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Snotodesrp1chul791864lu031g9ll4a5mm01i4fg1c5m71l10g37t0l6lca · Shared with Public My PSA test came back 0 again. Somehow I should be happy I guess. However I sit here some what in a daze. The emotions that this journey has brought up are impossible to describe or even speak about. How am I so lucky when others are not? Why are good friends,loved ones and loved ones of good friends not having the same luck? Why must they suffer? They did nothing wrong. They are good people. They deserve a good life. This is far too familiar a journey to me. As a kid I watched my father be destroyed and killed by cancer causing emotions that I have failed to reconcile even today and have accepted that I never will. I live with the thoughts of when or if it will ever return to savage me. I often sarcastically state that the only true way to beat cancer is to die of something else. Cancer is a stupid disease as when it kills its host it commits to its own demise. Watching those around me isinteresting to say the least. Jennifer Park is my saviour. Some of my family has remained or become closer some not. I make more time for friends and family but not enough yet. Cancer is a brutal journey for the victim,family and friends. Support those that are stricken,they need it badly. I watched in horror as my father was so hurt by his "good" friends avoiding spending time with him simply because they could not face the disease. The emotional side of this is actually larger than the disease. The emotional side can be treated. Reach out and be a friend to those in need. You WILL make thier life better. Edit . Please reach out to someone other than me. I have a world of human interaction in my carreer. It is others that I wish to support.

Rode from my driveway. In Mount Forest having lunch. Trails are in great shape. No complaints from the wife. This is the roughest section we’ve been on. Passed 3 sleds all morning.

So after three failed attempts to ride Quebec with my (now 17 years old) son (Christmas and March break last year , and Christmas this year) - we finally made it! Trailered to New Liskeard - left 1:09pm, in at Amos in good time. Checked yesterday and today and Atmosphere had lots of room options , and heck it’s a Monday night. In 300 km we saw 10 sleds and a groomer total. well - arrived and it was fully booked! so headed over to Nouvelle Fronteirre (redone hotel next to the petro can). Nice place so far. Up to Chibougamau tomorrow, and yep - booked a room ahead of time! trails were 9.5 all afternoon.

Awesome day, 425km, other then A trail thru Kap (along hy.11) trails were fantastic especially northern loops (L125, L159, L165, & L163). Highlight of the day was seeing two Moose on the L159 just before it meets the L165. Conditions were spectacular, snowing heavy in Hearst right now. No premium gas in Smooth Rock, first time getting fuel in Moonbeam, it may be the new fuel stop moving forward for us. Can’t wait for tomorrow's ride!

Came back from Mount Forest through Teviotdale, Conestogo Lake, Elmira and home in Bloomingdale. Not nearly as nice as the morning trails. The trail past Pike Lake was beat washboard, lots of traffic. Harriston, Teviotdale was good until we hit Conestoga Lake. More washboard, dirt showing in the corners and lots of sleds running around. Trail got a bit better once south of the lake but once you hit Elmira, the bush trails are getting thin, tops of the fields are showing through. Road crossing are soft and frost was coming out of the gravel roads. Im sure this was my last ride from home. Pics are just a couple miles from home. I’m sure by Thursday this trail will ice with no snow on the sides. We need a base like this on the first week of January, not March.

Been spending all week getting in Tall Pine and a few other clubs trails. Conditions have pretty good to excellent.

Great afternoon. Not alot of traffic either. The base held up well with the warm spell. Watched a guy roll it coming into a corner about 10-15kms east of the asc shelter on d101. I was well over on my side but he breaked on a nasty icy spot and it grabbed and rolled hard. Sled seemed fine and so did he but i hope all is well. Dinner at Boiler room in dwight then headed home. HGR groomer is out on the east side, hopefully going to Baysville.

Made the deal on Saturday to get a 2020 Sidewinder LTX LE with low K. pick it up this Saturday.

Left from Alma today. Up to Palmerston and back. Just a short run with the wife to finish the season off. Base is still good mostly but the traffic and the warm sun are taking its toll on the bush trails. Took the Cat out to burn last year fuel out of it and forgot it’s not a fan of warm weather. Had to stop once and peel the panels to get her cooled off before crossing a bridge. Other than that she still runs great. Cleaning them up tomorrow and putting them away. I’m done.

Last ride in the South for the season for me and the first time trailering to ride since January when I brought the trailer and sleds up to the cottage. Shelburne to Owen Sound and surrounding areas. Lunch at the Kettles Back Home Cookin’ in Chatsworth was very good, first time there and will be definitely going back again next season. It’s been a fantastic season so far, been out a ton, my son also, on his sled and some rides with me. Headed to Cochrane / Hearst on Sunday for a few days of riding to finish the season off.

