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IIRC cabin 10 is next to the rv pumpout - just saying...... The 'winter' page has a list of possible targets for touring....I am flummoxed by the "you won't be sharing your place with strangers?" notation .......experienced this in single motel remote communities in the Northwest Territories, but unheard of anywhere else in Canada. Strange. Looks like some new cobalt mining development in the area. The chip stand in the white building east of Elk Lake is preferred over the portable one by the post office/convenience store near the bridge.

I remember buying my permit through D'ville several years ago as mentioned. My two Ontario permits are on their way....anticipating a couple from Quebec also, emailed them to find out which clubs are sucking the hind tit in that province and received a very courteous reply and information. Apparently picking the numbers of remote clubs there is helpful.

Concur 100%. Two good motels with decent prices with park out your door access and a couple of better hotels for nicer if required. Here's a list of what's in our "motel box" which might be helpful: We squeeze all this into a plastic tub with snap lid - 17.5 inches wide, 23 inches long 15 inches high. -1 liter kettle -full size coffee maker (those ones supplied aren't worth the bother to even fill)&filters -toaster (operate in such a way not to set off smoke alarm) -2 melmac plates (the green camping ones of your youth, microwave safe and won't break if dropped) -2 melmac bowls -2 forks, 2 spoons, 1 butter knife, 1 paring knife, fish filleting knife for the tougher things to cut (or for cleaning fish) -2 large stainless steel tall mugs (usually kept in the truck for coffee stops along the way) -2 plastic stacking cups -can opener -wine bottle opener -the above is kept in a plastic milk bag pouring container.(usually carry milk in emptied plastic juice bottles - Ocean Spray bottles are the best for durability - milk and juice can be frozen ahead of time for keeping your cooler cool while in the room. As for ice, best thing to use is wide mouth spagetti sauce bottles (Ragu RIP) as you can refill them from a motel ice cube machine. -various extension cords and multi connectors (older motel wiring inadequate, helps set up applicances, chargers, laptops etc.) Enables shutting off some things to use kettle or coffee maker without blowing a fuse. -jar of peanut butter, small tub margarine, small tub honey (won't spoil without refridgeration, thaws out well if frozen in vehicle) -use empty plastic peanut butter jars ...kraft or skippy's...hold sugar for coffee, tea bags, ground coffee PRO TIP - at home prior to your trip, get 1 kg container of Melitta coffee (sale price 12.97) and 1 bag of strong ground starbucks.(sale price 7.99) Mix well in a ratio of 1 bag to 1 can and put in peanut butter jars with a plastic coffee measure spoon. One spoon full per cup in the basket plus one for the pot. You'll get some premium tasting coffee to get your day off to a good start. -lipton cup of soup various flavours although chicken seems the best - good with a sandwich -Via instant coffee packs - tastes almost like fresh brewed for those afternoon pickup after a nap. -small packets of condiments, salt and pepper shakers -use a couple of snap lid tupperware to hold some of the stuff - comes in handy for left over delivery pizza, chinese food etc. -small container dish soap (also works as shampoo if revrnd finds no bath products in room) quick dry towel and wash cloth. -roll of saran wrap. -also have a small microwave if none is supplied with room. Inside keep oven mitts, stir spoon, cardboard shield for glass rotating dish -a couple of tins of condensed milk will keep forever if not opened or for several days if opened and covered - beats the powder coffee creamer. A couple of other things to keep in the truck if you find yourself stranded in an area in which the hydro is out: -coleman camp stove and fuel -fry pan and a couple of pots to boil water and warm food -camp lamp - naptha fuel -at least 2 full 20 liter gas cans and a siphon to drain the sleds for the truck- no pumps will be working. See if anyone else can add some more ideas either here or somewhere else. If I think of anything further, I'll add it later. -forget pyrex casserole dish in motel box - put small items in it when packing - can be used for microwave cooking kraft dinner etc.

