Good afternoon Gents. Sorry, but this is a long story.
I am blessed to live in some picturesque motorcycle landscape, and while this doesn't have anything to do with my '74 TX650A, I wanted to share some photos of a solo trip I did a few months ago to Prince George and back, from Victoria. I know a bunch of you guys enjoy photos of places you may not have visited as much as I do. I've been loving my new Triumph and riding it as much as possible. This trip was about 2000 km in 5 days of riding, with 2 nights of tent camping thrown in. About 350 kms of that was dirt roads. I enjoyed great weather for the most part with just a bit of drizzly rain one day.
My route was Victoria to Nanaimo and ferry across to West Vancouver and up through Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton to a scrabbly mountain pass called the Hurley Road. This took me through the 150 plus year old gold mining communities of Bralorne and Gold Bridge, where I camped the first night. The next day was riding along the Bridge River to Lillooet and then up hwy 97 to a community called Pavillion. This is ranching area and I took a public dirt ranch road through private property to Clinton. Up Hwy 97 again to McLeese Lake where I camped next to a lake. It helped a lot that a pub was right next to the campground!
Day 3 was back south to Williams Lake and cross the mighty Fraser River on a one lane Bridge and up the West Fraser Road. I love riding where I've never been and this trip was full of that. I didn't see many cars on any of these dirt roads. Fantastic. That road ended at Quesnel where I then took Hwy 97 again north up to Prince George.
I visited a great friend of mine there and he and his wife took me to their off-the-grid cabin on Stuart Lake in Fort St. James. Wow! Spectacular scenery and great company. Wildlife on this trip was so special. We saw a golden eagle from their boat. Crazy.
A few days later it was back to PG and the next day saw me ride down to Williams Lake and west towards Bella Coola. At Riske Creek I went south on the Farwell Canyon Road which tested my comprehension of digital maps, riding through about 250 kms of dirt roads and going through the Gang Ranch, finally making my way back to Clinton for the night. This time was motel and walk to the pub. Day 5 of riding got me home to Victoria, riding down the Fraser Canyon, and back into the mayhem traffic of Vancouver area to the ferry.
On this trip I saw: 3 Grizzly Bears, 7 or 8 Black Bears, two moose (ran right in front of me on the dirt road at about 25 kph!!!), bald eagles, one golden eagle, one weasel by my buddy's dock, too many deer to count, and so many birds. What a time. Like I said, I am blessed to be able to do this. I'm 60 now, and want to do as much of this as possible before I can no longer do it. Just sharing some cool stuff with you guys - I'm certainly not intending to be showcasing me.
I am blessed to live in some picturesque motorcycle landscape, and while this doesn't have anything to do with my '74 TX650A, I wanted to share some photos of a solo trip I did a few months ago to Prince George and back, from Victoria. I know a bunch of you guys enjoy photos of places you may not have visited as much as I do. I've been loving my new Triumph and riding it as much as possible. This trip was about 2000 km in 5 days of riding, with 2 nights of tent camping thrown in. About 350 kms of that was dirt roads. I enjoyed great weather for the most part with just a bit of drizzly rain one day.
My route was Victoria to Nanaimo and ferry across to West Vancouver and up through Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton to a scrabbly mountain pass called the Hurley Road. This took me through the 150 plus year old gold mining communities of Bralorne and Gold Bridge, where I camped the first night. The next day was riding along the Bridge River to Lillooet and then up hwy 97 to a community called Pavillion. This is ranching area and I took a public dirt ranch road through private property to Clinton. Up Hwy 97 again to McLeese Lake where I camped next to a lake. It helped a lot that a pub was right next to the campground!
Day 3 was back south to Williams Lake and cross the mighty Fraser River on a one lane Bridge and up the West Fraser Road. I love riding where I've never been and this trip was full of that. I didn't see many cars on any of these dirt roads. Fantastic. That road ended at Quesnel where I then took Hwy 97 again north up to Prince George.
I visited a great friend of mine there and he and his wife took me to their off-the-grid cabin on Stuart Lake in Fort St. James. Wow! Spectacular scenery and great company. Wildlife on this trip was so special. We saw a golden eagle from their boat. Crazy.
A few days later it was back to PG and the next day saw me ride down to Williams Lake and west towards Bella Coola. At Riske Creek I went south on the Farwell Canyon Road which tested my comprehension of digital maps, riding through about 250 kms of dirt roads and going through the Gang Ranch, finally making my way back to Clinton for the night. This time was motel and walk to the pub. Day 5 of riding got me home to Victoria, riding down the Fraser Canyon, and back into the mayhem traffic of Vancouver area to the ferry.
On this trip I saw: 3 Grizzly Bears, 7 or 8 Black Bears, two moose (ran right in front of me on the dirt road at about 25 kph!!!), bald eagles, one golden eagle, one weasel by my buddy's dock, too many deer to count, and so many birds. What a time. Like I said, I am blessed to be able to do this. I'm 60 now, and want to do as much of this as possible before I can no longer do it. Just sharing some cool stuff with you guys - I'm certainly not intending to be showcasing me.
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