We awoke to an overcast morning.......having had an uncomfortable sleep as my mattress deflated through the night, I was up early and headed for the local Tim's for a coffee....leaving the 2 sleeping amigos snoring away.......oh did I mention that may have contributed to sleep deprivation ...lol .
Breakfast was at a small dinner near the entrance back onto hwy 138.
We ran out of pavement the last 44k to Kegashka with rain in our faces and mud and wet sand on our bikes.......as both Don and I have had accidents riding gravel, we were riding slower than Ken......though I would have an off road experience while looking for a Geo Cache with Ken......
You can see the foggy conditions of this mornings ride...I believe this pic is at BP- Anguanish
Ken was here with Carol and his friend Gary and wife a few years back.....they had boarded a ferry which did weekly trips stopping at all the major villages up to Blanc-Sablon which is only accessible by boat and is across from Newfoundland. A Ferry service here between Quebec and Nfdl is popular with Adventure bikers riding the Labrador Hwy which Don and I did in 2014......It was here at Natashquan that Ken and Gary's bikes were off loaded and they road back....I believe this was the end of the road at that time....it has since been extended to Kegashka. Ken said it was raining then as well.....so fitting it should be today.
Pics towards Kegashka
Kegashka
though the pic does not show the bump and slope I misjudged, l lost my path and found myself flying off the bike into the deep ditch....thankfully the bike stayed topside and only damage was my pride and a bent forward foot peg.......I could hear Ken yelling are you ok...lol....he may have captured this event on his dash cam. Don did not attempt to follow us on this trek which was a wise decision.
The location of a Geo-Cache
Ken eventually finds the treasure after he crawls under this shack which appears about to fall down.....
Fishing baskets likely to hold crab when caught
The end of 138 and our furthest ride East on this adventure
We stop for the night on our return at Riviere-au-Tonnerre. We have difficulty finding an open motel....only 2 in the village and one is closed...a place Ken's crew had stayed at a few years back......we manage to get directions in sign language...actually hand waiving from a gentleman who happen to walk bye, the confused gringos, that led us down to the water's edge and a booking agency who then sold us a 2 bed room in a motel that has no one at the location...da...how many potential clients go on....thinking, as we did, not open for business. Well, the two amigos get to spend a cozy night together sharing the 2 bed which in turn is a 1 bed while I am on the floor with a mattress that deflates again and I am out at my bike at 2 am pumping air back into it
I believe a selfy exists showing the spread rolled up and placed between the 2.......da...what's that all about......
Breakfast was at a small dinner near the entrance back onto hwy 138.
We ran out of pavement the last 44k to Kegashka with rain in our faces and mud and wet sand on our bikes.......as both Don and I have had accidents riding gravel, we were riding slower than Ken......though I would have an off road experience while looking for a Geo Cache with Ken......
You can see the foggy conditions of this mornings ride...I believe this pic is at BP- Anguanish
Ken was here with Carol and his friend Gary and wife a few years back.....they had boarded a ferry which did weekly trips stopping at all the major villages up to Blanc-Sablon which is only accessible by boat and is across from Newfoundland. A Ferry service here between Quebec and Nfdl is popular with Adventure bikers riding the Labrador Hwy which Don and I did in 2014......It was here at Natashquan that Ken and Gary's bikes were off loaded and they road back....I believe this was the end of the road at that time....it has since been extended to Kegashka. Ken said it was raining then as well.....so fitting it should be today. 
Pics towards Kegashka
Kegashka
though the pic does not show the bump and slope I misjudged, l lost my path and found myself flying off the bike into the deep ditch....thankfully the bike stayed topside and only damage was my pride and a bent forward foot peg.......I could hear Ken yelling are you ok...lol....he may have captured this event on his dash cam. Don did not attempt to follow us on this trek which was a wise decision.
The location of a Geo-Cache
Ken eventually finds the treasure after he crawls under this shack which appears about to fall down.....
Fishing baskets likely to hold crab when caught
The end of 138 and our furthest ride East on this adventure
We stop for the night on our return at Riviere-au-Tonnerre. We have difficulty finding an open motel....only 2 in the village and one is closed...a place Ken's crew had stayed at a few years back......we manage to get directions in sign language...actually hand waiving from a gentleman who happen to walk bye, the confused gringos, that led us down to the water's edge and a booking agency who then sold us a 2 bed room in a motel that has no one at the location...da...how many potential clients go on....thinking, as we did, not open for business. Well, the two amigos get to spend a cozy night together sharing the 2 bed which in turn is a 1 bed while I am on the floor with a mattress that deflates again and I am out at my bike at 2 am pumping air back into it 
I believe a selfy exists showing the spread rolled up and placed between the 2.......da...what's that all about......
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