Day Zero
Surrey, BC

I'm in Surrey for the weekend. My mother was feeling ill so I decide to stay home until my mother goes to the hospital Monday. The break does give me time to unwind between work and my ride. I also catch up on a few tweaks I want to do on the bike. This really does underscore the need to keep plans flexible.

The bike waits patiently ...I, on the other hand...

Day One - July 1st
Surrey, BC to Golden BC / Yoho National Park.

Night finds me sitting by a fire in Yoho National Park. It's July 1st and Canada Day finds me camping for free. I do discover that my fire lighting skills need a bit of practice. Survivorman makes it look so easy. Well I do have some white gas that will help. (Mind you I did singe off my eyebrows doing a stunt like this in my younger, less wiser years. It would be nice if I didn't get caught out by the rain in Golden BC. My stubbornness to keep going was countered but my stubbornness to ride in proper gear. Result is that I sit here in only mildly damp. Yeah the one leak in my suit happens to be around my crotch area. But today's ride ran the gamut of cooking heat in Merrit & Kamloops. (41C) to really freaking cold (15C) in Rodgers Pass. Stopping in the heat was deadly as one starts to cook in my black suit. There was some comedy when a woman who was a passenger in van asked what $25.00 will do in that thing? My reply, about 400km. Not news a gas guzzler wants to hear. I also ran into my brother-in-law Doug in Merrit. (Cue "It's a Small World After All") He was driving through Merrit to avoid the shutdown on the Trans-Canada to avoid a forest fire. So lets see what the rest of the month brings.

On the road to the Rockies

Rodgers Pass

Day Two - July 2nd
Yoho to Gull Lake, SK

The thing about traveling is that you get to see things first hand. I mean seeing it a magazine never does the real thing justice. Like the prairies, it's bloody flat and huge. I rode the trans-can through Alberta and part of Saskatchewan, and I barely turned. It was straight in places, I found myself creeping up to 150km/h. The speed was nice but I found myself paying for it in terms of mileage. However someone with a Hayabusa out here could... But considering that gas in Alberta is 20 cents cheaper than BC, the price wasn't so bad. But I'm still stunned at how straight the roads are. I actually could go to sleep for an hour and woken up with the bike still on the road. I actually thought that was just a joke. Mind you I didn't really try that since I had my eye on the weather. It is funny that on a bike, you begin to notice more things such as traffic. But wise riders also cast their eyes to the sky looking for the kind of black clouds that are best avoided. I am camping again in Gull Lake. It brings back such good memories from the Alaska trip, especially the one where I had to douse myself in insect repellent when coming to a stop. Ah, those were the days. Then there still is the regular rigmarole such as cooking, cleaning and living under a tent. And there is also the fun part of tangling with the computers and AV equipment. But then again if I can bring this tale to you while I'm on the road when this might be worth it. Because I have to say to all of you is that you have to get out here and do it.

I'll probably do a batch process and upload of the pictures in a couple days time. Computing on the road involves two factors. The charge in the batteries which decides how long I have in camp to play on the laptop and the mozzie factor which decides how long I have to play on the laptop before I get eaten alive.

Camp at Gull Lake, SK

Proof that I'm in Saskatchewan. Some of my co-workers accused of me taking a month off and rolling around Surrey. Well :P to that!

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