2011 ROOKIES TO THE ROCKEY'S!




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THIS IS THE YEAR I GET ROD AND GERRY TO LEAVE THE FLATS AND  GO REAL RIDING!
THEY TAKE OFF FROM MANITOBA AND SURVIVE THE FLATS AND
I WILL MEET THEM IN CRESTON BC AND WE WILL GO UP THRU THE INTERIOR AND OVER THE FERRIES.
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THEY BOTH ARE JUST GETTING BACK INTO BIKING   AFTER A LONG TIME..GETTING BACK  THAT IS, NOT STARTING OUT !!
BUT, LIKE MOST PRAIRIE RIDERS, THEY HAVE NEVER  GONE AROUND REAL CORNERS, SINCE THERE ARE NONE OUT THERE. BY THE TIME I GET DONE THEY WILL KNOW HOW! :)

AND THEY HAVE A PAIR OF BEAUTIFUL BIKES. A ZRX1200 FOR GERRY, AND A FZ1 WITH THE GOLD WHEELS FOR ROD, MY FAVORITE COLOUR SCHEME LIKE MY CB1100 HAD BEFORE IT DIED!

BOTH WERE ON MY SHOPPING LIST LAST YEAR BEFORE I GAVE UP ON THE IDEA OF A NEW BIKE. WON'T BE DOING THAT UNTIL I GET  MORE RIDING TO DO.




THIS TIME I PULL MY OLD 81 CB900 OUT OF THE BASEMENT AND I RIDE IT A DAY TO MEET UP WITH THE GUYS!

OLD OR NOT, IT WILL GO ANYWHERE AND IS AS GOOD A BIKE AS ANYTHING I HAVE OWNED, IN FACT MUCH BETTER THAN A FEW OF THOSE OVERPRICED NEW  DUDS I HAVE OWNED!
IT WILL DO WHATER I NEED IT TO DO IN THE SHARP STUFF

NICE 600KM RIDE, FROM KAMLOOPS DOWN THRU  S BC,AND I AM IN CRESTON BY 3 PM.


WE MEET AT THE CRESTON VALLEY MOTEL, NICE LITTLE PITSTOP FOR THE NIGHT.
A NICE CLEAN MOM AND POP MOTEL!
PERFECT!!

I REALLY ENJOYED THE DAY ON THE OLD CB! IT DOES EVERYTHING THE NEW ONES DO  AND BETTER THAN A LOT OF THE OVERPRICED DUDS I HAVE BROUGHT HOME!

WE CHECK OUT THE KOKANEE BREWERY!

FREE BEER! NICE

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I WILL NOW TAKE THE BOYS TO BIGFOOT COUNTRY!

I LIKE THESE KIND OF PLACES, QUIET, YOU CAN SIT OUT  IN FRONT AND BS,  AND WATCH THE WORLD GO BY, NOT STUCK IN SOME ROOM 3 FLOORS UP, AND I CAN GO ON MORE TRIPS AS THE BUDGET  LASTS A LOT LONGER THIS WAY. NEVER HAVE HIT A BAD ONE YET.

 WE GO TO TOUR THE KOKANEE BREWERY, GETS LOTS OF FREE BEER TASTING IN :)  THEN OFF FOR A NICE MEAL AND GNITE!



WE WILL GO NW UP THRU THROUGH THE INTERIOR AND HIT THE FERRYS, A VERY NICE RIDE AND  OFF THE BUSY  HIGHWAYS. THIS IS THE ONLY ROUTE TO TAKE  FROM THE PRAIRIES TO KAMLOOPS ON A BIKE!
ESPECIALLY IN SUMMER WHEN #1 IS A PARKING LOT.

THEY BUILD THIS PART UP AS THE  TOP ROAD IN bc IN SOME MAGS, BUT  THERE ARE MANY BETTER...THIS IS A NICE RIDE WITH LOTS OF CURVES, BUT ITS FULL OF DRIVEWAYS AND NOT REALLY A BIG DEAL. THE ROAD WEST AFTER THE FERRY OVER THE MONASHEES IS MUCH MORE FUN!
 WE DO A NICE RIDE UP THE KOOTENAY  LAKE TO THE   FERRY , ABOUT A HR FERRY RIDE.

