Kelowna BC to Calgary - 15 June 700-odd km

16 June 2007


It's taken a week but finally got the bike from Vancouver last Monday, assembled it and got on the road after a day or 2 off with a migraine (!), the trip is not going quite as planned just yet. I still have a few things to work out with the big tank, so while I'm waiting for that I nicked over to Calgary, Alberta from Kelwowna, BC where I'm currently based. Travelled most of Friday to stay with my mates Trevor and Rebecca whom I met while working in the UK.

On the road to Revelstoke, BC. Snow on the mountains and it's still 22C down here!

The last spike on the Candian Pacific Railway in BC. It really is a golden spike.

Big day, big mountains, big plains. At one stage the road in Alberta went almost perfectly straight from horizon to horizon. I also stumbled across the point at where the last spike was driven into the Canada-Pacific Railway for a bit of local interest, where several people stopped to ask me about my NZ number plate and one good old boy walked over from his RV (they are huge - the good old boys and the RVs), to offer me a doughnut out of a box he was working on (I think by himself!)

Rogers Pass, Candian Rockies, looking East to Alberta. Weather not promising.

Rogers Pass looking West, back to BC and the good weather. Must keep fingers away from lense.

The bike is going well, getting good mileage as long as I don't thrash it and not losing too many nuts and bolts along the way, and I haven't managed to go the wrong way down any roads yet. I love being able to turn right on a red light!