18 June Calgary back to Kelowna - 2 days

After spending the weekend in Calgary with friends - doing a bit of touristy stuff and hiding from the rain, Monday dawned bright and sunny (typical) and I got on the road heading South through Calgary, down to Highway 22 South, which parallels the Canadian Rockies before going over the mountains at Crows Nest Pass and past/through the Frank Slide, where the Turtle Mountain collapsed in 1903, burying the mining town of Frank and doing untold damage. There are still bolders the size of small trucks in a great heap either side of the road.

Also stpped off in Sparwood for the obligatory photo of the Terex Titan - the worlds largest truck.

After Highway 22, Highway 3 West looks quite gnarly on the map, but from a riding point of view, it's quite gentle. The roads here seem to be built for trucks and the bends are all quite gentle (except for about 4 of them going into Osoyoos!) There are huge runs of very steep grades,10-12km of 8% slope, up and then down, truck run-off lanes every km or 2 (with wheel tracks!)

Highway 22 south of Calgary looking South - long way to go...

...and come a long way, looking back from the same spot I'll wear the tyres square at this rate!

Classic shot, the cloud was just boiling over the top of this one. Fortunately not going to get rained on just yet, but just wait.

Osoyoos - I got a few laughs the first time I tried to pronounce it. Lovely spot, though, looking NorthWest the next day. Temp about 28 degrees C, very welcome after being rained on in the Passes.

And there is a bend in the road!

The bike is running well, I've been getting up to 70 mpg (imperial), but that's because I'm keeping mainly to the speed limits. The chain oiler I built is not working too badly, it is more work than squirting a bit of lube on it, but that's because it's still a work in progress and it's good not to see dust sticking to the chain.

Distance - just over 1000km over 2 days