smclelan Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 My Buddy Mike and I drove to that Gaspesie last Wednesday for a quick blow the cob webs out loop. We unloaded the sleds and did some prep work for our trip Day 1 We left from Pointe a la Croix early Thursday morning About 2 miles out of New Richmond it started to sprinkle rain, so we did what true die hard sleds do, checked into the Francis and ate chicken wings and washed them down with beer for the rest of the day. trails were awesome Day 2. Left New Richmond and traveled along the south shore on perfect trails. We based in Chandler and drove to Perce, a beautiful day. We had a bowl of soup at Rolands and drove down the sidewalk to get a picture of our sleds on the wharf with the Rock in the background. To our surprise the section of the wharf that connects to shore was blown out by the storm a week previous. So a picture from shore was the best I could do. Looks like a new lookout on the road behind the church, we didn't drive up because of time constraints. We road from there to the Hotel Adams in the town of Gaspe for the evening. After supper we came back to our rooms and I was pleased to see about 10 other sleds lined up infront of the rooms. Day 3. Saturday was another beautiful sunny day. We left Gaspe full of fuel and drove to Murdochville 90 miles of freshly groomed trail that we put the first tracks on. Filled up in Murdochville and rode on first track all the way to LA Cache. The Groomer was there but no sign of life, we motored right through and up to St Paulin. There is lots of wood being cut on that piece of trail, budworm salvage. Looks like new stall at St Paulin, food was good and we continued to La Mechins for gas. We pulled in with 140 miles on the tank of gas, both sleds took about 33 liters of gas. From there we rode to the Quality Inn at Matane, a 282 mile day. Day 4 We left the Quality Inn with about 4" of fresh snowI I got to the just of the TQ 5 and noticed my GPS wasn't in the mount!!! Crap, we turned around a drove slowly back to the motel, no sign of it. I pouted for a minute, said sledding is expensive, and headed out. We rode through fields, drifts, and woods trails for about 20 miles. I was sliding down a long straight away on the 591 and couldn't get my foot set right in the boot well, looked down and believe it or not there was the GPS!! What a relief, I made sure this time it locked properly into the mount. We continued on down to Groomers region, trails were unbelievable. We missed Jean Guy by minutes but stopped at the little golf club on the way to 8 mile lake, a great spot and a very nice lady running it. From there it was back to the truck by 1pm and start our 4 HR truck ride home to Nova Scotia. We rode 720 miles and had perfect trails the whole time, can't wait to go again. Sorry i dont have more pictures but it was not my first trip, however still love the trails!!! Phil 1, snowfarmer, mikerider and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida Snowman Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Nice run Steven. I bet you were mentally beating yourself up for that 20 miles over the loss of your gps. Figuring out what to say to your wife about spending another $800 or so to replace it! Glad you found it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackstraw Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Looks good Steve, great idea to avoid the rain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowfarmer Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 Did that with my i- phone ( sort of)last year. Stopped to fill up for gas and put it on the sled and forgot. Got to my next stop realized I didn't have it , crap ! Luckily my riding mates had picked it up off the trail not to long after we had filled up . They let me stew for a while before telling me. I wasn't mad when they handed it to me after sweeting it out . I was happy to get it back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groomer Posted January 18, 2017 Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 great shot of the rock , steven !! different from what we use to see !!! saw on the news 2 weeks ago....fence on the dock now...no more access !!! jean-guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smclelan Posted January 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2017 12 hours ago, Florida Snowman said: Nice drun Steven. I bet you were mentally beating yourself up for that 20 miles over the loss of your gps. Figuring out what to say to your wife about spending another $800 or so to replace it! Glad you found it! A great trip Also learned a valuable lesson, alwayS double check it is locked in place!! Florida Snowman, nyskidooerinnewhampshire and vt_bluyamaha54 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vt_bluyamaha54 Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 So the Fleur de Lis in Perce is still closed in winter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smclelan Posted January 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) 11 hours ago, vt_bluyamaha54 said: So the de Lis in Perce is still closed in winter? I am not sure if they were open, we just stooped for the view and a bowl of soup Edited January 20, 2017 by smclelan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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