Sunday 31 May 2015

A world traveler loses his bike in Whitehorse.

From CBC..... "After visiting 41 countries of the world on a trusty motorcycle, Bostjan Skrlj now finds himself without a ride. His BMW Gs-1200 adventure motorcycle was stolen in Whitehorse during the night of May 10. "It's hard to believe it's gone," said Skrlj. "It's not just a bike. It's also a friend, a companion." Skrlj is from Slovenia. In 2008 he started a worldwide journey which so far had brought him more than 147,000 kilometers. The motorcycle is loaded with camping gear and covered with stickers and boxes as well as a logo for his website. It was locked in front of a house in the neighbourhood of Porter Creek."  This was him and his bike on happier days.

Friday 29 May 2015

Last Sunday

Everyone was busy with other things on Sunday, so I went out by myself. I started off in Cranbrook and headed south on Gold Creek rd. At the junction just north of Baker Mt I headed east towards HaHa Creek road and Mayook.
Both roads where in pretty good shape so I made good time. Once I got onto HaHa creek road, I headed south towards Wardner. There are lots of old dilapidated buildings on this road. Baker Mt is in the back ground.
At the end of this road you take a right towards Wardner and once you get to the end of the road, you take another right and that gets you on your way south towards Caven Creek road. At this point there is a nice description of the next 20 kilometers, but this is a 4X4 road. You could get down it with a higher clearance car, but there are some pretty good pot holes, one spot where the water was about half a foot, and another where it took a bit of work with the BMW bike to work my way through.
The road on the right heads to Wardner and it is about 20 kilometers. Not a good place to have a problem with your vehicle as I was the only one on it, and it was the middle of a Sunday. For quite a way up on the right there are very private camping spots that are on the lake. If the water is low, it is still quite a bit away from the water. I did not go down to the camping spots. The road on the left heads towards Sunrise Pass. Once you get up there, you can head down the switchbacks to Moyie lake, or you can go straight and end up at Gilnokie Park.
I chose to go towards Kocanusa lake as I had picked up lunch at the Gold Creek store before I got to the dirt road. The water is way down and often where I parked the bike it is covered with water. It was a very private place to have lunch and a great view. Once I was done eating and relaxing I drover over to the Jaffrey Pub and Restaurant for a lemonade and then headed home. It was a great day.

Monday 25 May 2015

A few weeks ago...

...Mike (who I had just met) and I went out for the day. We headed up Gold Creek road on our BMW Adventure Tour motorcycles all the way to Caven Cr rd where we made a left hand turn and headed East towards Kocanusa lake.
In this picture I am heading east and that is the Rocky Mountains in the background.
After lunch we headed up Bull River Road and made a left up Van creek road. The trucks with the quad trailers should have been an indicator of how the road was going to be. This is the first snow we saw.
This was as far as we got. The snow completely covered the road at this point. It was a great day

Tuesday 5 May 2015

My new Ride

She is a 2002 BMW 1150 GS Adventure. I am going to sell the Buell and this will become my only bike. It is much more suited to the kind of Riding I will be doing over the next several years. Many more pictures to come.