My back yard in Sault Ste. Marie. It hit the news!

Key dealers and people in the industry are being informed that a deal has been struck to sell AC. An official announcement to be made in the next couple of weeks. Certain dealers have been told they will be invited to TRF to meet the new ownership group by the end of April. The plan is to have a small run of MY26 sleds as well.

Nice 120km loop around Cochrane after driving up earlier today. Lots of snow and not too much traffic. Off to Hearst in the morning, forecast is looking good, excited for the ride!

Rolled over 25,000 km this week on my 2016 900 ace blizzard. Have done the following to it. Voltage regulator Throttle (most likely related to the above voltage regulator) Front shock in rear skid Bearings in the skid, carbides and sliders Oil changes That's it. I'm probably due for a belt, a replacement track, a clutch service, fuel filters and maybe some front end bushings just cause I'm paranoid. Not news to many, but I do believe these 900 ace sleds are Yamaha reliable.

Well after a US Customs debacle the parts finally arrived Friday. Midwest Mini were good enough to keep me informed and had no idea what the heck was going on. Apparently they had a half dozen shipment's returned, rebranded the label and changed carriers. Anyways, here's my take. Ended up ordering the deluxe kit which included a rear shock assembly, clutch, chain, gear's and improved tensioner. Also came with an adjustable main jet for carb. I installed everything except the cable operated adjustable main jet. Clutch cured the original bogginess off the line and the sled accelerates and runs amazing, excellent upgrade. I see no need for messing with carb so leaving it alone. In retrospect I would skip the most expensive part, the shock upgrade, really feel there is little benefit unless he was to be doing some sort of 'kiddy snowcross races'. The permanent smile yesterday mad it all worth while

In the truck on the way home, great trip to end a really great season. We were fortunate to have awesome conditions this trip and all season long. Here’s hoping we have another good one next season!!

Stellar Spring Season - North of Sault Ste. Marie 5 Feet of Snow! After this week's storm, snow depth is moving from 4.5' to 5' in the inland Agawa River region. Like the hydro guys said, expect snow on the ground into June this year. Going to be a stellar Spring season of riding.

Just got in from riding some of Tall Pines trails. 90 kms today. Conditions way better than I expected.

Did a little 60km run with my wife this afternoon. Rode some of the Buckhorn and Twin Mountains(Bobcaygeon) trails. All were in 8/10 or better! Came across this nice Jeep on our trails quite a few kms in. Had a talk with him and his girlfriend and got him headed the right way! SMH Parking lot 1 was a full house. Many people getting their last ride in. Will do mine tmo.👍

We did a small 90km loop with the kids today. Parked in Arthur, rode over to teviotdale, down to Moorefield, then Alma & back to truck. Conditions were great, sun was out, still lots of snow out there. Tomorrow might be the last day in the south, but certainly potential to leave open for a couple days into the start of the week. Kids were cooked at the end of the ride!

Bought a 2024 600efi Sport Expedition, ride it through the marches, swamps and across the ice. Have been stuck a few times but it easily climbed out and got me home. Last weekend I was part of a club event where we rode an hour up to the Magnetawan to strip the decking off a rotten bridge, towing a trailer. Had no problem keeping up on the trails. My opinion, great sled and the Sport model is a bargain for what I use it for

Rode from home at Heidelberg to Blyth and return via different route this morning. More great trail than bad. The bad is at our end. 228 km. and home before 1 for lunch.

I told my wife I was going for a quick ride this am and would be back home before 1. I texted her at 1:30 after getting gas in Mildmay. 😂 Ended the day with 250kms by myself and had a great ride. Very little traffic considering it was a Sunday. Mildmay area got an accumulation of snow last night. The long range weather is starting to look wet but I am pretty sure that we still have 1 weekend left in S Ont.

So another wonderful day riding with my son - cold at start of day - trails amazing *** except for 2 hr rear spring repairs near Senneterre (long story) ….. Chibougamau to La Sarre - 610 km

We ended up back at the truck in Ville Marie on Monday am and headed home. Our trip was Ville Marie to Amos, Amos to Lebel Sur Quevillon, Lebel to Rouyn, Rouyn to Ville Marie on Monday am. 90% of the trails were great. Not much traffic once you got away from the town centres. Lots of snow on the trail to Matagami. 3 of the 4 sleds in our group ran out of gas which was a surprise. Luckily 2 of us were carrying Linq cans. I am 99% sure that my season is over and I am ok with that. I had a great year.

Late start in am as was raining . the new digs last night were pretty good. Breakfast at restaurant attached was great. super fast ride all the way up. fuel economy suffered. left Amos 9:18am - in at Chibougamau Polaris dealer 4:40pm (getting some oil and a shock spacer I needed) - 458km for the day.

