This morning’s ride was scheduled for a 9am departure. Per usual, Connecticut Jim had to thaw the steering on his Yamaha, using the hotel room trash can filled with hot water. Speaking of Connecticut, if you recall he made the author’s trip last year when he stepped up and bought a new Yamaha Sidewinder on our trip. He now has over 6000 miles on this sled. Pretty impressive Connecticut.
After that, we were headed out the freshly groomed trail, on our way to Pourvoirie Du Lac Moreau Auberge du Ravage. This should be one of our first lodges on the trail that will be tolerating our Tom Foolery.
The temps were a bit warmer this morning, and the sun shine is still shining. The temps are predicted to continue rising over the next days, and one less layer of clothing will probably be in store for us. Looks like our plan is falling into place with the later Trip schedule this year. We shall see…
The trails were smooth and quick. Our first stop was around the 65 mile marker for fuel. We did do a quick loop around another fuel station around the 30 mile marker, which I found strange so soon in the day. I quickly realized our trail guides just followed the wrong trail signage! Loop around the gas station like rookies and back on the trail.
Our fuel stop was after our approximate 25 mile blast thru …..National Forest. This is a fast ride with wide sweeping turns, and quite a bit of fun.
After the gas stop, we went a few miles up the trail, and had lunch. I walked to my seat next to Fearless Leader Craig, seated at a table with Action Dan and Kevin the Brinch, and stated “I remember eating lunch at a place like this before!” Fearless replied “Yea, it was here!” To aid my defense, they changed the tables and their positions in the room (my story, dispute it if you have first hand knowledge).
Lunch was chicken noodle soup, no chicken, just broth and noodles and a couple carrots, and a grilled cheese. Nice trail warmer right there. A short lunch stop and back to the trails of Quebec that keep bringing us back. Nice pace, soft turns, not a lot of work, smooth and fun.
We arrived at the Auberge du Ravage right around 3pm. Slow news day for your writer. We are at a beautiful lodge in the woods. All the rooms are upstairs along an open balcony overlooking the open lodge sitting rooms, pool table, and, of course, the corner bar we are gathered at. Dylan and Matt (we will introduce Matt and the rest of the Indiana Gang at a later date, when I’m not sucking up my evening writing two blogs to catch up) are playing pool, our dinner time is set for 6:30pm and it’s a tasty menu in store for us, with choices such as duck, scallops, salmon, and beef to choose from. Double Doubles are being served, trash talk trashing, and a great group of snowmobile fans are enjoying a peaceful easy ride thru the Bush of Quebec.
Double Double, Same Ole Same Ole, bye for now…
Stick
PS: I do not have wifi/cell service, I will post when its available.
