We're
off to Hyder, AK
McBride
to Smithers
July,
2010
Friday
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Today's run is going to be pretty basic, just ride (360
miles). We don't have a lot of stops on the agenda. However, I did make
a connection with some real nice folks from Prince George that Don and
I met back in 2002 on my first trip to Hyder. Dave and Cheryl Owen have
hosted many rides to Hyder from Prince George. Don and I were lucky
enough to have been a part of one of those rides.
Dave had sent me a reply to my email and said he would
be home until noon today. Therefore, we saddled our horses and rode
to Prince George to take a few minutes to visit with the Owen's on our
way to Smithers for the day.
Our visit went great and we were back on the road in
short order. The temps stayed very comfortable all day and we were in
Smithers by 4 pm.
Once I arrived in Smithers, we checked into the motel
and I eased out to their Twin
Falls to take a snapshot.
We'll be in Hyder tomorrow by early afternoon.
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Getting ready
to depart the hotel this morning
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Can you find
the deer in this photo? |
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I am talking
to Cheryl about our plans for Hyder |
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Dave (far left)
is exchanging stories with Jim, Bud, Rob and Karen |
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Everyone is
interacting with Motorcycle travel stories |
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Cheryl is telling
me about their future plans to retire and relocate in the next year or
so (much more riding then) |
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Bud is taking
this opportunity to prepare for some more riding |
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Rob, Herman,
Cheryl, Jim, Dave, Bo, Karen and Bud |
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Who's missing
in this picture? Who is added? |
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Continuing
on the way to Twin
Falls. It is steeper than it looks |
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Now I am off
the bike and on my feet. (I'm not designed for this sort of thing) It
required about two miles of hard packed gravel road and 200 yards of uphill
walking trail to reach the bottom of the falls. I had to stop four times
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The rapids
as a result of the falls |
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One of the
falls |
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The major and
larger of the two falls |
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Motel for the
night with a small glacier in the background |
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a view of the
glacier from the hotel |
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Herman, Rob,
Karen and Bud enjoying some ice cream in the parking lot |
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