D108A / Dub1 getting from Dubreuilville to Hornepayne for the 2021-2022 Season

[Ox]

Doo you remember where the third from the last pic was taken?

 

That puts me in mind of Blueberry Hill.

 

 

The next to last looks like just outside of Searchmont.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Ox said:

Doo you remember where the third from the last pic was taken?

 

That puts me in mind of Blueberry Hill.

 

 

The next to last looks like just outside of Searchmont.

 

 

 

Yes, it is the Blueberry Flats on SSM2 which is across Hwy 17 from the Blueberry Motel and Campgrounds.  The Goulais River Valley at the bottom of Blueberry Hill coming down from Heyden on 17.  You are correct.

 

All the pictures following the one showing us parked at the Hampton Inn in Elliot Lake are all taken between Seachmont and Goulias River on the D trail.  Coops Crossing and the power line from Searchmont is a great trail.  The sunset was at the end of the elevations and you can just see the Goulias Bay shinning which is part of Lake Superior.  The very last picture is part of the D108A north of Hornepayne about halfway to Hwy 11.  I don't know how the pictures get out of order?

 

Where you see a portage sign on a tree was way back in maybe 10 miles off Dunlop Lake as we followed lakes and looked for ways to go deeper.  It is fun, but easy to get turned around when everyone in the group is running tracks in all directions and sometimes there are 3 portages leaving a lake.  Dan-Senior showed us some of that area and we always like searching for more trails.  Snow was not real deep so we had fun.

[Ox]

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Snow was not real deep so we had fun.

 

Yeah, like the winter of '98. 

Riding was poor, but hero snow made it possible to pick your way anywhere!