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This happened on family day. It's a big year for me. ( Only taken 7 seasons to get there, d'oh) These 900s are amazing on fuel. LoL

I might, but the whole stay in your health unit would have to be listed also. Conditions here in my area of D1 are the worst in many, many years. Railbeds are worn through, not enough snow in the bush, not enough in the ditches to groom between trail entrances, any field that is plowed is bad. Sad. We've had seasons end early, but never take this long to get going. Things are posted yellow, I asked if there is an orange option, LoL.

That would sound about right. I wouldn't be surprised by that at all. Rules for thee, not for me. Turd.

I'll have to check to make sure, but I am fairly certain the Everest here is aluminum. Should take a picture of it beside the brothers 19 Blizzard, but would have to do some rearranging.

Dad's 78/79 Everest 440 has the same decals on it too, but never went "folded windshield fast". 89 MX would though, right around 130 kph. LoL, good times.

Wow, looks good there revrnd. I've forgotten what winter is supposed to look like. Grass still sticking out here in D1. Sled is still in storage, and in no rush to look at it.

I agree with you, just wonder if still will make any sense at the end of the year. IDK. Time will tell. Calabogie for instance apparently spent $300k setting up for covid alone, not to mention any other upgrades.

As I sit here reading this morning, I can see my local skihill is making snow. Do they know something we don't? Would seem like a wasted effort to make snow at this point, seeing Ford is talking about tightening down more come Monday or Tuesday . And I read that there is talk of extension to the lockdown as well. Local hill put in 26 outhouses, had the chalet set up for permit purchase with outside window and food orders I believe. Also no access to inside lockers, put your gear on at your vehicle. There was more as well but I don't remember all of it.

Leaf's fan by chance? Just kidding, I said the same for many years. I said the same at the end of '19, wasn't a good year for me, was glad to see it gone, and thought 2020 couldn't be much worse. Damn, was I wrong.

Same thing here. Two different health units within our club, and we butt up against a third. Grooming/ not grooming will be interesting if it ever snows.

Agreed, it wasn't meant to rid us of the virus, just control it from overwhelming the health care system. This round is the same game plan, so the outcome will be no different I suspect, hopefully we are no worse for it, only better. But I just don't see 28 days getting us back to the numbers needed to relax the lockdown. Good on you for the bike trips, you weren't alone apparently by the number of bikes going by here. I foolishly cancelled my insurance this spring when the first lockdown happened, as I understood it would be considered unnecessary travel. Ended up being too busy to have used it anyway. . Not sure if my glass is half full, or half empty. It's somewhere in the middle though.

My bet is it will be extended. Spring lockdown didn't get rid of it, this one will be no different, as it sounds like the plan is the same. On top of that, the new strain is apparently more easily spread. As long as LCBO and the beer store are essential, I guess I will be fine, or broke.

Nothing but rain in Pakenham area.

It will help keep the chickens and eggs from freezing too. Lol. (Shared this pic from a FB post I had seen on the weekend)

Still waiting on an email from them so I can reset my password. Same thing happened last year. Knew I should have made it" PASSWORD" LoL

On the bold, that's easier said than done sometimes. They aren't as likely to stop long enough to get a picture. I tried before, the guy pins it and over the hill he goes almost head-on into the second groomer chugging up the icy hill. Was a close one, just not close enough so I could get another chance to take that picture.

IQ, Is the 850 a "drive by wire" type, or does it have resistance to it? I wonder if this concern was caused by the throttle being in the flipped "finger" mode, and muffs pushed on it when turning??

That's a great trip. Did it the opposite direction almost 20 years ago ( holy crap time flies) but we left from KL. I recall it being almost an even 1000 miles.

Looks good to me Revrnd. Forecast ok too. Have a great trip.

Settlers Inn in Pakenham is now a private residence, so you can scratch it off your list Revrnd.

VR700 - The OVR trail does not go to the city of Ottawa, just skirts the edge of what is now city of Ottawa some 40kms away. But yes the city has certainly created more bicycle lanes. Blake - That story is from a local paper and I get that people are wanting non-motorized use instead of mixed. The old argument of noise all night, safety for the kids, the environmental impact and on and on and on. The fighting and bickering from both sides of the argument may keep this "trail" from opening for a while, and by then it will be a grown over ( getting narrow along the stretch behind my place as it is) and then who will get the job of cleaning it up?? That's when I see them allowing mixed use - have the good old volunteer snowmobile club clean it up every fall so the others can use it the rest of the year with little to no investment. Honestly not looking forward to either group using it, would rather have the trains back. Miss having my back yard privacy.

I just looked at the " Ottawa Valley Rail Trail" FB page. They appear to be on the non-motorized side. Wait and see I guess.

Have to wait and see I guess. With the highway, railway and A tail all so close together in that corridor I would suspect the trail would move on to the rail-bed. Just my 2 cents.

My son uses the rail-bed to get to work on his dirt bike in the summer. We live spitting distance to it and I can tell you tires don't last too long riding on that stuff. The odd spike still gets turned up and punctures the tire. We have picked up spikes on the 3 kms he uses for the last 3 years, I don't think there is an end to 'em. Will not be much good as a recreational trail in the off season unless the slag is removed.