2018(2) - Day 6

We woke up to another beautiful morning and decided over breakfast to ride up to Revelstoke today. It's only a little over 300km so that meant it was going to be a relaxing day, which was the perfect way to spend this Sunday. The breakfast at the hotel restaurant was good, except for the coffee, which was horrible. The funny this is the drinks were not included in the room price, just the food, so that was a big waste of $2.50. We got the bikes loaded up and headed down to the Tim Hortons to get some good coffee.

After satisfying our caffeine needs we got fuel and then headed north on highway 3A. I've been on this road multiple times and it never disappoints, what a great ride that is. They squeezed us onto the ferry and we sailed over to Balfour. With a ferry ride and a couple of stops, we ended up in Kaslo somewhere between 12:30 and 1:00. Lunch at the Kaslo Hotel was delicious. We all got sidetracked a little by a 1936 Indian motorcycle, so much so that I forgot to get a picture. It took some doing but the rider finally got it kick started and off he went.

From Kaslo we took 31A over to New Denver, and then got on the 6 north for Galena Bay and our second ferry ride of the day. For those of you who followed along last year, this is the same route Leona and I took on our way back from the island. It was another hot day, get up into the mid 30's again. We stopped in Nakusp so the guys could get fuel, and so we could get some more water and an ice cream.

I enjoyed a "spirited" ride from Nakusp to Galena Bay, the last of the good corners for the day. That was the only time I got on the throttle a little harder all day, as I wanted to enjoy a more relaxing ride. We had a 45 minute wait for the ferry, and sat in the shade and shot the breeze. Our breaks have been many and long but it's been great, much more relaxed than I usually ride.

I'm a little unsure at this point what is happening tomorrow. Randy has to head home to Edmonton but I think my father in law and Kevin still have some more time. There's a good chance we'll end up in the Alberta Rockies somewhere tomorrow night, but that still hasn't been discussed. Either way there's still some more good riding before this trip is over.