Nice to hear you are still running the XLT. A handful of us in the Sault Ste. Marie - Elliot Lake area run wedges as our primary sleds as well. Here's Mike and I at Dunlop Lake Lodge on Sunday. AJ was also on his XLT that day, but down in Elliot Lake.

That’s why we buy 4 strokes and run em for a long time. Costs too much to upgrade all the time.

We rode out of a cottage on Lake Nosbonsing near Bonfield this week. Between a friend's breakdown and Tuesday rain out it was a short week but we did get 500 km in on Wednesday and Thursday. Not bad for 4 old guys from 68 to 83 years old. Our 35th year riding together.

Trails are in good shape for Sno Voyageurs, however roads are bare at the moment. We will be addressing that with a little assistance with our groomers. We were out lastnight when temps dropped. We hope to upgrade trail Status by Saturday morning. Snow being forecasted will help. Paul President

My 17 year old son and I did a small ride up for the night to see my parents . didnt learn form last run NOT to take the b105 - and again really brutal. Saturday seemed like a long day. left 9:30am in at gas pump at gravenhurst 6:09pm today took a different route south to Orillia D/4/204- nicely groomed in am and some nice lake running (unexpected as yellow, but was fine). Crazy freezing rain and had to pull out the cord for the Mission helmet. we both were pretty iced up. left 9:00 home 5:29pm. Only stopped for gas twice and a coffee/tim sandwich. think I’m done Southern Ontario trails for a while - looking forward to March break and Quebec.

Nice loop today, one get off close call on 67 but we got him out, no damage, he woulda made too it if he was cutting the corner like the 1000 riders before him. Ride your side and we can have 2 good lanes in the corners folks. Theres a short plowed section of 64 by Raven lake, not bad, but the whole piece of 64 above Kawagama is plowed to where it meets 65, major bummer, that was a really fun section👎 i highlighted those on the map. D101 from the asc shelter to 77 has rocks poking thru in the usual places and the base was really loose too like it cant get time to setup with the traffic. Lake stake lines are fine, no slush. The rest of the trails were minty!

Another great ride today, 440km, beautiful sunny cold day. Lots of fresh snow this morning, and fantastic conditions throughout the day! More traffic heading into Cochrane, the Westway is packed tonight. One more ride in the morning before we head home. Lots of Moose tracks today but unfortunately none seen.

Did my last run for the year from north of Buckhorn to Cardiff and looped back around. 170km. The northern 3/4 part of the loop received a fresh 2" of snow last night.👍 Trails were still great and flat for most of it but some Canadian Shield was starting to poke through on the way back. The trail across Paudash Lake was flat as glass and I touched 190km/h(and climbing) and said that's enough!!! Don't blow something up now!..lol... Saw maybe 15 sleds out there. Sad that it is coming to such an abrupt end as there is such a great base and great snow coverage overall. Great year for most clubs in the province and everybody was able to ride local most of the time. That should generate renewed interest going forward. The OFSC and all the volunteers needed this.👍

Conestogo Lake, to Teviotdale to Clifford to Gorrie to Atwood. Sitting Listowel at the A&W having lunch. Mostly good, some great, nothing bad. Only one washout south of Brussels with an easy go around. only seen 4 sleds before noon. Seen plenty since but not your normal Saturday traffic.

Took the day off work. Figured I better get a ride in, in case this is it. Left Birds Creek. Down through the maze (did some loops in there just for fun), across Weslemkoon, across the Mazinaw system (1006, E101, 1003, 1009 and E) and into Griffith for gas via E102. Then back out the same way to the south and did the Griffith loop (113) that runs east of town. From there took the new trail 111 and 170 into Combermere, across E109 and the Maple Leaf trails (175 and 173) to Lake St Peter. North to Whitney, down the hydro line to Haliburton Lake, back to Lake St Peter via E and E109 and then down the heritage trail to the truck. Awesome day. Just over 500 kms. Had freshly groomed trail for probably 80% of the day and other than a cpl trails near the end of the day everything was at least a 9 out of 10. Just awesome conditions. Best riding I've done in a long time in the area for consistency. Pretty much every club had their crap together. Felt like a Quebec trip. Thank you and job well done to Old Hastings, Mazinaw, Griffith Snow Dusters, Peterson Pathfinders, Maple Leaf Snow Skimmers, HCSA and Paudash. I'm on the fence with how things are going to fair. The forecast for the next 24 hrs sucks. But I'm thinking it will survive it. The day started with freezing sleet. Then a cpl inches of snow and it finished this evening riding in a light constant drizzle. Light rain now. Trail base was still cold and was holding up great. Roads still have snow cover and lakes were froze solid with no major slush issues. Time will tell I guess. Here's hoping we get March break before it's all gone.

