Into Prince Rupert

We left Prince George under cloudy sky's and threat of rain. We played hide and seek with the clouds all day. Sometimes we won and sometimes the clouds won. Overall it wasn't too bad. We only got drenched on for about 1/4 of the day. LOL

The scenery up here is amazing. It has the green and lushness of Western Wa and the temperature variance's of Eastern Wa. As John put it, British Columbia is, was Washington used to be. An unspoiled, beautiful wilderness.

The day of travel in itself was pretty uneventful. We had quite a few miles to cover and we wanted to get to Prince Rupert when it was still light.

We did drive along the Copper River for a while. This where you get those Copper River Salmon everyone talks about.  Some of the best on earth.

We also ran in Santa Clause II. He was about 450 lbs, riding a Harley with a big flowing white beard. (Him, not the Harley) He mentioned that he was on a trip from Key West and headed to Alaska and then would head home. He also mentioned that it was "a might colder" than what he was used to...  He was wearing Jeans, a t-shirt, a Harley Davidson windbreaker and sandles with no socks. The snow level was only about 800 feet above us and we were all dressed in 3 layers including full leathers, and he was wearing a windbreaker... LOL

We headed out and a few minutes later he passed us with a big smile and a wave, and about 10 miles further the rain let loose on us again. We had rivers flowing across the road and Lori's bike looked like a Hydroplane with a roostertail. We never saw him, so he must have rode through it. I tip my hat to him, he is better than me. Or more crazy...

We also saw the Canadian version of fishing. The have a river here with a big waterfall/rapids in it and they have built a pair of fish ladders on it to help the Salmon get upstream. The fish go up the first section and then can pause in a slightly calmer area before going up the second section and back into the river.

The fisherman had a big net on a long pole and were just blocking the entrance to the upper section with the net. Every 60 seconds or so, he would pull it up and check it. 9 times out of 10 he had at least 1 fish, sometimes 2. If the fish were too small he would just flip them back out and put the net back.

Boy I wish we could do that. We have to have barb-less hooks and catch and release only unless it is a certain size (not too big, or too little) and has to be a farmed Salmon.

Anyway, time for bed. We are having a short day tomorrow. We are heading for Hyder Alaska and going to play keep away with the wild bears... LOL

The bikes are doing great, the riding is awesome and I finally got rid of that belt squeek. ( A little spf50 chapstick on the belt quieted it right up. LOL

Until tomorrow!