. The trail is in top shape. We are making good time.

A few miles out of Murdochville the trail starts getting a bit choppy. We stop for fuel and head to the Chic-Choc trail. Hoping it’s a good as the other day. We are in luck. The trail is nice. 

We spot some QR team stickers on the way.

Then we see another one. He is in no hurry. We move slowly and he walks off into the woods.

We saw a moose in this area a few years back. I am on the lookout. 

We stopped for a break at La Cache. They are busy today. After a quick lunch we head to 595 north. The trail looks really good. I like this section. 

Exactly! Beginning to think this isn't QR anymore.....?

Exactly! Beginning to think this isn't QR anymore.....?

Ok guys...global warming, world peace, and this topic won’t be solved in this thread. One thing everyone here has in common is safety, so let’s all ride safe, have fun, and accept our differences...

Le Domaine, La Verendrye, Kitcisakik, Louvicourt 

https://pointedavid.com/pointeadavid_home.html. I would support them first instead of village windigo. They are the ones who puts hours and hours staking Baskatong Reservoir winter after winter. 

Out of Rebaska they are grooming a perfect park road trail to Notawassi, saves you 35 miles of the heavily traveled 13.  Not marked, not on FCMQ, no trail number.

I always carry X-tra fuel I also bought a caddy for my wife's sled.... That did the trick so she'd keep her eyes on the trail instead of the gas gauge..

Come on, spill the beans...