Calgary to Kamloops

Hey all,

Billy here. So... since our 11 hour misadventure of a ride from Saskatoon to Calgary things have gone a lot smoother! We had a great time in Calgary visiting family and Kylie (Braydon, Patrick and Colin have family, I had Kylie). Today we set out from Calgary bright and early and had a much smoother ride than the first time out.

One thing that I've noticed about traveling by motorcycles is it makes you a minor celebrity of sorts. It's probably the pieced-together, obnoxiously bright nature of our KLRs, but everywhere we go we meet people who are interested in what we are doing. This morning, before leaving Calgary, we met up with Brad, another adventure rider who's leaving for the same trip we're doing in 3 weeks time. We had breakfast at McDonalds and talked about various technical aspects of our trip as well as some unmentionables.

The ride itself: amazing. It was true bliss to get past the straight prairie roads and into the twisty curves of the Canadian rockies. Well we were filling up for gas in Golden, BC a kind gentleman informed us that we should don our rain gear, so we did and proceeded to have the most unbelievable two hours of riding in the rain as we descended from the mountains.

Today we really got to experience the riding we are looking for... and another aspect: the sheer exhaustion that comes with being on a motorcycle for 8 hours. Tonight, we're staying with Braydon's uncle who happens to work at a lovely Indian restaurant here in Kamloops which we enjoyed thoroughly. Tomorrow morning it's off to Vancouver where we're going to relax for the weekend and catch up with some old and wonderful friends!

Tot zo,
Billy