I guess you are talking about restaurants? Motels/hotels should be ok. First, put your luggage in the bathtub and check for bedbugs. If ok, you'll need a can of Lysol or other spray, or the Lysol wipes and start wiping things down - light switches, toilet flush handle, fawcetts, the TV remote, thermostat, flat surfaces, anything you might contact with your hands or face. Regards spray or wipes, make darn sure they specify they kill VIRUSES, not just germs or bacteria. Some don't. Minimum 70% isopropyl will also work - about the same strength as that in gas line antifreeze if you're stuck. And who doesn't like the aroma of that? If possible, bring your own sleeping bag and pillow. Make sure you've got a few disposable masks to enable entry into the establishment in the first place. The food situation can be tragic in some cases. While self-isolating in Quebec last March, we were forced by threat of covid to avoid the traditional sugar shack brunch. Read the offerings and weep with me: Included: - Traditional Quebec music during the brunch - Maple taffy on snow - Horse drawn sleigh rides Menu of our Sugar Shack brunch: - Pea soup - Pork rinds - Bacon - Sausages - Homemade ham cooked with rosemary & maple syrup from our sugar shack - Gabrielle potato cooked with duck fat & rosemary - Scrambled eggs with onions, peppers, chives and swiss cheese - Baked beans - Meat pie - Green salad & dressing made with maple syrup from our sugar shack - Plate of cheeses from our region - Toasts & homemade jam - Cereal & milk - Fresh fruit platter - Pancakes with maple syrup from our sugar shack - Pouding chômeur - Coffee Which reminds me - regards the log cabin thread somewhere, best you don't paint your inside log walls. Noted. I will use it to heat up a few large rocks, shut it down, and enter when safe to do so. Hopefully I will not be appropriating anyone's culture - learned at the Huron Indian Village in Midland that is how they used to boil water and stoke up the sweat lodge - obviously with a fire of course, not a barbeque. .......Hmmm....now if I threw a bit of water or snow on those rocks.....skidooboy is saying we might just have to leave our clothes outside....

No problem! Another idea.... As a landowner in Newfoundland (needed to get in) I am also considering a two week quarantine on the west coast of the province in an airbnb special. There is usually 7 or 8 feet of snow there just before the pagan holiday of Christmas.

Quality Inn in Petawawa is also particularly well placed.

Sorry to read this formerly known as IQ Turbo - Doo. Your sledding pursuits are different than mine, but could always find some common ground. Hope you are back once the season starts, find joy in the riding and maybe not so much in the equipment. I also recently split the forum for a while to spend more time with my family....... help out with the family businesses ......and stepped down from the OC Forum to make room for more diverse voices ...... hoping for a replacement that was Black, Indigenous or a person of colour. I have come to recognize that my privilege has benefited me greatly. And while I have certainly worked hard and contributed much to this forum, I know that systemic racism and injustice helps people like me, and harms those who aren’t like me often in ways that are invisible to me and us. This needs to change..... Full disclosure - spent 3 years 288 days in an Indian community. (The North American Indian type...the First Nations Industry was very goood to me) As for the future, the CRA, anticipating "problems" with CERB and other giveaway's claimants, may be presenting contract positions as audit assistants, and having been an accounting instructor for several years, as well as having "a superior knowledge of Canadian regionalities", (their words...all that earlier travelling I did job seeking pays off again) might keep me off the streets. You can check qualifications for positions on their web site. Having recently retired, I'm not too inclined to begin yet another (fourth) career, but the tax cheat stories told by my recently retired chartered accountant with the CRA brother in law, make the job seem very interesting. I remember this guy in Yellowknife who used to drive his car to Edmonton, rent a similar model, take both to his brother in law's farm and begin swapping parts. He began swapping wives back in YK - getting away with one crime encouraged him to try others including tax fraud.....and wife turned him in both to the cops and Revenue Canada as it was known then. Poor bastard didn't know what hit him You do not have to send in receipts, but save them as the CRA may request them later dot dot dot Also begun the ground work for a registered tax credit charity called D.D.D.G. - Disgraced Despondent Do Gooders - got the Kielburgers lined up as well as a few others.....just waiting for a few more charities to fold so that better ribbon colours become available....currently all the good ones are taken.

Barbeque is a bit unwieldy although worth consideration..... We have one of those small ones with a 5 lb tank. Could also warm up the inside of the sled trailer I suppose. Meantime in prep for this year's season replacing my old method for deep fried prepared trail trip foods ,,,,,,, with this...... although as ms. slomo, the health care professional that she is....is deadset against fried foods....I have to run it in the shed in secret disguised with discarded parts from a non-functioning ultrasonic cleaner........ Walmart has a very functional .7 cubic foot 1000 watt microwave on sale this week for around the $50 mark. For them that are shy of cooking skills, don't over look microwavable selections from M&M foods - the cabbage rolls for instance only require about 15 minutes of (various) cook times and come out pretty well, as does the pot roast. Get on their membership and get email updates when they go on sale. Of course, you can also pick up Swanson Hungryman dinners for less than $2 on sale - only ones I'd get though are turkey and fried chicken. Avoid at all costs the others. BTW - getting no consideration or discounts for these recommendations....just passing on what I have successfully used. Rather be on the trail instead of sitting in a restaurant. Related previous posts which might be inspiring:

Hard to believe isn't it? Ordered spark plugs and oil excavater from Parts Avatar - got up the next day, the order was in the box outside the door I had labelled "Deliveries here Thanks". Fan belt and assorted tensioners from Rock Auto - 1.5 days again found it outside while going out to discourage squirrels first thing in the morning.

