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7 day trip to st-donat Quebec part 2


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day 2 started like any other day while sledding in Quebec..great.Tourist ride was on tap today,riding to some lookouts in the mountains.Heading for gas we noticed all local trails were groomed.The trails up to the lookout were amazing,twisty.. up & down with great scenery.You get use to it.

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as 02 says " happy wife..happy life"

There was a observation deck at the peak,beautiful newer steel structure,i decided I would watch the sleds while the group went up.Bend over backwards for these guys.

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lily is always up for a pic

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We believe this is the lake where we are staying,this whole day we were never further than 30 km away from st-donat

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In this pic bill brings me down some water  during my watch..

We rode across to another mountain peak,bill figured we were looking at where we just came from...made sense,left,right,up...down...repeat.Yet never more than 30 kms away,some to do with time change I imagine.

We made it to Pourvoire Coin Lavigne,put on around 140 miles.

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in this pic,bill is asking "how the hell do drive this thing"

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In this pic pretty sure lily is asking fire242 why he & fab hang out with bill,wife & I..sure he avoided question...anyhow...

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in this pic amber is asking bill how do they put up with us,Fabio & fire242 are asking each other why do we put up with them..so many unanswered questions                                                                   

We headed home to prepare for...yep..my birthday..We had great ride back & pumped about the great trails & lack of other rider...& my birthday (inside joke)

Boys hit booze barn again,little dinner & we lite her up..Got in to a game of crazy 8s,bill style.Packed it up by midnite so we were good for...my birthday ride.girls were staying home tomorrow

Day 3 started like any hung-over day,but its my brithday

We were heading to Auberge le Cabanon,the hub of central Quebec sledding

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Our 1st stop & I all ready said its my birthday probably 35 times

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Trails were top notch,we rode 50 to 60 mph all day with no one around.Trails musta been good because there is no more pics of that day...at least what I can post.We put 225 mile on that day & didn't get back till 7:30 that nite,amber had dinner ready.Boys were all so beat from riding,we crashed early & decided to have a lax next day to repair a sled problem & venture intown for supplies.                                                                                                                                  day 4 Late aft we headed for short ride,lite rain arrived & dampen our ride.we cut it alittle short & waited for the arrival of our French friend for our trip last yr in gaspie.where we made friends & rode together for 4 days.they wouldn't get there till 11:30 that nite so we left door open & prepared the couches....I know... spoiled them

Day 5 started with some hand shake & introductions..& couple relieved French men that they were in right place.philip our friend wanted to take us up north where his is camp is.240 miles.With 3 inches of fresh snow,we headed out.Even Philip knew we needed fire242 & Fabio to navigate this ride

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this is our 1st big stop,as we go up it starts to mist.Further up its very light rain,not enuff to get wet but keep u wiping the visor.

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pic of beauty & the beast..but if anyone calls her beast you'll be sorry

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Philip didn't fill-up (see what I did there) but ski-doo guys stick together regardless of language barrier

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This is at Pourvoire du Barrage Gouin et Magnan & this is Philip,approach with caution.He is French,friendly & loves to snowmobile

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this pic is all of them asking,what are we doing with them ?

we all stayed together in 1 cabin,the wind was howling & was snowing.Owner was telling us about local fox

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Philip feeding the fox by hand

At this place gas was $ 190 a litre,$ 125 pp(talk to owner about lily & dropped to $ 75) included dinner & breaky.Bought pitcher of beer & wife had couple drinks.My total with $ 50 tip for waitress was $ 594 for night...think I heard my visa say wtf

I would go again...

day 6 we were up early had breaky & on the trail by 9 sat morning...can u spot the problem in that sentence

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so far great morning not much traffic

followed a beauty trail all along a river,stopped on the bridge crossing,20 min stop not a sole

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Further along we noticed the trail was getting worse,to the point it was washboard to mougled out corners

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well we had go outta of our way for gas & figured out why it was ruff,some club party

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After 10 min away the trails were much better,it was later in the aft & no where near home...about 3 gas tanks away

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its was about here when fire242 could have used a snicker bar after Philip announced we were still 250 km away...ish

