I’ve logged about 1000 km in the first two days and the natural wonders I’ve seen are simply breathtaking. I’ve found myself completely exhausted at the end of each day, plopping onto the bed and having no appetite at all. The ride from Snohomish to Sumas was familiar and uneventful, if a bit cool, even bundled in my good coat, liner and winter gloves. The marine clouds yielded just a few moments before I reached the border.

The Canadian border guard was expectedly cordial and asked all the right questions (do you own the bike, do you own all the stuff on it, do you have reservations, how long are you staying, do you really have national health care now?) And then I was on my way into a foreign country on a motorcycle. I screamed and cried in my helmet with delight (after getting sufficiently far away from the guard, of course.)

About six hours later, I rolled into Kamloops utterly amazed and exhausted.

And this morning, I got started an hour earlier and repeated the process to arrive in Quesnel just before dinnertime.

This short summary does not, of course, do the trip thus far even the slightest bit of justice – I haven’t yet mentioned the terror of the massive tractor trailers hauling the wood products of Canada barreling down the highway with a legion of unmerciful turbulence alongside them.

And I haven’t mentioned the other riders with who I’ve already had the pleasure of a few moments of shared adventures.

I’ve also decided that 500 km a day is too much J So, I’m changing plans a bit and slowing down – I’m going to complete a great circle of BC, leaving for Vanderhoof tomorrow, then Smithers, then Prince Rupert, then Vancouver island. The journey is the point, after all. No Alaska destination this trip – I want more time for little side trips and photographs and creative writing in obscure places J

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