My apologies for not reporting trailside; just thought I would share our recent trip.   A group of us (normally 6, but 7 this year), had our annual trip planned to leave out of Mont Laurier on Thursday 1/18, riding West through Val D’Or, up to Matagami, and around the Abitibi Region.  As everyone does, we were checking conditions and reading everything we could on QR the week before leaving.  Things were not looking good, especially in the Mont Laurier area.  Executive decision on the