CFR Attendees Gone WILD!!

[BugR]

The great thing about DLSR's is that they can capture moments like this.

Our Busta' in full swing, enough said

Chris

 

[BugR]

Pics from the ride to Parc de la Maurice.

By the way I suggest you stay away from the parc today, we traumatized 3 park rangers as we pegged out the radar detectors

Chris

 

[BugR]

A few more from the rally

Rally Parking & Barbq

Dawn day 1

Rally Parking & Barbq

Rally Room getting set up for breakfast

FJRob1300

Chris

 

[fjrob1300]

A few more from the rally


FJRob1300

Chris

Good shot Chris. At least you got my good side. :blink:

 

[Violione]

Pics from the ride to Parc de la Maurice.
By the way I suggest you stay away from the parc today, we traumatized 3 park rangers as we pegged out the radar detectors

Chris

Holly crap - who let that V-Strom in the group?? It looks like that ****** is flying!

Nice picture though.

V.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Looks like you guys are having fun.

 

[escapefjrtist]

Beautiful scenery there. Have fun, stay safe and watch for critters... wish I could have joined y'all.

...and keep the pics coming for all us arm chair attendees!

--G

 

[beemerdons]

Oh Canada, we don't want to leave you! 7am and Seth and I're packing up our Miss Lucy Liu for the return trip to Estados Unidos, we're going to miss Canuckistan and its wonderful people. This CFR at Mont-Tremblant was incredible, just like CFR in Nakusp was. 4 frivolity filled days with great FJR Forum Folk. So fantastic to get to meet the individuals in person that have become your friends on this site; everybody was fun, interesting and exceptional human beings. Enjoyed the riding, the laughter, the drinking and the hearty camaraderie. Oh Canada, Thank You!! And Bust, I Love You Too! Chuy

 

[fjrob1300]

Well as we pack up for another ride home I say "so long, ride safe and we'll catch you out on the highway". :clapping:

 

[BikerGeek99]

I think we got some more good pictures, so I'll try to post some tonight when we get to ... to ... well, whereever we wind up tonight.

Weather's a wee bit wet, so everyone be safe out there.

My apologies to anyone at the banquet last night who Bust, MizzBust and I distracted. We had one of those "ya had to be there" moments. It lasted till about midnight. 'Though, I was still laughing this morning.

Pucking pfunny that is right here....

 

[BikerGeek99]

(And lots of pics of the surrounding countryside would be cool, too.)

Jay-zus... What the hell IS it with you needy left-coasters, anyway?

Alright, here we go. Sooze and I are holed up for the night in Burlington, VT, and I've got more pics ready to share...

One of the lakes in the area.

These are from our day ride on Tuesday.

We got a good laugh - when we stopped at this little gas station / service station, there was a dead bird lying under the canopy (no pics) and a couple of big doggies ambling around.

We had a pretty good time on our ride, riding our own pace. Which meshed nicely with the pace Ray and Bill were riding.

The place we stopped at for lunch. Sooze was curious what the name of this place means, since we saw many other places with the same name. She was told (dunno who told her) that it loosely translates to French fries. Hell if I know - English is enough of a challenge for me.

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[BikerGeek99]

Continuing...

That is one fine name for a path (had to figure out what the abbreviation referred to), but, similar to Goose in Top Gun ("No, no - guys - there's TWO O's in Goose. Two."), they added an extra 'S' here. Weirdos.

Rolling, rolling, rolling...

Gas stop / butt break / coffee break / smoke break / pee break - you really CAN do it ALL at CFR! Yzerman19 and BG.

This Tim Hortons where we stopped had several people milling about (AKA loitering) including several other bikes (coupla Harleys, Ninja 250, maybe something else) and this guy rolled in. Our conversations stopped and were immedialy forgotten - if you look close at this bike, it's covered in AstroTurf / indoor-outdoor carpet! The finishing touch, though, is on the back of the bike just behind the pillion seat - this dude mounted a toy John Deer tractor. Get it? It's mowing the grass!

Moving along.

Yzerman19 had found some terrific roads - there is an area which will eventually be residential, but for now it's just some hilly, curvy roads in fantastic condition. Perfect for some FJR guys to play on for a little while, ya know?

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[Old Michael]

Merci beaucoup mon ami.

Les photos sont belles.

 

[BikerGeek99]

Continuing...

Me getting a slideshow setup to show off Yamafitter's photography skillz.

Well, well, well... Captain "Altitude Sickness" seems to be up and around. Finally. Dork.

There were some guest celebrities who stopped in to say hi. Left to right: Helen (AKA Mrs. Ionbeam), Alan (Ionbeam), and, uh, well, me again.

BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS. Left to right: me again (sorry), Dave (FastJoyRide), Sheila (MizzBust), Bust and Don (BeemerDonS).

