Fall ATV trip

A great day for the fall ATV trip, cool, cloudy, light mist turning to rain and warm sun all in one trip. Our goal this fall was to check out Campbell Lake which is NE of Halliday Lake in the Grassy River area. We were looking for a trail to bridge the gap to get to Matachewan.

We met at the old MTO yard on the west side of Gowganda, 10 riders showed up, Brice, Boyd, Derick, Cliff (Butch), Ray, Ed, Jim, Paul, Gary, and you know. We headed out to the north power line at Hydro Creek unloaded and away we went. The hunters bagged a few grouse on the way up, some were fortunate enough to get away before the guns were drawn.

Stopped for a break part way up where Ed bought out some great cinnamon rolls that Fay had made for the bunch of us. Thanks a lot Fay.

Made our way to a trail that looked like it would go to Campbell Lake and started down it. Further in it became quite boggy, I had a first hand view of this as Paul's rear tire disappeared and the machine started tipping over. Paul held on to the bars or he would of fell in. I was a bit slow in the uptake enjoying his plight when I remembered I should go and help him straighten out. Just behind where he got stuck we were at Campbell Lk.

We had some trouble turning in the narrow trail but finally got back to the trail head and had lunch along with the required group photo.

We tried several trails to try and get around Campbell Lake but came up blank. On the other side of the lake is the road that goes to Matachewan. Anyway we tried.

By now it was getting on and we started to head back home, stopped for another break on the bridge near Ferris Lake.

Returned to the trucks around 4 PM said our goodbyes and will start trying to figure out something for next springs trip.

A great day all round and good to see so many come out. The more there are the better it gets, we all need to get out and see some more of this great area we live in.