ecarnell Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 What another beautiful ride from the house with my 13 year old. ditch banged into kincardine tims for a coffee and hot chocolate - on the trails 8:45 ish. Back home 3:30pm. 301 km for the day. some of the nicest trails I’ve ridden all year. went through Lucknow, fill up in Blyth, to wingham to pick up some parts, up to chesley to pick up some chainsaw chains and fill up, looped through paisley then hydroline back to tivterton / kincardine. I had forgotten about how fast the trails were from blyth to wingham - wonderful farm land and beautifully groomed. saw two groomer and two OPP suvs.... just looking for permits ps time for some new runners.... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candubrain Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Al has been doing a great job with the groomer. IMHO he is one of the best groomers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brodhagenbullet Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Good day,passed you at that groomer this morning,was awesome this morning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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scottyr Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 I was up that way today. I trailered to my buddys cottage in Point Clark and we did much the same loop without going as far south as Wingham. We got 220kms on. Trails were really good and the traffic was lower than I expected. I hate to say it though. There is more snow in Mitchell than up that way and I think that the trails are in slightly better shape. Your area has a lot of "follow road to trail" which is putting a beating on my carbides this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revrnd Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 7 hours ago, ecarnell said: What another beautiful ride from the house with my 13 year old. ditch banged into kincardine tims for a coffee and hot chocolate - on the trails 8:45 ish. Back home 3:30pm. 301 km for the day. some of the nicest trails I’ve ridden all year. went through Lucknow, fill up in Blyth, to wingham to pick up some parts, up to chesley to pick up some chainsaw chains and fill up, looped through paisley then hydroline back to tivterton / kincardine. I had forgotten about how fast the trails were from blyth to wingham - wonderful farm land and beautifully groomed. saw two groomer and two OPP suvs.... just looking for permits ps time for some new runners.... Nice pics! How did you deal w/ the Tims? You didn't go thru the drive thru did you> When I came back on the E208 after my ride w/ @Bigfish last week, I road a bit further west to the end of the trail. That gets you about 5 minutes walking from a Tim's & Wendy's. I thought OK, but how do I grab something if I'm not in a car? I don't know if they are doing take out in Ptbo or what the set up is. I have done the drive thru thing a few times over the past year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baylaker Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Nice looking trails and it sounds like you guys had a nice ride together. Trails are very good in the south this year! Even if Parry Sound district was open, I’m not sure I would even bother travelling. Sooo good down in the south this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecarnell Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, revrnd said: Nice pics! How did you deal w/ the Tims? You didn't go thru the drive thru did you> When I came back on the E208 after my ride w/ @Bigfish last week, I road a bit further west to the end of the trail. That gets you about 5 minutes walking from a Tim's & Wendy's. I thought OK, but how do I grab something if I'm not in a car? I don't know if they are doing take out in Ptbo or what the set up is. I have done the drive thru thing a few times over the past year. Just walk in , order with helmets on. pick up from counter and drink / eat at the sleds parked in lot. The Bv2s are great for this to drink / eat with helmets still on/warm! no in store dinning , but can still order in the restaurant for take out. Edited February 14, 2021 by ecarnell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecarnell Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 5 hours ago, Baylaker said: Nice looking trails and it sounds like you guys had a nice ride together. Trails are very good in the south this year! Even if Parry Sound district was open, I’m not sure I would even bother travelling. Sooo good down in the south this year! Absolutely - don’t think I’ll be trailering until road running becomes a problem around here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamatario Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Another 1" of fresh snow in Exeter this morning. We ran Friday the local trails from Exeter to B111 up to Mount Forest for fuel, then the B202 to B109. Jumped again on B111 by Listowell to B108 by Atwood, and took the B108 to Hay Swamp, and the home to Exeter. On B109 just north of intersection 621 we met a delivery van stuck on the trail, just following his GPS. Had our socially distanced lunch on our sleds at a corner in the bush. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel04 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 17 hours ago, Candubrain said: Al has been doing a great job with the groomer. IMHO he is one of the best groomers agree, he's been doping lots this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tricky Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Yamatario said: Another 1" of fresh snow in Exeter this morning. We ran Friday the local trails from Exeter to B111 up to Mount Forest for fuel, then the B202 to B109. Jumped again on B111 by Listowell to B108 by Atwood, and took the B108 to Hay Swamp, and the home to Exeter. On B109 just north of intersection 621 we met a delivery van stuck on the trail, just following his GPS. Had our socially distanced lunch on our sleds at a corner in the bush. I recognize that intersection from Friday about 5PM. When I consulted the map at "621", I realized I had missed a turn back at "521" where I was supposed to head east on Trail C511 to our trailers in Arthur. I haven't yet mastered navigating via intersection numbers versus trail numbers. I got chastised by our group for taking the long way when they were on low fuel warning lights and late for supper. Thankfully my self confidence will survive and I just told them to get more fuel efficient sleds. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yamatario Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 22 minutes ago, tricky said: I recognize that intersection from Friday about 5PM. When I consulted the map at "621", I realized I had missed a turn back at "521" where I was supposed to head east on Trail C511 to our trailers in Arthur. I haven't yet mastered navigating via intersection numbers versus trail numbers. I got chastised by our group for taking the long way when they were on low fuel warning lights and late for supper. Thankfully my self confidence will survive and I just told them to get more fuel efficient sleds. LOL, yes always peer pressure when leading. Most times we just say generally where we are going. If you miss a corner just don't tell them. Majority of times they are too busy following and sledding they don't even realized they went down the same trail. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecarnell Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) Storm is a coming again it seems... hopefully more vertical snow than horizontal snow we typically get around here so close to the lake. Edited February 14, 2021 by ecarnell 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToSlow Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 we got about 6in of powder list night around mount forest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PISTON LAKE CRUISER Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 hour ago, tricky said: I recognize that intersection from Friday about 5PM. When I consulted the map at "621", I realized I had missed a turn back at "521" where I was supposed to head east on Trail C511 to our trailers in Arthur. I haven't yet mastered navigating via intersection numbers versus trail numbers. I got chastised by our group for taking the long way when they were on low fuel warning lights and late for supper. Thankfully my self confidence will survive and I just told them to get more fuel efficient sleds. Just move to the back of the pack when they chastize you. They'll quiet down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecarnell Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 never seen D9 look like this before !!!! sooooo much Green!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToSlow Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 hour ago, tricky said: I recognize that intersection from Friday about 5PM. When I consulted the map at "621", I realized I had missed a turn back at "521" where I was supposed to head east on Trail C511 to our trailers in Arthur. I haven't yet mastered navigating via intersection numbers versus trail numbers. I got chastised by our group for taking the long way when they were on low fuel warning lights and late for supper. Thankfully my self confidence will survive and I just told them to get more fuel efficient sleds. there is so many spider trails running in the west that you will never get lost, for me i like the adventure of finding new trails that are not run like the main trails 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo Doo Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, ecarnell said: never seen D9 look like this before !!!! sooooo much Green!!!!! Ride baby ride. That suns getting warmer by the minute..Awesome stuff. Soo happy for all the southern riders, the clubs and volunteers etc etc. New snow coming this week, and hoping that the following weeks warmer temps don't screw march riding down here.. Edited February 14, 2021 by Turbo Doo 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel04 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 22 hours ago, ecarnell said: Storm is a coming again it seems... hopefully more vertical snow than horizontal snow we typically get around here so close to the lake. looks familiar.........10th concession ..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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