Here's a good example of what you could use - an unlocked smart phone ...unlocked means you can take it to any cell phone provider and use it on their system if you want. This one on Amazon.ca. Nice big screen -measured diagonally. Works great as stand alone for a variety of things: -phone accesses a cellular network OR wifi available in most places -you can get a 20 gigabyte month data plan from the major providers, although you don't have to. Should you do something like this, your phone can be used as a "hot spot" enabling you to have internet access on wirelessly connected PCs. I successfully ran 3 on line courses using the cell phone hotspot and a pc with about 2 bars or less of 4g and 3g cell signal without any overages once courses were set up. -wifi is available at most commercial outlets and stores, libraries etc. -using the Android model (instead of Apple phone) you access the google play store and download the applications you want. These could include the many snowmobiling maps - local and provincial - as well as movies, library books, all kinds of stuff. I can honestly say it has changed my life much for the better having access. -I bought two of the umidigi phones on sale - umidigi one model- use one as a phone, the other for utilities such as reading downloaded books (free with a local library membership and access to libby) watching cbc gem, tubi, etc. from wifi sources in hotels etc. -after purchase, at walmart they sell two stylus's (stylii?) for $3 in case you have large stumbling fingers, as do I. Recommended. -for the Quebe Imotoneigh maps, you download the app on wifi (or cell) and it shows the trail system and a lot more information. On the trail, the phone's gps will show you where you are located, gas, hotels, etc. whether you are on line or not. (keep the phone warm) Recently purchased an android tablet as well - price at the time was $145.00 - neat thing about it is the hdmi output so you can stream from tablet to larger screen tv. Pretty reliable and useful so far: Download such free apps as "Here We Go" and you've got yourself a guided navigation application for all of Canada, the US, or other world destinations. Works great. Telus (on same towers as Bell) has 20 gibabytes currently for $75 per month + tax - unlimited texts, long distance and local calling, data still works although slower after you use up your 20 gigabytes. Likely the other carriers have the same deal - find that Bell/Telus has better coverage than Rogers. Just bring your smart phone to a local outlet, they will supply and install the SIM card for you. You can do this online as well, but for a beginner, worth the extra cost I think.

You could also look into Golden Eagle Camp, just north of Elk Lake. Stayed there this summer, nice environment for travel. Ownership changed there 3 years ago but the owner prior used to do the grooming on proximate trails. I would double check though the web site, which advertises 3 cabins open in the winter, has not changed since. It is unfortunate that the OFSC can't show the trail map at this time as not sure how the day loop potential is from that location. The owners at Gowganda Lake camp are the hardest working owners I have ever met and do a lot of trail work as well.

Musical Legend Passes Away Lucille Starr (May 13, 1938 – September 4, 2020) Obituary: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-country-singer-lucille-starr-mastered-yearning-ballads-and-rockabilly/ Life Lived: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Starr Lucille Starr (born May 13, 1938) is a Canadian Franco-Manitoban / British Columbian singer, songwriter, and yodeler best known for her 1964 hit single, "Quand Le Soleil Dit Bonjour Aux Montagnes" ("The French Song"). We're taking this up in my conversational French course as I prepare for the Quebec and France sledding this year - covid19 permitting. Following is a version with the lyrics: Other of her hits: My Memories of "The French Song" Day 3 Mattawa February 2015 Also beloved by O2sled and White Dragon.

At this point I would suggest using airBNB to try to find accommodation from which to do day trips and where you have more control over your living conditions. This virus lives for hours on clean surfaces and days on hotel breakfast buffets (depending on the amount of snot in which it is encapsuled) and despite all the emails you're getting from everyone and his dog about heightened health precautions, all it takes is one person to take a short cut and you're infected. If you can't cook, stock up on M&M foods. Take some Lysol wipes (if you can still find them) and before bringing in your stuff, wipe down counter tops, light switches, appliance handles, tv remotes, everything you commonly come in contact with, and make a pact with your buddy to constantly remind each other to keep your hands away from your head! Alcohol based (at least 60%) hand sanitizer is recommended - isopropyl gas line anti-freeze will also work in pinch. Good incentive to being careful is to remember that people who die of this virus, end their days with lungs full of water. Makes it difficult to breathe. Despite periods of rain, and then drizzle trails are generally in good shape although some of the remote Indian communities are closing access to trails to protect their people.