Geezer (Greg), Alan (Ionbeam), and Diana. Can't tell who is on the other side of Diana.

Using the map on the back of the CFR rally shirt to ... uh ... hell if I can remember what they were doing.

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[BikerGeek99]

Now for Wednesday, 6/23/2010, or 23/6/2010 or 2010/23/6 of how the hell ever other people do their dates.

Our view in the morning. It was kinda cloudy and overcast.

Me adding pictures to this thread.

Today it was just us and Yzerman19 for a lil' ride.

Same lake as yesterday, but the clouds make it look a bit different, eh?

The Village. We'll stop back here this afternoon.

Covered bridge, Canadian-style.

We stopped at this little cafe for a butt break / pee break / smoke break / coffee break. It was nice just sitting on the porch / patio shooting the breeze with Yzerman19. (How the hell many people around here know George Catt, anyway??)

Heading to the village...

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[BikerGeek99]

Heading to the village, another bike pulled in - Bungie and Christy joined us.

Left to right - me again (deal with it), Yzerman19, Bungie and Christy.

This visit happened to be very timely: we had to pay a few bucks to park which gave us a time stamp. While we were walking around, Sooze and I felt the ground rumble and asked each other, "What the hell was THAT?!?" Turns out it was the earthquake that hit at 1:41 local time. The time stamp on our parking stub thingy was 1:33 local.

Me and Sooze. You WISH you could look this good!

It did take a group effort to figure out the parking payment machine thingy. We got 'r done, though. Eventually.

Now some pictures of the village. Kinda touristy, lots of shops selling crap you can't live without, restaurants, etc... You probably know an area very similar.

I wouldn't mind coming up for that Blues Festival, but we've got another trip planned for when the festival is scheduled.

The ski lift gondolas were running.

Bungie is a fellow geek.

In case ya couldn't tell, the skies had cleared and it was a nice warm afternoon.

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[BikerGeek99]

And now for Wednesday night's festivities.

Be afraid.

Be VERY afraid.

Still here?

OK. You were warned.

Now, according to Bust, someone out there has ponied up a bounty of something like $50 for pictures of Bust mooning the camera. Old Michael - I think he said it was you. Pay up, *****.

Pre-gaming before the festivities.

Me and Bust, post-moon.

Chris and Diana. They were telling stories from their ride to Alaska. Good stuff!

Pam (Mrs. Huron52) and Don (BeemerDonS).

Sooze, a beer, and Sheila (MizzBust).

Tom (Huron52) and Dave (FastJoyRide).

Bust was having, uh, "issues."

I offer no explanation.

Let the cat herding begin! (AKA - get the bikes lined up for the obligatory group picture.)

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[BikerGeek99]

Our rally master Chris. Riding Diana's bike to the rally.

When we were at EOM '08, either Sooze or I got a cool picture while all the bikes were lining up. Been trying to get something similar ever since.

One of my favorite things about owning an FJR? Beer capacity to spare!

Bungie hates me. I had Christy hop on my bike to check out the pillion comforts of a Russell Day-Long. That's Charlie Hoss looking on at the goings-on.

Look! It's the five Stooges!

AND Larry, Darryl and Darryl!

Do NOT try this at home. FJRGuy is a trained professional. Unfortunately, he forgot his stripper high-heels and brass pole, so he had to improvise. There are some things ya just can't un-see.

Lots of cameras taking group pictures. If FJR rally protocols continue, there will be a thread just for the group pic.

BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS...

Tom (Huron52) and me. You WISH you could make that shirt work like I do.

The parking area for the BBQ & group pic was a sandy-gravel mix, so there were times where our big, happy family (that puts the 'fun' in dysfunctional at times) pitched in to help out fellow riders.

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[BikerGeek99]

BeemerDonS and Seth. It was really terrific to meet these two.

I had a good laugh after I took this - it kinda looks like Dave (FastJoyRide) is feeding Sylvia a beer.

There's kind of a hear no / see no / speak no evil vibe to this pic, ya know? Other than it's out of focus.

'That' guy. There's one in every crowd.

Charlie - care to chime in here? I got nothin'.

Instead of BustaNUT joker, he's talking about changing over to BustaNIP joker. Dork.

Um, uh, yeah.

And a group shot of the ladies.

Diana, SoozeBG, Shelia (MizzBust), Mary Ellen (MEM), and Pam (Mrs. Huron52).

More to come of the banquet and our exit from the rally.

 

[yamafitter]

Just got back home about an hour ago and just wanted to take the opportunity to thank Chris and the rest of the gang for the great fun at Tremblant.

I will start working on my ride report tomorrow when I am awake enough to see the keyboard but I'll leave you with a photo of Tremblant as a teaser.