Snow-depth is good. The entire region including Aubrey Falls got fresh powder on Saturday - 20-25cms (8-10 inches) to add to the existing base. Highways were closed due to blizzard. Best winter I've seen in years.

Had a great time on the weekend. Saturday ran the cottage road a bit, and took a buddy there out for a quick trip down the road to find the boat launch onto the lake. Everything looked fine, with a few tracks but didn't end up going on the lake since I didn't know it/not a staked lake, and the primary purposes wasn't sledding. We did try some ice fishing at the cottage, but no bites (wasn't expecting to, it was more drill a couple holes to see/say we did it and then have a few beers for an hour while doing it) and ended up seeing 4-5 sleds on various parts of the lake confirming my expectation it was fine. Anyway as you mentioned Wild Bill, the local trail did open Sunday (330/340/350) so was able to take a quick solo rip for an hour, and then after everyone else took off, we cleaned up the cottage, my buddy and I ripped from rosseau to Memories of Muskoka for dinner and then back on mint trails. He had so much fun, when weather turns cold again, he wants to go out again, and he was like, great now I have to get some sleds for the cottage...LOL Now went for a different kind of ride Sunday night on the way home....there was a some misting was unaware that had happened that laid down a thin layer of water that turned to black ice, and the salters hadn't been out, so right when we turned onto the main road, I fortunately wasn't' going fast or anything, but ended up sliding back and forth, actually gaining speed down a hill with brakes fully on with my trailer at one point ahead of the vehicle, eventually ping ponging off the snowbanks. Was lucky and happy no cars were on that section at the time or could have been real bad, and the snowbanks helped stop us and get back under control, but did bash corner of my trailer against the rear panel that will have to bang out, but no major mechanical damage to vehicle, trailer or sleds, just a flesh wound. 😅 Needless to say, after that adrenaline shot, had no worries about needing any caffeine injections or anything for the drive home.... 😂 Anyway thanks for the info, hopefully this warm up is brief and doesn't ruin too many trails and we get the snow forecast later in the week to freshen things back up and open up for some more riding.

Thank you for the update WB. Glad your scans are zero at this point. I lost both of my folks to this nasty thing before I was 30 years of age. I was able to spend time with my mom but, as you stated, I didnt know how to with my dad, and that haunts me. I couldnt bring myself to see what this illness was doing to my super hero. Now having my place in the north that he said "we would always have" and he was never able to achieve, or see, or even see his grand child or now her giving him great grand children, leaves me very conflicted. Each incredible sunset I see here, or days on the water fishing we couldnt enjoy together, gives me pause to think about the man and woman, who gave me my chance at a great life. You are right, we need to support them, they know the struggle, we only know the win or the loss, depending on the outcome. I wish you luck my friend! Eric

Good grief i need this in my life. Its mint! Looks showroom almost! Its in Norwich on marketplace. I got absolutely no more storage space though. Anyone on here that this beauty piece this belongs to?

Only time will tell - but it won't be enough to force me to buy a Doo

In the warmup shack just east of Laforce on the 309 right now things are perfect today it was - 28 in Senneterre this morning

Just rolled in after a brutal drive. Hwy 89 should have been closed. Numerous smashed cars and Jack knifed trucks around Shelburne. I had my F150 in 4WD the entire way. There is a bunch of fresh snow in Ville Marie. Trails will be mint tomorrow.

Expedition is BRPs #1 selling machine. They are everywhere in Quebec for a reason.

Here you go, I’ve been testing with my setup and I can confidently say, it works perfect. Just be sure to use an old phone if you have one. It keeps my phone nice and warm, with no issues at all. Even has room for a power bank if you want to add one for additional battery life. All the items needed for this setup are in the description. Let me know if you have any questions about it. You can skip through to about the 3:50min mark if you like. I think it was around a $97 setup for all the accessories needed. OFSC Go Snowmobiling App I Iphone handlebar set-up I Yamaha Viper https://youtu.be/PToUfTE7Fu0

I know everyone does things differently - but what I have found to work really well for keeping my phone battery life in check while out riding is this. I have a small toque I keep in my pocket for throwing on at stops etc.: I put a "hot shot" on each side of my phone - then wrap my phone up inside the toque tight enough to hold the hot shots in place - keep the heat in - keep the phone warm and battery life holds. It's a little archaic and not the coolest technology - but sure keeps the phone warm and have had no battery issues doing that.

It’s a good well rounded sled.

My buddy is ordering a 900 Turbo and he is taking the $2K off and the 1 year warranty. The 900s so rarely give any grief that he is willing to roll the dice. An 850 on the other hand, I would be taking the warranty.

still lots here in bala area