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Great pics. I am going back to the Gaspe for sure now. The view over Mt St Pierre alone is worth the trip. Gaspesie people have to be the friendliest people I have ever met.

Great report Karl! It's the trips like that one you always remember. That route is on my list for next year. BTW I finished the year with 12,200 miles on my sled and it was still running strong!!!

That shouldnt be a problem. Means we can leave at 10am then....

Thanks Guys. See you Saturday around 4:00 Bill. You taking us on the Claremont express next week???? Last time we took 23 from the HI it felt like 1000 miles. 3' whoops the whole way. I though my machine was going to break in half!!!!

Anyone know what the distance is to the HI via 23??? Chris

Hope you make it up. Maybe we all can get out for a ride.

BigBraap and I will be heading up fro some riding with Bill the week of the 22nd. Anyone else going that week?? Chris

Been so busy forgot to post about a great trip last weekend to RDL. BigBraap and I left Jackman bright and early Saturday morning and headed up to the Border. After an easy crossing with no hassle we took 75 up to 35. 35 for a few miles to 545N on to 5. We then took 5 all the way to RDL. The fenced in corral at the Universal was overflowing with sleds. I have never seen it so busy. Traffic on the trails was light though. Trails were fantastic all day. 299 miles for the day and I would say less than 10 miles of anything less than perfect. We took a more direct route on the way back to Jackman.... 526W out of RDL to TQ35. Stopped in at Relais 540 to say hi to Andre and get some oil. Then on to 55 all the way to Beauceville. Back on to 75 to Jackman. Again great trails 95% of the time. 265 miles for the day. For once we actually put more miles on the sleds than the truck 564mi Vs 520mi Doobraap

BigBraap and I will be heading up fro some riding with Bill the week of the 22nd. Anyone else going that week?? Chris

OOOPS Wrong Forum..... Been so busy forgot to post about a great trip last weekend to RDL. BigBraap and I left Jackman bright and early Saturday morning and headed up to the Border. After an easy crossing with no hassle we took 75 up to 35. 35 for a few miles to 545N on to 5. We then took 5 all the way to RDL. The fenced in corral at the Universal was overflowing with sleds. I have never seen it so busy. Traffic on the trails was light though. Trails were fantastic all day. 299 miles for the day and I would say less than 10 miles of anything less than perfect. We took a more direct route on the way back to Jackman.... 526W out of RDL to TQ35. Stopped in at Relais 540 to say hi to Andre and get some oil. Then on to 55 all the way to Beauceville. Back on to 75 to Jackman. Again great trails 95% of the time. 265 miles for the day. For once we actually put more miles on the sleds than the truck 564mi Vs 520mi Doobraap

Here's a gal dressed for the weather.

I love the trail between Cabano and Squatec. That's one of my favorites. The relais were busy but not a lot of people actually riding. They did say the trails just came together in that area due to the rain in December.

The only thing that I wish it had was several levels of emergency response. I wish it has a way of sending text messages you could type in the field. Something like "Out of gas need help soon" vs "injured rider need help NOW" Can you record messages on the device?

Was that you in my mirror all weekend??

I second that. JRGraham out of Maine is there fulfilment house but there prices are a little better and the customer service is good.

Just took a quick trip in the Chaudière and Bas St Laurent regions this past weekend. Rode from Jackman ME. to Mt. Carmel (Near Relais 540). Took TQ 75 north from the border to Greenie 545 over to TQ 55 East then to TQ 35 East in Tourville. All trails were near perfect. Lots of snow. Not a lot of traffic out there considering it was a weekend. We came back home through Beauceville and even St Georges trails were great. Gas was about .85C/liter Turned 10K miles on the odometer too. Hope she holds together for the season!!! All in all a great weekend.

Andre is fine. We just stopped by on Saturday and said hello. He has been busy and not online a lot. Chris

Marineco makes the plug on the end. I think I have seen those at jrgraham catalog. I looked online (Item 621200) and they had somehting that sounded like it but they did not have a picture available. I will check the catalog tonight if I can remember.

I will say it certainly inspired me to make some bigger trips as well. I used a lot of the photos of the signs to plan milage between stops.

I know my Garmion GPSV accepts between 8-35 volts so it's very flexible. It has the voltage regulator built in the unit. Some of the Garmins have it built in to the power adapter. Just check Garmin's site for the model you are interested in. The spec sheets are pretty good. I would reccomend a unit with a built in electronic compass since it makes it difficult to use when you stop. This is a limit with my GPSV. It's not obvious which way is up. Color is a requirement too.

Hi Karl, I have run mine of the alternator without electric start for the past 4 years. Mine is a Gamin GPSV. I just wired a 12V socket to an existing accessory plug under the cowl and used the Garmin cigarette adapter. Works great. When the engine is off it switched to battery power. It also gives me a place to plug in my cell phone charger if I needed it. The Rev accessory plugs are regulated DC power (about 13V running) so you should have no problem using any of the cigarette lighters. Be careful if you bypass the cigarette adapter as some reduce the voltage going to the unit. I would buy the Garmin GPS276c if it was just for use on the sled. Very durable. Great on a boat also. It's OK in the car.... Can the zumo or Nuvi use the quebec maps?

RWS, Any idea if the color maps will work on a StreetPilot III? They can be had pretty cheap right now and are waterproof too. Your maps seemed to work great on my GPSV last year but I am looking for a bigger screen and color. The 276C is out of my budget right now so I was looking for a short cut. I am not really concerned with any other use for the GPS just sledding. Any thoughts?

You better hope they don't start charging by the mile Bill..... Chris

We'll see you at the NH drags Bill.. Are you going to be there Saturday and Sunday? Chris

That was a trip to remember. The best part was about an hour after we got out of this we were "riding the rapids" on TQ75. The entire trail was flooded a few feet deep and flowing so fast there were rapids. Crazy weather that week.