Thanks Jason for making folks and me aware of this place....perfect place to start out on the Wolf Loop in the STP if that is on your list or over around Lake Wahnipitae....Skeed...Capreol...Garson ...Falconbridge....etc. Nice light show to start your morning off..... Modest clean well equipped and direct access to the trail system and there are few of those in Sudbury. Found it quite comfortable for one person, larger rooms are available. Good heat and hot water. A type of breakfast is available, but I brought my own, so can't comment on that. As Jason mentioned, pizza can be ordered and delivered or if you give Mike the owner a heads up before a certain time in the evening, he will go and pick up your take out order for you saving disconnecting your truck and trailer. Free local calls. During that 4.5 richter seismic event in Sudbury at 10 am, my sled fell into a hole that suddenly opened up close to the motel and Mike came right over to help me dig it out. Not many motel owners will do that! He then went and marked the hole to prevent further calamities. Mike has been at the motel nearly 2 years, is a local snowmobile STP map advertiser, and despite not having the time to sled himself, has downloaded the OFSC phone app in order to inform his sledding customers of the trail conditions and where to go. A large batch of paper maps is available. Lots of truck and trailer parking. I was given some coupons in case snowmobilers wanted an offered deal at the motel - I have taken a picture of them here - print out and trim should work as well as the original coupons I think.... As usual, when doing this sort of thing, I have received no discounts or other offers not available to other sledders , unlike some.

Don't like my posts, fill out the following form and then head back to Freedom Sledder forum where you belong.....can't find any evidence that you've ever posted anything of value on this one....

Have you thought of naming that sled "Skunk" ? Nice white stripe up the center!! Good to see snow in that area.

I remember a long winded blast out the ass of Craig Nicholson a year ago last fall going on about these various concerns - trespassing particular - the article was in an OFSC publication, but nothing appeared on the facebook pages to which he contributes - he might have used whatever facebook influence he has to explain what problems the cans and trespassing are causing.' and perhaps lead some kind of initiative? ......as I believe he is paid to do..... Wouldn't want to hurt the aftermarket parts business though....

All right...don't forget a visit to McGuire's doughnuts in Pembroke - kind of off the trail but worth the effort - I have tried every one of them: Link to map and pics...

There is a four nights for the price of two nights promotion at Au Chalet en Bois Rond (chalets built of large logs) close by Saint Raymond. The week of Ontario March break is pretty well booked up by the look of things (but have a look anyway in case your options are different) We stayed in one of the chalets last year and had a great time. Many trails in the area for day loops. Looking forward to extending ms. slomo's kilometers without a lost time collision on the wide and well sighted trails on our next stay and enjoy the scenary. https://www.auchaletenboisrond.com/en See this and several other offers on their promotion page: https://www.auchaletenboisrond.com/en/offers/promotions Found it easy to book by phone as opposed to on-line reservation - good English spoken, but did not laugh a lot at my French. Franglais I guess you would call it. The only drawbacks are the possibility of rain in this area later in March and a fairly stiff cancellation policy - seems to be de rigeur among Quebec's upper scale places. Added : link to last year's report..... https://ontarioconditions.com/forums/index.php?/topic/19914-straymond-quebec-march-8-12/&tab=comments#comment-286158

Thanks for the stats - my pipes are within spec: pipes.mp3

So it looks like right at the red circle..no P designation yet....thanks for the info.... The parking P indicator to the left on the map above is at the former Jolly Roger (not sure what they are callling themselves these days) ....is this outdated or are they allowing parking for non-staying guests? It is good of them to provide groomer service area and garage.....is it possible to could park there for a day and buy some food if the restaurant is open?

Read that as well......So this is somewhere around where the red oblong is on map? Access by Horseshoe Lake Road? Still would like info about the parking at the travel center though.....nice to end the day or the ride with a bit of food and haven't tried the burrito place yet. Hope to get there and compare food notes with Blake G.

I know there are other spots, but specifically, is day parking truck and trailer, still allowed at the Parry Sound travel center? This is the PetroCan / Tim Horton's /Licks/ Burrito place south of town on highway 400 at the end of the Seguin Trail. Thanks in advance!

Save yourself a trip....will be across the road from it in a few weeks...right now their web site won't allow on line booking...looks a like a 'long stay' apartment type layout with kitchen. Likely finds its market with military coming into the base for training and temp quarters prior to permanent.

Well...what are you going to do.....the so called OFSC marketing team of the Lesters, Nicholson and spouse and other of their ass kissers and facebook hangers on make their living advertising after market parts including these altered exhausts.....don't want to rock that boat.