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Terrace, BC to Stewart, BC via the Nisga’a Highway and Memorial Lava Bed

Across the BC Central Plateau and to the Coastal Mountains

Valemount to Sheridan Lake (and Bears) A direct route from Valemount (which was a bit further than I’d planned on going the day before) to my next stop in Sheridan Lake was only about 170 miles (274km) on main roads, so I spent some time the night before mapping out a route that used forest

Getting to and riding the Icefields Parkway between Banff and Jasper in the Canadian Rockies.

My first rest day is quite welcome after 11 days on the road. Despite not sleeping in too long, it was nice to start the day with a few cups of coffee and a little bit of socializing with the AirBNB host and other guests (all motorcyclists), talking about the trip and sharing war stories.

Despite feeling a bit beat when I got to Wallace, I woke up feeling well rested and decided to start the day on the BDR. I wandered around town and found a breakfast place to fuel myself for the day and ended up running into an old timer on a BMW GS on his way

Despite planning to sleep in, I woke up in my cabin around 6:30 Mountain time. I used the extra time to grab a fresh breakfast at the lodge before packing up and heading out around 8:30, thinking that I had a short 217 mile day and plenty of time to do it in. The BDR

Heading out of my yurt at the River’s Fork Lodge (after waiting for the day to warm up with a breakfast burrito and coffee), I gassed up and headed straight into the Salmon-Challis National Forest around 9:30. The forest service road follows the Salmon River for few miles with sheer cliff faces boxing in the

Today was the last big-mile day for a long time and the last day of the sprint west. I got up around 6am to temps in the 40s, so despite having almost everything packed before 7am I took my time to wrap up, drink an extra cup of coffee, and let the day warm up