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Redfern in the RainFort St John areaJuly 21-25/04 Written by Joebear We packed up the night before, and some more the next morning. Danny and his two sons Shad and Mitchell, my wife Olga, our son Eugene and mother-in-law Tamara, and myself Joe. Tamara had come over from Pechora, Russia to visit, and we had this trip planned since January. She wanted to go and seemed to like quads; we warned her it was 70km, but she still wanted to go. She loved the country but was very tired from the rough ride. I doubled Olga, and Shad doubled Tamara. Both Danny and I pulled trailers. We left Fort St John about 8:30am and arrived at the starting point where we started to unload the bikes and prepare for a our 70 km journey into Redfern Lake. It was a little slow going but everyone was doing fine. Several stops were needed on the way in for rest and refreshments. Joe edged into a water hole and had to be pulled back out by Danny as it was way too deep. Eugene got stuck once and had to be pulled out of the muskeg. At the first crossing of Neves Creek, some people were coming out and tried to cross in a deep part. The yellow bike was being towed and they just about lost him! We went up a little further and crossed. The only problem was Mitchell's bike didn't want to run well when wet. We stopped at the Neves Cabins to say Hi and have a rest. After the cabins we saw a mother bear and a cub. It was raining by then so we were all wearing raincoats (except me as i gave mine to my mother-in-law). Once we arrived at the Besa Bridge we knew it wasn't much farther! Everyone arrived alive and tired!       We spent the rest of our days fishing and relaxing. We didn't catch many, but Danny caught a nice lake trout that we cooked up for our final supper. We were able to use the boat to go for a tour on the lake. One day we went back to the Besa River bridge and tried some river fishing. We caught a few but nothing worth keeping.               The morning we left for home it was a nice sunny day!! (pics12-18) BUT it started to rain on the way. We made it up Ice Hill okay, but after that it started to rain very hard. Everyone got soaked! It was hailing and pouring. We had to cross Neves Creek before we could get to the cabins and Olga and I just about rolled the bike and trailer in the creek. The water was deeper than I thought. As it started to tip I just give it a thumb-full of throttle and we made it through. Everyone else went a little further down stream and had no problem. We made it to the cabins amid the hail and rain. A few others were also there waiting out the rain. We were able to dry all our clothes, and I borrowed a rain coat. Dale (one of the workers at the cabins) needed a ride out, so Danny doubled Mitchell, and Dale rode Mitchell's bike out. The rain had slowed down some, and after 3 hours of waiting we headed out again. We took a different route so we wouldn't have to cross Neves again as the water was too high. Once out on the main trail my bike had a problem; it said it was in revese when it wasn't. So the engine had no power unless I pushed the override button. I couldn't find the problem so I taped the button down and away we went. Both Danny and I had no 4x4 after this. It was a good thing we were past the worst of the trail. Once back at the trucks, we loaded up and stripped out of our wet clothes. Then it was back to the highway and supper at Buckinghorse Restaurant.       The ride in took us 8 hours, and the ride out took 9.5 including 3 hours of drying time. We were riding pretty fast to get out before dark. Everyone had a good time except for the rain. |
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