FIRST IN LINE!

THINGS ARE QUIET TODAY AS THERE IS A STURGIS NORTH BIKE MEET ON AT SALMON ARM, A BIG MUSIC FESTIVAL AT NAKUSP AND ANOTHER BIKER DEAL AT MERRIT, SO THE BIKES ARE FEW TO BE SEEN TODAY! PERFECT!




BEAUTIFUL DAY, FREE BOAT RIDE, GREAT ROADS! I THINK THE GUYS ARE LIKING THIS!





THESE FREE BOAT RIDES ARE GREAT!!!!

NOW TIME TO  GET THESE STRAIGHT LINERS LEARNED UP IN HOW TO TURN! BEING ABLE TO DO REAL CORNERING MIGHT JUST SAVE THEIR REAR SOMEDAY.
THIS IS WHAT BIKES ARE MADE FOR!
THE ROAD ACROSS THE MONASHEE'S WILL GIVE THEM A TASTE OF WHATS TO COME..:)


I TELL RODNEY THAT CORNER IS  GOING TO SEEM STRAIGHT IN A FEW DAYS AFTER I GET DONE TAKING THEM TO THE TIGHT STUFF.....:) 






A GREAT BREAKFAST AT A COOL PITSTOP SOUTH OF KASLO!  ANOTHER GREAT REASON TO AVOID THE BUSY ROADS AND  THANKFULLY MISS ALL THE CHAIN RESTAURANTS !

ALWAYS FRIENDLY PEOPLE TO BS WITH!





TOP OF THE PASS! DOWN WE GO TO NAKUSP AND ARROW LAKE AND ANOTHER FERRY RIDE.


ROD IS GETTING IT RIGHT! LEARNING HOW TO LEAN THE RIGHT WAY ON THE EASY STUFF WILL MAKE WHATS AHEAD A WHOLE LOT MORE FUN! NOT TO MENTION SAFE!


ANOTHER OF THE ENDLESS MTN LAKES!





JERY WAITING FOR THE NEXT RIDE. THE NEEDLES FERRY , A SHORT ONE. NOW WE WILL HIT SOME GOOD TWISTY STUFF UP AHEAD!

TIME TO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!



ALL IS GOOD! THE BOYS ARE GETTING  INTO THE CORNERING  THING!



AFTER SOME GOOD CURVES IN THE MONASHEE MTNS I THINK ROD IS HOOKED ON THIS  BIKING MOUNTAINS STUFF!!!!
JUST LIKE  THE WAY WE USED TO SLED..:)


ANOTHER COOL PITSTOP FOR LUNCH! HALF WAY TO VERNON OVER THE PASS.


WE FIND NO GOLD THOUGH!

 HEADING INTO VERNON AND THATS RAIN UP THERE!

WELL WE DO OK WITH THE RAIN TILL 10 KM FROM KAMLOOPS..WE STOP AND WAIT IT OUT, GERRY PARKS IN THE BATHROOM WITH HIS BIKE! NO ROOM FOR THE REST OF US THO, BUT NO BIG DEAL AS ITS WARM!

WE MAKE IT TO KAMLOOPS SAT AFT, ANOTHER EASY 600 KM DAY  THROUGH THE BEST ROUTE IN BC!

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DAY OFF!
 AND WILL SPEND SUNDAY CHECKING OUT SUN PEAKS AND  WATCHING CALES RC RACING/



THANKS TO SETH WE GET SOME TICKETS TO GO UP THE CHAIRLIFT AND CHECK THING OUT!


THEN ITS OFF TO THE RACES. ITS THE LOCAL CLUBS BIG RACE OF THE YEAR AND CALE HAS 3 CARS ENTERED





IN THE BALCONY WAITING FOR THE RACES TO START!



RODNEY WANTS TO GO RACING...I CAN TELL!

ZOOM


CALE DOES WELL..WINS ALL THREE RACES!! A VERY GOOD DAY!

TIME TO GET BACK TO RIDING AND  WEAR THE GUYS OUT A BIT!




PART 2 OF TRIP CLICK HERE!