Motorcycle Adventures

A nice sleep, and a quick shower and I was ready to go! I had prepared everything for my trip the night before.

The weather was as advertised – the sun finally came out.

I had debated taking highway #6, but after looking over maps and the suggestion of my GPS, it seemed better to take highway three back towards Osoyoos, and then connect at highway number 33 to Kelowna.

The ride was beautiful, though the sun didn’t spend all it’s time with me. It was also much colder than expected. I had prepared for a high of 30 degrees. Based on my previous trips, I only had about half an hour if cooler temps before things started to heat up. I was wrong (really wrong).

Not only did the temp not rise, but things started to cool down. I spent most of the day riding in 12 degrees. It dropped to as low as 8, and went as high as 19, but my trip was cold, and I’m all honesty, I really didn’t dress for it. I stopped for warmer gloves, but otherwise put up with it. Finding warmer clothes would have meant unpacking the bike, repacking the bags, and a lengthy stop.

I did make excellent time, compelled by my frozen parts. I left at 730am, and arrived at 1130am.

The rest of the day was pleasantly spent relaxing with Larry and his family.