October 23 2013 Tweed to Sharbot Lake

Our October 23, 2013 Mid Week Ride was from Tweed Ontario to Sharbot Lake. Our riders on this day were Drew, Manny, Trevor, Peter & Keith. As U can see by the first pic it was a very cold day and we were all dressed in our winter garb.

The day was sunny but with a biting wind and as we progressed East on the 108 trail we were finding we were having to make our breaks more often to warm up.

 Some nice photo's were taken on our ride. Here is Manny crossing one of many bridges.

Trevor is seen crossing the same bridge behind Manny.

 One of the many area's we had to cross was a water hazard, which offered a good place to get some pictures. We were able to get some great pictures of Drew, Peter and I having to come through this water.

At this water hazard Trevor captured some great video as well and I am attaching it here as well.
Overall we all had a enjoyable day out riding and we all were glad to get back to our trucks to get warmed up and head home.

August 19th Madawaska 5 Day Camping Ride

This Madawaska ride was something I was wanting to do for more then a year. 

Four of my regular mid week riders were also eager to go and camp at the All Star Resort on the Madawaska River. Drew and I shared a tent on a large open camp sight which also allowed Steve a location to set up his tent. Ron camped using his new toy hauler trailer he constructed for himself and Peter had his truck camper.

August 14th Nephton Ride with the Havelock Guys

 We were fortunate to be able to get 2 Havelock ATV riders to accompany us on another ride from the County Road # 6 area parking lot near Nephton.

John was our leader for this great ride and took us over some great trails and some serious rock climbing. Although it was a short ride in length, (65 Kilometers) It was slow going where we had some extremely rough areas to traverse.

 We had many stops for breaks and some of these were at some intriguing locations, Especially the sinking river, Where the river was running along the surface of the ground and then disappearing under a rock face and running underground and resurfacing some 500 meters farther on.

     

  At another location we stopped for lunch at a water falls which was beautiful to see.

 

August 7th Stirling - Madoc Loop

Drew & I started off from my home in Campbellford and rode to Stirling where we met with John Frandsen of the North Frontenac ATV Club. 

We rode east on the 108 trail to Madoc Junction and continued north past Crookston Junction to Madoc. Coming into  Madoc we rode west on the Old Marmora Road to Atkinson Road & travelled north over Highway 7 and continued on O’Hare Road till we met up with the 106 Trail just west of Eldorado. We turned west and rode the 106 back down to the crossroads of the 106 & 108 at Anson where we took these pictures. A good ride was had by all of us on a beautiful day to be outside.

Mid Week Quad Riders: July 17th Lingham Lake

Mid Week Quad Riders: July 17th Lingham Lake

 

:July 17 th Mid Week Ride was to Lingham Lake from Marmora Ontario on the 106 Trail. on the hottest day so far this summer. From the ...

July 17th Lingham Lake

July 17^th Mid Week Ride was to Lingham Lake from Marmora Ontario on the 106 Trail. on the hottest day so far this summer.

From the Station Road parking lot we had 5 Northumberland and 1 Havelock riders and met with 3 others at Eldorado, The trail was dusty and all riders spread out about a ½ kilometer apart and changed leaders every 5 kilometers with the leader moving to the last allowing the next in line a ride of 5 kilometers of fresh air.

Considering how dry it had been the ride into Lingham Lake was extremely muddy with lots of water with mud holes everywhere.

At the river crossing a new bridge had been put in and most riders opted to ford the river if for any other reason then to cool off..

By the time everyone reached Lingham Lake, it was a mad scramble to jump into the lake to cool off, clothes and all.

 Everyone enjoyed the swim and lunch was then a welcome treat. We did have one quad that needed some trail service, but was drained and back in service only after a short time.

July 3rd Sharbot Lake

July 3rd 2013, Our ride started from Tweed Ontario going to Sharbot Lake Ontario.
        On this ride I had invited 2 other ATV'ers from the Havelock Club, Namely John and Trevor along with Peter from our club and myself.
       We met at the park in Tweed Ontario and rode the 108 Trail east over the Iron bridge into the hinterland on this great trail. It was a bit dusty, so we spread out and did our 5 & 5.
       We stopped several times along the way and to get a drink and do some socializing. At one of these stops John suggested we try a cut off trail he knew. As we had already passed the area where the cut off was, we decided to do that on our way back. At one of the stops Peter mentioned that his quad was heating up and apon inspection found that his Radiator was plugged with mud.
       We tried washing it by driving fast though puddles on the trail, but to no avail. This then required to stop more often to allow his machine to cool down.

       We finally got to Sharbot lake and found a nice restaurant right beside the trail where we sat and had our lunch.

       Peter decided to see if he could get his rad washed out and we proceeded to a Marina where they allowed him the use of their water hose and he was able to wash out his radiator. But while he was doing this Trevor and I proceeded up the K & P trail that runs north from Sharbot Lake for about 5 kilometers.
      The Kingston & Pembroke Railway line that runs north from Kingston, through Sharbot lake, Calabogie and beyond is a ride we will be doing some time in future and will have a report on it at that time.
       Once Peters machine was washed and ready to ride again we then retraced our ride back down to the cut off that John had suggested we try.
       This was definitely a good idea as it took us away from the rail trail, into some back roads and bush trails and it was a refreshing ride through some new area trails and water hazards for approximately 10 kilometers.

        Once reaching the rail trail it was a uneventfull ride back to Tweed.
        I do have to thank John for this great diversion and hope he will be able to come ride with us again in future.