DAY 8 AND 9 CANADA! WHICH WAY ARE YOU GOING?

DAY 8

Following a post breakfast laundry marathon hit the road and headed north. Finally crossed into Canada at the part time crossing of Cascade, on the 395 and headed west on route 3. Stopping for a cup of coffee shortly after crossing the border Jake gave the clerk a US twenty for two cups and received $21.75 Canadian in change. He thought this was due to the exchange rate but I told him I think they had to pay us to drink it.

Route 3 across BC is a favorite motorcycle route and this was obvious by the dozens of bikes we passed in small and large groups. It was another incredible ride over to Princeton then north to Merritt for the night. In Merritt we had our first Canadian/Chinese food served by a Filipino girl, not bad! Still avoiding heading to Whistler to stay away from the holiday crowds (prices) and to ride more of the incredible roads that wander through BC.

DAY 9

After a discussion with some fishermen at the hotel breakfast decided that one more day away from Whistler would be a great idea. Since Whistler was due west we headed north and east after a brief look at the map, unfortunately the paper atlas didn't list the temperature in the mountain passes and it did border on cold! From Merritt took 97c to Kelowna where we made a stop at the Harley Dealer, same dealer as two years ago heading south out of Jasper.

Ken noticed on the map that north of us there was a town called Salmon Arm and he had never seen a salmon with arms and would like too. I immediately gave this a thumbs up as I still remember the grief from bypassing the alien museum in Roswell NM during the great bad decision of 2008.

In for night in Salmon Arm, dinner at The Hideaway Bar and Grill next door were I scored a free t-shirt for asking them to change the tv to hockey from bass fishing. The owner gave us free deserts and sat down joining us for a beer.

Another good day, Whistler tomorrow?