The short long time story of my trip out and back again.
I started out on Friday afternoon and rode straight into a series of storms and a very cold wind. Still in all not that bad as I plugged in when I stopped for gas in Canmore, and the ambient temperature was high enough that I was warm enough to ride.
I made Revelstoke before dark and checked into a motel for the night. There was not much of an improvement in the weather by morning.
I stayed on Highway One for a while and stopped at Three Valley Gap, something that I seldom do. I often pass by, but I don’t stop.
It is not all that far from Revelstoke so there was no real improvement in the weather
From there I pushed on to Vernon and did side trip up to Silver Star, a nice side road and worth the effort, sorry no pictures from there.
Next it was on to Lumby and a run down DH2
The weather really improved during the morning and by Lunch at the Gold Pan it was really warming up
There were many bikers there and even a Spyder, (what my wife calls a special needs bike)
On to the ferry and that wonderful ride over the mountain and the great downhill run to the ferry dock and a short wait for the ferry.
Nice short story within a story, I waited in the line up, a pack of Harley riders, including the Spyder pulled into the side parking lot. When we started loading the ferry I went in my turn, and the Harley guys tried to cut into line.
They did manage and were sent of to the front of one line on one side of the ferry I was directed to the other side of the deck. I remembered that my wife wanted me to check out the Spyder to see if the instrument panel was Large Print. As I was one and they were many I chose not to check.
Anyway as we approached the dock, the very nice lady deck hand walked passed me pausing to say “if you are ready, I will send you out first.” I said “I'm ready and thank you”
I was in Nakusp and refueled before the first Harley made it to town.
From there is was down to New Denver for coffee
The plan was to visit Nelson, a place I had never been. I didn’t know that there was a car show and shine all over town,
Check out the wheels in town
Here are a couple of shots from the main street.
And one from my motel room
Nice wheels everywhere and I really think I should try to make it back for the weekend with my boy, who makes rods for a living
This is one of his builds
It was on to Kaslo for breakfast the next morning and it was nice for a change.
On to the ferry at Crawford bay and many of the cars from Nelson made the same ride.
Got to love some of these and that ford truck is awesome.
And this paint job.
From the ferry I made tracks to Creston and Cranbrook and finally to Radium for the night.
Fog in the morning and it was cold. The electrics were just not up to the job.
This last shot is from the red rock canyon on the way home and where my battery on the camera died.
From there it was a straight ride home and a few stops to warm up.
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