(Above is Action Dan’s 900 Turbo, which happens to match his yellow Dodge in the background)
After our celebratory reunion last night in Kingston, most of the group was feeling ready for our final leg by road to Pont Rouge, Quebec, and the Bon Air Motel, where we launch on sleds from tomorrow. There were a couple cloudy heads this morning, but your author was not one!
We departed Kingston around 8:45am and the roads were dry, and the sunshine shining. Much better travel conditions than we encountered last year! A couple stops to stretch, one for fuel, and we arrived at the Bon Air around 2:30pm. Let me repeat that…2:30pm!!! That is so not in our playbook, I can only hope our luck continues. The guys from Indiana had a pretty heavy foot and actually arrived about a 1/2 hour before the other two trucks, but who can blame them for their enthusiasm!
We weren’t in the parking lot long, before we began our checking into rooms, unloading gear, and finally our sleds. During this process, our East Coast Team arrived, consisting of Connecticut Jim, Bond, Rob and ChipDip. Chip’s arrival was eagerly anticipated by his wingman Ron! There is some serious separation issues with those two? After quick bro hugs and fist bumps amongst the fully gathered Team, the unloading process resumed. And man, have a couple of these guys gotten serious about their sleds. (As a side bar, the monkeys from the East Coast have been in Quebec since Saturday, and have already put 600 miles down)
Action Dan and Bond each have new Ski Doo Expeditions with a 20” wide and 154” long tracks. These machines are monsters, and their cargo systems can make you envious. If they have a repeat of last year’s off trail adventures, and are stuck in the woods for an evening, they are PREPARED. Check out the pictures of these beasts above and below…
(above is Bonds 850 Ski Doo)
The tribe of 13 monkeys are now gathered in the motel bar/restaurant, having translation issues with the bar maid, attempting to find out if they sell Federation Trail Permits for a few of us that didn’t pre purchase our trail permits, prior to our arrival. This may take a while…
If I recall, dinner should be excellent. I believe the ONION soup here is one of the best that Truck Driver Vinnie and I found on the trail…4.5 stars out of 5, if I recall. Vinnie you can comment what you recall.
Well I have to sign off now, we have to figure out this trail permit thing. It appears my blog device is now the trail device… we shall see.
We will be Skis Up around 9am tomorrow, headed to Baie-Saint-Paul (for the record, I asked our Fearless leader where we were going, and he didn’t recall, he said “check the website”… oh boy, here we go) Apparently he DOES recall it is only about 100 miles to our destination, but there are several paths there, and we may do some sight seeing of the St Laurence Seaway, after we get past Quebec City. I won’t hold my breath.
Bye for now, and Double Double…
Stick