Tonight I am in a motel room along Hwy 3 after looping back up to Nakusp and then back down to Grand Forks. The morning was cold and rainy the afternoon was spent chasing good weather. The rain had let up by the time I left Nakusp after grabbing a quick break and lunch. Tomorrow I will get caught up with work stuff, do some laundry, and stay here another night.
Sunday brought a combination of mostly fantastic weather, curvy roads and beautiful scenery. We left Golden around 9am and experienced rain almost right away and continued on and off all the way to Revelstoke. After a quick coffee break at Timmy’s, we headed to Shelter Bay and the first of two ferry rides this day. Unfortunately we missed the departing ferry by about 15 minutes so had to wait about 45 minutes for the next. Luckily the sun had fully come out and the we had time for a short hike out to the point on the rocks above the lake. Very pretty views of the lake and surrounding mountains!
On the other side, we then rode through Nakusp to New Denver and the start of 31A - a popular motorcycle road due to the many twists and turns along the creek. 31A links up with Hwy 31 where we headed south to Balfour and ferry ride number two. I had done this same route back in the summers 2018 and 2019 and it’s one of my favorite rides in BC.
Off the ferry and then down the 3A to Creston and our camp for the night in Kitchener - Riders Ranch Motorcycle Campground. We made some friends chatting with several Harley riders in the covered common area sharing stories and laughs.
We got up this morning and parted ways - Ken heading east and me heading west on Hwy 3. Ken needs to be back in Virginia by the weekend. I still have some time left and will be continuing to explore more of BC. We met up about three weeks ago in Puyallup, WA and had a good adventure riding around up north. We made it through the NWT to the Arctic Ocean - my second time now to Tuk - and got to ride in some amazing spaces in southern Alaska and the Yukon of Canada. Good times!
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