Mailing Address
OSBMWR
P.O. Box 1454
East Greenwich, RI 02818
INSIDE
Next
Meeting
Monday
August 11, 2008
7:00 PM
At:
Richards Pub
3347 S.County Trail
(Rte.-2)
E.Greenwich, RI
02818
Tuesday Breakfast
8:00 AM
Middle of Nowhere DINER
On RT 3 - 1/2 miles south
of RT 102 & RT 3 intersection
Exeter, RI
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The Labrador Loop
Or
How to learn French and the metric system
in two weeks !
By Armand Bessette
Having been laid up this winter
and missing Daytona I was anxious for a good ride this summer, the only
criteria for this trip was, I wanted to leave my house, no trailer, and
we had to go somewhere we’ve never been. Mike said" That's easy”
Labrador! Getting the maps out for the preplanning process indicates
four or five ferries that need to be taken to complete the loop. Mike
having already planned this trip a couple of years ago knew that some of
the ferries run only once of twice a week. This is important because if
you don’t make the ferry you have to wait three or four days or go back
the way you came, about 1000 miles. The ferry ride between Goose Bay and
Cartwright is the middle of the trip, depending upon weather your going
clockwise or counterclockwise around the loop it’s where everything
changes. We could only leave on Saturday morning and to do the dirt part
of this trip first we would have to do 1600miles, 650 miles of dirt and
be in Goose Bay by Tuesday night. We decided to do the dirt section at
the end of the trip and do New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Cape Bretton,
Newfoundland, and then Labrador.
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Important Club Events
August
11: OSBMWR Meeting this Monday at
Richards Pub
Warning : Slocum
back roads have new
TAR Snakes.
Very dangerous!!
The Rumble WrenchMan:
The WrenchMan will
demonstrate
Tire repair at our Monday
night meeting. Page 2
Send Questions for the WrenchMan: Email:
osbmwrsecretary@yahoo.com
OSBMWR WEB Site:
Once again, I have to thank
Christine McKee (
Member Charlie Walpole's daughter ). I have
used her Web site design techniques to produce the Labrador
article. I have re-organization the site taking advantage of the new design facilities
she has pointed out.
Your comments are greatly appreciated, so let me know what you think.
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