Je me souviens

Iceman is spot on. As I was reading the areas you have covered, I immediately thought of Abitibi region. Can’t go wrong with the Forestel in Val D’Or. It’s a little pricey compared to the Econo Lodge downtown, but it is worth every penny in my mind. From there you can head North South East or West with good trails. Wide, well maintained with little traffic as compared to out in the East. Amos for lunch. Senneterre for lunch. Rouyn Noranda for lunch, there are no real bad options here. 83/93/386/396 all great stuff. I am sure someone will beg to differ, but the only one I would not take is 309 south towards Rapid Sept. It’s tight and twisty with a lot of folks running north to the Forestel on a Saturday. That was many moon’s ago, maybe it’s better now. Cheers

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SxS trip up Nord. Destination Clova. 460 miles covered in 2 days. I just love it up there. Met a family headed out fishing for a week, turns out they live a half an hour from my place. Sunday morning I noticed a guy checking out our buggies. So I headed out and offered to take him for a rip. He loved it. He had never been in one before. We got a bonus treat, fly over the Gouin. So many great memories packed into a weekend.

I would have to say it’s pretty serious riding when you are cranking out 400 mile days on the regular like it’s no big deal. Cheers my friend. How many miles do you have on that bike? Love seeing everyone out burning petrol and having fun. I do carry a roll of TP on the sled and SxS. It’s easier without the insulated bibs on….that’s for sure

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Great idea. Here are the pics of my first rip of the season

Crazy really. I would love to Doo it one more time, but it’s not in the cards. What a great season it was. 4700 smiles for me.

Wayne has a theory about the caps. The “system” keeps the front end hydrated. I thought it looked like a cool idea so I had to snap the pic

My pic would be the land of the trees….Forestville. I am shooting from the hip here, but I would guess that the Econo lodge would let you leave the truck in the yard when spending the night. I can’t imagine you plan on running up there for a day ride.

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I met a fellow QR member last season. I was lucky enough to have traded phone numbers with him. That exchange paid dividends this week when I was unable to find a riding partner. Gaf called me up and that was that. Great couple days around the Mighty Mitchi with Bill and his friend Wayne.

Well shit…obviously we had more pressing issues to deal with other than introductions. Sorry I didn’t get time for all the formalities. I guess I will have to get my own logo or something so QR members can easily recognize each other on the trail. Back in the day there was QR stickers. I would see people trailside with them and strike up conversation. They fit perfectly on the tunnel.