Day 10 - Chetwyn to 100 Mile House

We had an early morning departure at 6:50 (10 minutes before helmet time). It was a heavy dew overnight so our tenting gear is a bit damp. We got to experience a bobbed cat.





Heading down CA97 we launched into our game of Bear Bingo. Soon we spotted 3 deer and later on we scored a great moose encounter.




The moose was especially curious towards Neil which was a great disappointment to Tom (you'll have to get that story directly from Tom as it won't be on the blog). After taking a copious quantity of pictures, it's was Tom's turn to lead and not over 1/4 mile later we encountered a bear.



Tom has really developed a new calling as our official announcer of Bear Bingo. It's really really funny to hear him go into announcer mode. After seeing the bear, we didn't see any further critters for the day.

We also encountered a very long coal train. Here's a photograph of one of the cars.




For the rest of the day, it was pretty much a ride to put on miles and get us closer to home. The horses are smelling the barn.

At Quesnel we stopped at the park to take some photos of the artifacts.



Here I am on the old bridge over the Quesnel River.


At our last gas stop in Williams Lake there was a large carved cowboy and a VERY large wheel chair.





We did take a break at a nice little roadside chocolate stand and at least one of our group decided it was time for a short siesta.



Later we encountered the threat of rain and we elected to don our rain gear which turned out to only be needed for a few miles.


While we thought we would camp at Cache Creek, we decided to get a motel at 100 mile house and enjoy a nice rest, hot tub, and pool. This was all for about $40 each. A nice dinner was enjoyed by all followed by a trip to DQ for a chocolate dipped ice cream cone.

Tomorrow is the push home with a stop at a very special place in the Frazier River Canyon. We're anxious to see the effects of all the water we've seen upstream of the canyon now flowing through the canyon.

Stay tuned.

Some of you may be asking yourself how many miles per day are we riding? We have been generally getting at least 300 plus miles per day and many days have been 400 miles. We stop every 50 miles for a stretch break and more often if needed. The Wings are performing flawlessly and our gas range is around 200 miles for the 1500 and 270 for the 1800's. The bear bingo game has really broken up the monotony of just riding in formation for these many miles which will be well beyond 4,000 for those of us in Seattle and much more for Neil who still needs to ride to Arizona.