I tell ya, you guys are hardasses!
bijan--I never did a final reply to your Mtl-Ottawa thread, thanks for all the details, I find that totally cool how you can plot your route on a googlemap thingee. Very neat and its a great resource for others to get a real detailed idea of a route.
Perhaps in the spring sometime we could meet up for a tea or coffee somewhere if I do a long ride out to your neck of the woods in the west island.
cheers and safe riding with the ice and les twits en char.