26.   After a very busy summer, some of the crew took advantage of an awesome weather forecast and headed to Maffer's cabin in Tors Cove for the Labour Day long weekend.

25.   Maffer and his son Gavin, Sooley, his daughter Erin joined Sandra and I, Justin & Tonia, and Ron Antle for a couple of great nights in the country.

24.   After getting all of our gear sorted away Saturday morning, I headed out for a quick run on Project Foreman to check out some trails in the area. While out and about I found a fine stash of untouched blueberry bushes in on the old pole line which were plum full of berries.

23.  That afternoon Sooley and Erin joined Sandra and I in on the pole line where quickly picked a few gallons of berries.

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20.  That evening we all enjoyed an awesome barbeque steak diner followed by a campfire out behind the cabin.

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12.   Sunday morning Maffer and I started cleaning up the grounds around the cabin by pulling out alder bushes which were quickly encroaching on the camp.

11.  Later that afternoon Sooley and Erin took Maffer's Can Am Outlander to go blueberry picking back on the pole line and promptly got quite stuck. I went out on a recovery mission and had him rescued in no time with the winch on Project Foreman.

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9.   Since the bike was completely cinched with bog Maffer decided best to wash it off in the pond.

8.  All went well at first as Maffer and I cleared out the caked on bog nestled in the frame & suspension of our bikes by running it through the shallow edge of the pond.

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6.   On the classic "one last run" Maffer hit a rock while doing a water wheelie which caused the bike to involuntarily turn and head straight into deep water.

5.   I pulled the stalled, waterlogged bike to shore with my Honda Foreman, then towed it all the way back to the cabin. Maffer's brand new bike was completely full of water from the air box to the base pan.

4.   We spent the next couple hours taking off the plastics to access drain points and to remove the spark plugs. There must have been 10 gallons of water in various parts of the bike, but we got it all properly drained, fluids changed and back running in no time.

Unfortunately he couldn't do anymore riding this weekend as we only had enough oil to do a couple oil changes. The bike would require a half dozen or more to completely remove all water from the engine and driveline which we will do at home.

3.   On our last day of the trip, everyone but Maffer, Ron, Gavin and I were gone home, so we decided to install a new door on the cabin. The new door has a full glass plus a screen door which will let a lot more light into the living room.

2.  When we got back to town, Maffer and I had his bike back in tip top shape after just a couple evenings in the shed draining and changing milky water contaminated oils in the engine, gearbox and differentials.

1.   Even with a sunken bike we all had a great time at the cabin, it's hard to have a great trip without some sort of excitement and a story to tell!

Cheers, MIKE

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