CANADA MOTORCYCLE TRIP 2024 - PART 2

 

We had anticipated rain this day because the forecast was pretty unequivocal that we would and it had rained that night. So we left Nakusp in full rain gear. However, for quite a while it seemed like we were just behind the rain as the road was wet and we were getting just a sprinkle. Shortly after leaving Vernon on Hwy 97 heading northwest it began to rain on us in earnest. That was the situation for most of the rest of the day. I didn’t do too badly except for my hands. The rain overgloves I had ordered arrived the day after I left. Sam has good rain gear and he was thoroughly enjoying the ride. He said it felt just like he was in a cocoon. To me the wet roads puts almost as much a damper on the ride as the actual rain.

Just south of Kamloops we turned south on Hwy 5A. We didn’t stop for any geocaches because it’s no fun in the rain. Thankfully, we arrived at our day’s destination in Princeton in early afternoon.

After getting settled in the motel Sam left for some refreshment in a nearby pub. My iPhone Geocaching app indicated there was a cache just 0.2 of a mile away so I thought I would try to find it. I got within 130’ of it on a road but it was up a steep now muddy hillside. The cache description said there was a road that would take you right to it but I wasn’t about to find it on foot.

Now for the really embarrassing part. The streets in Princeton are in squares with angled ones as well. I could not find the motel only 0.2 miles away. I finally called Sam and got the address as well as getting some help from some pedestrians. Eventually I made it back.

We found a BBQ restaurant and I had the best meal of the trip. It was a pulled pork sandwich but the meat was over a layer of slaw on the bun. Sam had some barbecued chicken legs that he said was delicious as well. We strolled back to the motel thankful that the forecast for our last day was rain free. Sam had left me the task of planning the route for the last day and I was somewhat nervous because I had chosen back roads that neither of us had ridden and it was going to be a lot of miles. I was up part of the night rechecking my route. (to be continued) M/W