Clearing skies and cooler temps this morning. A short stop for breakfast in Elk Lake and we head for Kirkland Lake. The road to Matachewan is not as I remember. The twists and turns have for the most part been tamed by blasting rocks out of the way….the gravel has been replaced by asphalt but my memory is from 40 years past.
A right instead of a left brings us into the village ( my bad ) …twisty makes a U turn and we are on to Kirkland Lake. This section is a bikers delight with hills and turns that you lean into…so blasting along at 50 to 90 k we cross hwy 11 into Kirkland with 2 stops…. twisty is looking for a Geo Cache at the University.
Failing to find it, we decide on a coffee break at Tim’s.
Leaving Kirkland we are on the lookout around Larder Lake for the entry to Quebec…..must have missed it…O…. we now have a cruiser turning around chasing us, his lights flashing. 
Twisty but Officer we didn’t see the Customs Office…….O……..we are in Quebec……….YOU CAN NOT CROSS A DOUBLE SOLID LINE…….this is not ONTARIO…..O……WHAT $300.00 and 4 POINTS….butbutbut……Twisty gets off with a warning and WELCOME TO la Belle Provincia.
Allowed to motor on we head for Manawaki along mostly straight and hilly roads with fresh pavement.
Stopped for road paving ahead. At the turn to Manawaki ,we enjoy some more favourable riding. Frank finds us a many star motel for $114.00 double, a full breakfast and free beer with dinner. 
The bikes are chained to an alarm with the cord running through the front wheels. The night clerk supplied same as bikes have disappeared here…Frank says we may only have front wheels come morning…ah…all is good 
Twisty must have gotten the executive suite
Looks like Rick and Frank are headed for the bar…………. More Geo Caching….Twisty and I are out in the dark 1st to a soccer field where he finds a soggy cache, then on to another which leads us into thick bush….stumbling about he is unable to find this one, it’s pitch black except for a tiny beam of luminous from a pen light but we manage to make it out.
We retire for the night at this point as twisty has run out of money playing the slots and he is worried that Carol will be upset….that he has fallen off the gambling wagon.
This morning is overcast and shortly after breakfast we hit the road. This section through to Renfrew is enjoyable. We make 4 stops between here and home….the second at THEW WILNO TAVERN for refreshments….but it’s only 11.30 so we settle for chunky tomato soup, 3rd at Two Rivers Store to pass the soup and the 4th so twisty can get his fix of Chocolate ice-cream in Huntsville but not before a bus load of kids who are just ahead of us…….from here twisty cranks on the throttle with me tending to the rear of the pack….about Bracebridge I have fallen behind not matching their 120 or so……..
All in all I found it a great trip with good company……
boring sections
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