But warm... oh my. It was HOT!
And then... marble sized hail around Crater Lake to 52°F, then back to the heat with 104°F at Grants Pass, then 56°F at Crecent City, CA and all on the same day! Up the coast, overcast but no rain and stayed in the 50's until after Forks, WA. Traffic slowed us down around Crecent Lake and we missed the 6:15 Port Townsand Ferry and waited for the 8:30 PM run to find out at 8:45 PM that fog had cancelled any further runs! Since Joan and I both had to work the next day we decided a night run at Warp 8 would get us home by 2:00 AM, in time for Joan to get up at 4:30 for work and me at 6:30! We made it home at 1:45 AM.
Our next run was a 6 day shot into Canada the first week of August, and it was an adventure as well! I love B.C., good people, fun pubs, and lots of great roads if you can avoid fire season!
Getting to the 3 (Crowsnest Highway) and heading East was the plan, but hit the hardest rain I have ever ridden through in Cranbrook, dried out in a Walmart (they are not like the ones in the States, believe me), and then went into Alberta and geographical culture shock. Flat, so flat, once you get out of the hills. We thought we'd head down into a town called Cardston for the night and ran into the biggest temple I have seen outside of Salt Lake City, the Mormons definitely run the valley because not a pub to be found. Headed North to Lethbridge (a University town, plenty of places to get a pint there), and decided the first thing in the morning we were heading back into B.C. Drove up the 3a to Crawford Bay and then New Denver for the best run in the Province. Looped around and got traffic crazy around Vernon-Kelowna although I did find another BMW shop in Kelowna (lose a final drive once and you want to know where ALL the BMW shops are). Another loop and down through Idaho into Montana, back through Idaho and a run home. I'll throw some pictures up later.
