This morning, finally made the commitment to finish renovating the girls' old rooms, and had every intention of getting the floors down today. After several hours, I took a peek outside and lo and behold the sun was shining, the morning frost was disappearing, and suddenly those floors didn't seem all that important... dropped everything
So, with the co-pilot at work and the Valk sitting in the garage begging for some attention after me travelling back and forth to NY for work the past couple of weeks, I headed out Hwy 7 from headquarters here in MR, eastward bound towards the town of Hope, about a 350 km (200 mi) run taking the back roads through Hatzic (for those of you familiar with the Rambo movies, Hope BC is where they filmed the first one - First Blood).
After a very long and warm Spring, Summer, & Fall, nice to see some snow back up on those peaks
Overlooking Fraser River delta
Rolled into Harrison village for a coffee, and saw this nice 30's (?) Ford
Harrison Lake, where we spend a lot of time in Summer months boating & fishing
On the way home, past Harrison River...Great fishing here for cutthroat trout, salmon, and monster sturgeon
Back roads through Hatzic Valley...my co-piolt's favorite "local" ride. Hit the throttle a little too soon after taking off from the grass here and fishtailed - just about wrenched every muscle in my body keeping the bike up...Geeesh, gotta be a bit more careful, not a youngster anymore
Almost back home, but still some light left, decided to head up to Alouette Lake, only about 15 minutes from headquarters...looking peaceful, a perfect ending to brisk but nice late Autumn ride
As shown in these photos, lots of big lakes, rivers, and mountains in this neck of the woods....makes for great local riding and fishing - my two passions
Arriving home with about 45 minutes to spare before the co-pilot gets home from work, I clean the Valk and start up on that darn flooring again...weather forcast for Sunday is looking pretty good too though
