Gaspe Trip 🏔️
Departure
Ok well behind the times on this, so I do beg your pardon. We are back out on trail. Shout out to JD (lurking) in Mass. know that you are always welcome to come along. Hope you are well brother.
Rewind to last Friday Feb 27. Finished up a short week and was home Friday around 1pm. Snohorse rolling in this afternoon to hangout for the afternoon and night nice to hangout at home beforehand and finalize all details.
This will be Mrs Ice’s spring break trip. She has chosen a return through La Cache to Murdochville as her must do. It’s her week she got to pick.
Along with us on this adventure will be Snohorse (duh) and NHmoose.
Playhard declined due to other adventures coexisting. However he plays (no pun intended) a vital part in this taking place.
Nice chillaxing night at Chez Ice.
Our flow chart has us using all of Saturday and it’s inclement morning weather to finish our preparations for a Sunday drive to Matane.
Spent a lazy Saturday morning watching it snow then light drizzle but not long. Then by afternoon was clearing and colder with wind.
Mrs got home later last night as she was off at a Ski Camp with her outdoor studies group. Just returning Friday evening after 2 days away. She is finishing her laundry and packing her stuff. We head to Cap de Madeleine to play trailer swap and switch.
Snohorse and I both have 2 place trailers. But need three sleds would rather trailer together so…… enter Playhard, he has offered up his toybox.
So earlier in the week on Monday afternoon after I got back from the last trip I emptied out his toys at Moto Thibault and took his trailer to defrost and melt off in the shop. After a day or so it was melted and dry. Roof clear of Ice. Tires great✅ Good new Spare tire✅Lights✅ it passes the visual underneath inspection.✅Jacked up check wheel bearings all seem awesome.✅Give them some grease for good measure ✅and Bob’s your uncle.
Will tow it with Snohorse truck.
To the shop with Snohorse truck and his trailer. We drop his sled on ground, his trailer will stay here in the compound until we come back for it. We Hook up to Playhard’s trailer. Roll out and load the XRS. Has had a Fresh oil change and chain case oil. She has had a full look over and is ready says the Snohorse. Not a doubt in my mind.
Back to Chez Ice we load 2 more sleds now we are just needing our gear in trailer in the morning tomorrow and we go.
Sunday morning 8:33 we leave home. Quick 3 stops at
1 grocery store (happy hour supplies)
2 pharmacy (contact solution for my bride)
3 Tim’s (coffee and other necessities)
9:20 we are eastbound on the highway 40 direction Quebec City.
Truck pulls trailer fine, its windy however and she takes some finesse. Road dry and traffic not bad at all tons of trailers going west on 40 and we cross over and take 20 east now. Lots more trailers going west. Nice ride with gas and quick break in RDL. Looking boney by gas station very icy there. Need snow near town.
East through Rimouski then to Mont Joli and on into Matane rolled in at 3:10, Made great time. We get unloaded get sleds parked and put away the truck and trailer. Mrs Ice unpacked the gear and has everything organized in room. Got lots of time now for (Netflix for Mrs) and Happy Hour and Nascar for me and Snohorse. Waiting on NHmoose he has 6:40 eta.
NH Moose rolled in and we didn’t wait long we went to dinner. Much smaller menu here at Quality Inn since my last time here. Was all good.
Everyone here now all pieced together, tomorrow we start our little Gaspe abbreviated tour.
Not many sleds or too many trucks and trailers when we got here but now wow parking full.
Cold here tonight (Sunday) outside with no gloves? Not for long. Wind is biting cold.
Going to be cold tomorrow.
I gotta get caught up. It’s Tuesday night now 11:11pm
Still two days behind on this report.
Soon to be three.
By
iceman ·
