Sandman Inn Cache Creek

So this was our first day of travel. Brad picked me up at the Greyhound station in Kamloops, (and I survived my bus ride on the Murder Express) and we had dinner to try and wait out the heat a bit. It was 36 degrees in Kelowna, and when you're wearing leather motorcycle gear, it's a little too hot! By the ...

... just showered and sitting comfy on the bed.. We've got all of our soaked clothes and bags strewn across the room, hopefully it will dry overnight. Our gloves are so wet, all you have to do is squeeze them slightly
and a waterfall of brown silty water gushes out.

It's definitely been one of those 'right into the deep end' kind of days. But oh, it feels so right to be here right now.

... of the chairlift perfectly blue sky but freezing karina and i had trouble skiing as its the only time i have felt cold going downhill, it was way to cold for nakirra and keelan they just hung inside most of the time, but then it warmed up to -2C and we were able to take the kids for there 1st time on skis and whipped them down the snowtube park.

... exactly the most happening town. The next day we walked along the main street to look at the historic buildings. Near the town's old suspension bridge we read about the biggest sturgeon in the Fraser River - apparently they are massive but unfortunately we didn't see any. Leaving Lillooet, we went for a drive on one of the mostly gravel back roads out through a big canyon with interesting rock formations. The sides of the canyon were so steep I was actually ...

The day started with the fog. Dense, thick fog coming out of Ft. St. John. I traveled south. I hit the end of the Alcan within the hour of starting and fueled up before heading down 97 towards Vancouver. This part of the trip was far more domestic- the roads all paved and in good condition, farmhouses, livestock, the whole nine yards. I debated on stopping at a lake ...

... so hot I didn't want the bike to idle for long. We traveled along BC 1 to Hope then on towards Cache Creek. At least that was the plan. We were about 60 mi. from Cache Creek when we spotted smoke. As we appraoched up a steep incline we saw a very large motorhome, towing an SUV, completly engulfed in flames. It was as sad as it was spectacular. Fuel ...

... a small startup in Kelowna. We are doing very well, 250% growth + we just made the fortune 500. I was employee number 19, we are now at employee 56. Keep your fingers crossed Ive got options! We've been mixing with our ski friends quite alot. Tuesday night is Barbie night and Sundays are golf followed by a walk and dinner. Its quite nice to get back into a social circle although I have to admit I do miss my close friends in the UK. They are ...

... quite annoying they are like surfers but on snow too many 'cool.. maann' comments for my liking. Woody, Will and Elaine's friend is staying here as well as me and as you will see by the photo's he fits in quite well in this house of madness! I have met some really nice people and everyone is so friendly but so easy to wind up.. they just don't get irony or sarcasm. You stand there in full gear the works boots, ski's the lot and ...

... in Lucerne on the top of Mt Pilatus. It was quite a weird feeling when you spend the night feeling someone is watching you as there is a military base (very well disguised) that is built into the side of the mountain next to the hotel. The base comes with a Heli pad and a full rotating satellite dish (perhaps the biggest I have seen). However, it wasn't until on my 2nd day when I was hiking down the mountain that I realised how extensive the base was ...

... wet but they did get to see three bears. We stayed dry and saw a good show, not a bad trade off. We then proceeded up an old mining road for about 15 miles and three thousand feet elevation to look down on Salmon glacier. It was an outstanding experience. The scenery on the drive up and the glacier were awesome. The road was not too bad but not without some fairly scary moments - narrow, hairpin turns, and vertical drops of hundreds of feet all contributed to the experience! Following ...