Last Province

Well we have been home for 3.5 weeks so thought I’d best update the last blog of Edge to Edge Run.

We left Edmonton going East to head down thru Camrose , wanting to avoid Highway 2. My mind was confused as I was in the going west mode and for awhile I felt like we were going farther away from home. Though a wonderful adventure 3.5 months is along time to be away from family and friends, though we were with family in Ottawa and the cottage district and made friends a long the way and now going to visit our Friends on the journey home, it is time to be home.

The fields of Alberta glow in the sunlight , different shades of yellow and gold, some crops harvested others waiting for the weather and the farmer to be harmonious. We meandered to Calgary to spend an evening and overnight with friends and then the bike is once again headed West.

Highway 40 is the Kananaski Trail, closed when we headed East and now open for our return home. The road climbs thru the mountains , our mountains rising glorious above us,though we have had some mountains , nothing is as spectacular as the Rockies. Great motorcycle road,minimal traffic and the weather is with us, a few mountain sheep and goats grazing at the side of the road, Alberta is slowly disappearing behind us.

We decided to take the Crows Nest highway on our return as the weather had not been the greatest when we had headed out, traffic slightly heavier as we are at the end of the summer and everyone is headed home, smoke fills the skies from forest fires in Montana, with no rain in the near forecast. We stayed in Cranbrook over night at the Lazy Bear Motel, they were again offering motorcyclists a beer or pop, so beer on the deck  was more than welcomed.

The Kootenay’s have some wonderful roads so we headed thru the small communities enjoying the scenery, Ainsworth Hot Springs is the destination for the night with some R&R in the hot springs pool .

Well we know we are back in BC!! The weather has changed and it is looking like a damp ride thru to Nakusp and Kelowna, it will be the 5th time in our adventure to have our rain gear on!!! And BC didn’t disappoint us, it rained going thru the mountains, fall is definitely here, colours are changing and the temperature is dropping.

We had a great visit in Kelowna with friends, even managed to get to the Penticton Market , a must to see if you are there on a Saturday, artisans, food vendors and music intice you to part with your money, thankfully we still have a journey home and no where on the bike to put things!

Time for the last leg of our journey ,great visit with some friends that we met along the way and then family time, with my sister, brother in law and Mom, we made it !!! Great home cooked meal and visit to catch us up with their lives, next stop North Vancouver for a few days with Mom and to see our Daughter Kristina  and boyfriend before we head for the ferry.

The journey has ended , May 17- Sept 10 2016.

Distance travelled 19,137 miles or 30,798 Kms

It was an adventure and something that we should have done  a long time ago, we live in a beautiful country, diverse in every way, new friends and lots of memories .

We  hope you have enjoyed our adventure with us, you were all in our thoughts as we travelled across Canada and Back!!!