Butterflies and Flat Tyres

So I’m back in the USA and read to explore Seattle. Travelling by bike is awesome I just love it, it’s a real adventure and quite different to other forms of travelling. In Seattle I settled in to being a tourist on foot and had loads of fun exploring the…

9th August Gibsons Ferry trip from Earls cove We left Powel River and headed down the Sunshine coast to Gibsons to meet Mike and Gail again. The day was great, perfect weather and seaside views. We found a little treasure all because we patted a dog. Joern and I love…

We were not planning on going to Vancouver Island this trip however we made such good time doing the planned trip through British Columbia from Vancouver to Fort st James, around to Jasper and then the Kootenays we had a week left to go across to Vancouver Island and do…

Three easy days through very pretty countryside, good roads and good weather. 3nd August Kamloops On the way to Kamloops we happened across a little motorcycle museum, just in the middle of nowhere and what a great little museum with a very interesting proprietor. We stayed in Kamloops with Tammy…

Went for a great hike in Glacier National Park today. It was, according to the Canadian Park ranger, a gentle hike. Only 5.6kms round trip, but DAMN it was steeeeep, but so worth it. The views just magnificent and the lake, ever so pretty. No bears though. As usual words…

30th July Road to Grand forks Sadly leaving Toad Rock we hit one of those hot hot days I’m not really getting used to. We rode past Christina Lake and it was the first time a lake gave us no reprieve from the heat which was a whopping 41degrees. Although…

The Glass House, The Kootenays The road from Kimberley to Kootenay Bay is amazing with gentle twisties and very little traffic, perfect for me. We stopped to see the glass house which was built with 600000 embalming fluid bottles.  Well worth the short stop, very interesting and with a great…

Heading to McBride we stopped along the way to visit the Ancient forest. What magnificent majestic trees. I love forests they are my favorite places in nature so this walk was very special to me Met Loren, from Thunder-N-Chrome in McBride. He does custom bike designs and has a coffin…

I have a cousin in Fort st James that I have not seen since 1991 when I visited Vancouver during my gap year.  Jerome is my mom’s sister’s son and immigrated to Canada in 1990. When Jerome saw on facebook that I was travelling through the USA and Canada he…

20th July Williams Lake Lovely ride to Williams Lake what great scenery and cute little coffee places along the way. We stopped at a gas station and I saw a sign saying scenic route which made us wonder exactly what route we were on as it was already pretty scenic,…