We came from Whitehorse and headed down to Prince George over the course of three days. About 1130 miles of Northwest British Columbia. A big part of it was route 37 south for about 650 miles. It was a beautiful ride but not very motorcycle friendly. Narrow winding roads with little to no visibility for wildlife. This impeded our progress because we slowed down due to the wildlife. We encountered a close call when Joe clipped a wild horse that darted out of nowhere. Fortunately he was able to control the bike and is unhurt. Another time we came upon a group of six wild horses on the road and they are hard to move and mean. Areas very heavy with moose but we lucked out having to deal with them. About 100 miles down 37 we did see a BMW car on the side of the road with it's hood pushed all the way into the back seat. Later at our first night stay we found out it was compliments of a moose. The next morning we woke up to find ashes on the bikes. The road we came down the night before was now closed to a forest fire. At the time of this writing (3days later) the road is still closed and the fire is getting worse. 420 fires are going on at this time in British Columbia. Glad to be heading south away from most of them.
One nights stay was in the town of Stewart which is on the USA peninsula border. It abuts the Alaska town of Hyder where we were able to observe the Salmon running up river spawning. If you're lucky the bears show up, but it wasn't meant to be for us. Oh well, it was still a cool thing to see! The road to Vancouver, route 97, is heavily under construction and we've been forewarned very hard on motorcycles. The bikes have been taking a lot of beatings so were going to give them a break and alter our plans. Until next time!!!!
Mark
Things of note;
1-Tom says to tell you all how good he looks riding
2-He says pictures make him look fatter
3-weather is getting warmer every day south, today 25c
4-glaciers and waterfalls are abundant
5-Kelly, you're welcome
6-Hutson, waiting to hear from you
7-Canadians are story tellers
8-sawmills are everywhere
9-Allie & Nick, dad misses you
10-most of the roads we travel are filled with campers and cycles
3 comments:
We miss you too daddy! Don't worry i'll have your car all washed and ready for you when you get home!
Love, Allie
Allie, Can you clean mine also. Thanks Tom
Notes: Don't bother to vaccume the trunk
Use micro fibre towels when you wax.
Clipped a wild horse? Holy cows!! Glad he is okay. I can't imagine your driving conditions and I'm happy your stayed safe and didn't end up like the BMW. Scarey about the ash as well. Stay safe!!
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