mcstar Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 How did your trip go? Where did you start from, what route did you take? You did say you would post once you were back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polaris1? Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Not nearly as planned.Left New Liskeard Ontario at -30 degrees F. All 3 of us began to feel ill shortly before noon.One guy barely got his helmet off in time to puke. Some bad food at breakfast apparently. Stopped a t Pavilon La Verendre to get fuel.Asked how far it was to Mont-Laurier. The lady said with a surprised look,about 200 miles. And it was. Lesson learned- the Quebec Federation interactive map is not accurate at all on trail mileage.Expected 300 miles -it was 380.Pulled into the Quality Inn at 8:30. Guy that puked said his one finger really hurt.It was turning color.Hoped it would be better in the morning. Day 2- guy with finger goes to hospital even though we told him there would be nothing they could do.They charged him $1200 to tell him there was nothing they could do.At that point I thought we would be packing it up and heading home.He didn't want to take a chance on riding and getting it cold again.I would have rode.Spent the next couple hours trying to rent a car to get back to the truck.Not an easy task when you're in a foreign country and don't speak their language.In hind sight the other 2 of us should have ridden back.Spent the next 6 hours driving back to truck.Day 3- spent 6 hourdriving truck/trailer and rental car back to sleds.Thank god they were still there.Almost got killed by a logging truck going 60 MPH around a corner on an icy road.Day 4- we decide the 2 guys that can ride will do day trips from hotel.I get about 3 miles away when my check engine light came on with no power on my 2015 XRS 800. Spent the next 3 hours at the Ski Doo dealership but at least they got me fixed up.Proceed to close the bar that night and got to bed at 3:45 AM. Day 5- Did a loop after a late start.Day 6- 9 hour ride home. Although we only saw a small portion of what we had planned,we were very impressed with the trails and hospitality and will definately be back.We now have an agreement that if one of us has a problem,the rest of us will continue after the one with the problem is headed back to the truck.Had planned on a loop up around Parent and Val D'or but only saw that area through the windshield of a mini van.Guys finger tip is black but doctor back here says it should be ok in time.Was awesome seeing a different culture and can honestly say we were never treated rudely even though we don't speak French. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfarmer Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Sorry about your tough trip . Not fun riding being that kind of sick ,happen to me once with bad food. I know what you might mean about the map but then i read the directions on line because i was having issues with milage even though i had run those trips before and knew the milage. If you pick your stops along the way , the map adds the milage up weird. You pick your start and finish spot first that seems to be pretty spot on . Then pick your spots to stop at in between. Counted on it two weeks ago and was almost dead nuts on everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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