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Curious on how you made out with your repairs?

That’s all, thanks for following along!

Last one - Manhattan steak at the Boreal

Now to day 4 Amqui to RDL. ill make it a bit shorter. Selectotel stayed in the far building. Rooms okay. Seems to be getting later on the departures as we didn’t leave till 1030 today. Took the 587 out of Amqui to the 5 west to 35. Gas and snacks in St Irene then hit the 35. Real nice trail, both groomed and twists and views. oh we did stop at the lookout to see the tree mummies. Saw lots of sleds in and around this area but still not busy just way more than we did all trip. Then turned on the 85 rail bed type trail to head into RDL. Today we got in before dark first time this trip - trails were fast. 1265 kms total. Was 10 degrees C warmer and sun out the last two days makes it easier for pictures, trail snacks and in general. I didn’t keep track very well but on the 35 there were three sections of logging where the trail was plowed down. Rideable but slippery. The worst section was 6 kms and the other two were much less. Nothing to worry about but notable. Left RDL at 630 am this morning for Ontario.

The best sugar pie in QC hands down - Coulee Douce Crusted cod with rice and vegetables maybe the tartar sauce as well pesto pasta with chicken, again the best of the best Night ride back to Amqui.

Well back to day 3 Trails were perfect all day and we started to see some wildlife. saw a moose and a calf on the trail coming into La Cache at night, that was lucky as we got between her calf and the mother but she got off the trail and all was good. Lots of animal tracks in and around the trail. Then we saw a number of deer on and near the trail. This picture was from the matapedia valley on day 3. And the groomer at La cache

Sounds good! I’ll get you a couple more pictures on today’s report! Looking forward to seeing your upcoming ride reports, always enjoying reading them.

Yes all rooms are upstairs. My understanding is the rooms on the ground floor are for the employees who stay there. I forgot to ask how may rooms they have as was focused on the solar system haha. But we stayed in the suite room, which was not too much bigger but that gave us our own bathroom . I think they said they have two of those type of rooms but I could be mistaken. They even gave us a cot to use in there. Room had TV, fridge, drying rack and was clean. Nothing fancy but good for $200. Booking process was seamless as well, all done through email. They said in Feb they have a lot of bookings. seems like the bar would stay open if you had a group as well. They close to the public at 6 pm and then serve dinner when you want it (the did it for us at 730 or so), dinner was good, and homemade and seemed to change but no choice (well we didn’t ask either).

More to come

We even got a tour of the battery room at La Cache (sorry no pictures)

Day 3 - La Cache to Amqui The folks at La Cache were top notch and after breakfast we headed towards Matane . 595 was great and the groomer was out and about. Saw a few more sleds on the trails today but nothing too busy. Got back on the 5 and headed west and then South. Dumped our Jerry cans in and made it to Amqui . Went to Andre Halle’s for some recoil parts (they had what we needed and they were very helpful). Top notch there. We decided to deal with the recoil at home but at least we have the parts. Plan was to loop down to Albertville and Causapscal then back to Amqui for the night. The clubhouse in Albertvill closes at 4 pm on Mondays and we arrived at 350 so decided to go to Auberge La Coulee Douce at the recommendation of the folks at the dealer. wow was not disappointed - best meal yet and they even had homemade sugar pie (best I have ever had). Going back there in the future for sure! blasted the last 40 kms back to Amqui and Selectohotel for the night.

Chic chac I would recommend though! Just check their hours.

Correct. Well at least on Sunday. I didn’t ask too many questions as they didn’t seem like they wanted to talk at the hotel.