Wednesday: Breakfast stop in Canmore. This was after my first mishap - hitting some rockfall.
Wednesday: Taking a break in the Rogers Pass.
Wednesday: Taking a break in the Rogers Pass.
Wednesday: First night Camping in Salmon Arm. The RV park owners put me in their garden.
Wednesday: First night Camping in Salmon Arm.
Wednesday: Ready for bed after a long day.
Thursday: Bent front brake lever after second mishap - bike falling over in soft soil.
Thursday: My tent site's neighbors.
Thursday: Drying out gear and packing up for a second day on the road.
Thursday: Rest stop on the Coquihalla.
Thursday: Dinner at BP's with Mike and James in Delta.
Thursday: Dinner at BP's with Mike and James in Delta.
Friday: Colleen's wedding day. Getting to the church.
Friday: Colleen and daughter Kayla.
Friday: Lighting the unity candle.
Friday: Final song.
Friday: Final song.
Friday: Receiving line.
Friday: Brian and Colleen on a 1949 Vincent.
Friday: Inside the limo.
Friday: Granville Island Marina from aboard the MV Burrard Queen.
Friday: The new couple arrive at the reception.
Saturday: Packing up and leaving Mike's to head to Hornby Island.
Saturday: Riding the first of three ferries from Horseshoe Bay, Vancouver to Departure Bay, Nanaimo.
Saturday: Bikes go at an angle to the ship's centerline, on their side stand, are put in gear, rear wheel to the rail, steering locked, chalk under the engine on the right side.
Saturday: Waiting for the second ferry to Denman Island. On the ferry bikes go to the front of the line, are loaded first, and unloaded first.
Saturday: On the last ferry from Denman Island to Hornby Island.
Saturday: Enjoying cheese, snacks, and cognac in the cook house with new and old friends at Heron Rocks. Photo courtesy of Eric Rehwald.
As night descends over Heron Rocks a visitor appears. Photo courtesy of Eric Rehwald.
Saturday: Night falls over our camp.
Sunday: Eric helps me fix some killer porridge.
Sunday: After eating and fixing coffee, Eric and I wander the shoreline and marvel in the breathtaking beauty of this very unique and special place.
Sunday: packing up the bike for the ride back to Denman Island.
Sunday: Pretending the Seca is a KLR.
Sunday: Beach Camping at Fillongley Park on Denman Island.
Tuesday: A rainy ride on the ferry back from Nanaimo to Horseshoe Bay. It poured all the way from the ferry terminal to Abbotsford.
I had the pleasure of sitting and talking with Dan, a Civil Engineer from Nanaimo, on the ferry ride back to the mainland. Dan was off to Laguna Seca aboard his KLR for the Moto GP.
Wednesday: After camping next to a noisy sawmill that ran all night in Merritt, I took the twisty 5A through the Nicola Valley to Kamloops, pausing at Stump Lake.
Wednesday: The road home. Just outside of Banff and a few hours until home.