It was a relatively uneventful ride back to Nelson from Kamloops. Mostly
sunny with afternoon highs in the low 30s and high 20s. The bike performed very
well over the past 10 days but we do have to remember to cover the rear
backrest at night on rainy nights as rainwater seeps through the seams and sponges out on Norma’s
back during the next day’s ride.
We accomplished what we had set out to do: ride the Cassiar Highway and
visit some of the towns along the way. Stewart, B.C. is definitely worth a
visit: the people are friendly and the scenery is spectacular (even in the rain).
In fact, overall, the weather could have been better for our trip and in some
ways it reminded us of what we experienced during our Alaska trip a few years
ago. We did have some bug problems with the black flies being the biggest
nuisance. We think the East Kootenays are still the mosquito champions of B.C.
After visiting one does appreciate the isolation of some of the communities
in the the vast boreal forest covering Northern B.C. We covered in excess of 4200 km to
attest to that.
All in all we can consider ourselves fortunate to still able to safely
tour 2 up and see more of our province from a motorcycle saddle. With the COVID issues our only regret was we were unable to connect with Kidney March and Yuma friends in both Prince George and Kamloops. It wasn't worth the risk to us or them.
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