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here amber tell fire...sorry no snickers & lily is not giving hers up

at our next gas stop we saw a sign that read 140 km to st donat...but is was disputed amonst the leaders.trails were pretty good I think..it wasn't important.Soon we were  riding in the dark,but was warm & ez to follow riders ahead.We are now getting to our area where trails are tight & mountainous,now the pace is fast.I checked my mirrors so much making sure amber was behind me,i might as well rode in reverse.About 80 km for home we stopped for break,i was laying on trail,lookiing up at the clear sky full of stars...I asked everyone if they found it weird that since night fall we haven't one other sled,we laffed..

we got home at 10:30 that night,bill cooked everything that was left with Fabio helping

we did 2000 km total but 1000 km in 2 days

on sunday we loaded up but no before making plans for next yrs ride

just like to add..

thx to glenn(fire242) for organizing such a great trip & offering to help on sad day

thx to Fabio for help organizing trip,leading the pack all wk,helping me with sled, & the prosciutto ( I got left overs )

thx to the French connection

thx to FCMQ for great trails

thx to wife for being a real sledder & putting 2000 km on & 1000 of those in 2 days with a bunch of crazy men

thx to lily who never complained once during 7.5 hr in truck both ways or doing the mileage too...double seat but hanging on by my body harness.poor thing had calluses on her hands

thx to brother bill whose truck that took us there & just being bill

sad note...on march 22 amber father passed away,shaken & upset she agreed to go on with our trip...

slomo ...I noticed on toilets in quebec the flush handles point to the back,in Ontario handles point to front...

we missed chris (crawdaddy) who didn't make it do to work

we missed eddy (northstar) who maybe caught on & just dodged us...lol

 

 

 

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I was at Meekoos on Sat afternoon as well.   

 

 

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38 minutes ago, scottyr said:

I was at Meekoos on Sat afternoon as well.   

 

 

we were there late aft,damage was done.Nice place

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I would love to be in those Dragon Tales, if I were thirty years younger. When will Mr. Dragon start acting his age?

 

PS: I rode with my daughter the other day. We went 47 miles.

 

 

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34 minutes ago, Blake G said:

I would love to be in those Dragon Tales, if I were thirty years younger. When will Mr. Dragon start acting his age?

playin this hand to the end,bill & I realized we did 400 miles in 1 day.Most miles we have ever done.i video with go pro this trip so when we are old we can watch..lol

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45 minutes ago, Blake G said:

I would love to be in those Dragon Tales, if I were thirty years younger. When will Mr. Dragon start acting his age?

 

PS: I rode with my daughter the other day. We went 47 miles.

 

 

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WD .... nice trip and report. Good to see Lily still enjoying snowmobiling and hanging with her dad. Belated Happy Birthday.  :rolleyes:

I see Blake enjoying the snow also with family.

 

Cheers guys.

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Great report WD and awesome trip like always with this crew.

 

Few pics of the trails we encountered.

 

Trail 63, north end of Mount Tremblant best trail in North America 

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1 hour ago, Fabio said:

Great report WD and awesome trip like always with this crew.

 

Few pics of the trails we encountered.

 

Trail 63, north end of Mount Tremblant best trail in North America 

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Couldn't agree more we were up on 63 this year as well.  It's a fun trail.

 

I do also like the trail coming to and from the barage a goudin.

 

WD here is me with those sexy foxes as well lol.

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Great pics and story Glenn, love seeing your posts, sad that another season has passed and we never got to ride together, always next year, I will drop in and see you in the next few weeks on my way up the highway.

 

 

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Speechless , looks so great, awesome trip amazing pictures. Thanks for sharing.

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WD great report as usual of our Saint Donat Adventure. Great times and lots of laughs when the WD crew ride.

Have a great summer. 

Always remember “ YOU’D BE SURPRISED, YOU JUST MAY WIN” LOL!

 

Lots of snow in Saint Donat

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Near Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci 

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Favourite stop on Quebec 33

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Few from Montagne-Noire

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Quebec 63 Saint-Zenon

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Auberge Le Cabanon

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Near Saint-Charles-de-Mandeville

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Pourvoire Du Lac Du Repos

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Barrage Gouin Et Magnan

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Quebec 33 Lac-Bazinet

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Nice pics!

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Cool pics especially the one of the renards.

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Great report, Glenn.   I loved reading it.  Lily is really a trooper!!!

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Nice pictures and a great report looks like everyone enjoyed the ride

Greg

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14 hours ago, FIRE242 said:

 

 

Pourvoire Du Lac Du Repos

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Barrage Gouin Et Magnan

 

 

 

Quebec 33 Lac-Bazine

 

 

Quite the menagerie there.

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