04klr
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Here's a Coles notes, more pics. than blab, report covering our 2 day ride to Williams Lake and back last weekend with very little pavement, up to a point...
It was another Stu ride which means, well planned and tracks for the whole ride. The four of us launched outta the Loops at the crack of 8am Sat. with a long day ahead of us. First gravel was on Lac Du Bois then across Long lk rd. where the beat up abandoned red car has now been removed, which was nice to see, er, see gone.
After riding under warming stellar skies on Lac du bois, sawmill, fatox, heller FSR's and many more left rights, we ended arrived in the vacinity of the bonaparte plateau.
first pic. of the day of a soon to be ignored "road closed" sign, um, no no it's not.
see
Robin Stu and Floyd, either of which can always be caught with grins on their faces. Good guys to travel with.
at the lake which I've forgotten the name a few hours into our day (where there's a very neat long steel girder dam constructed)
not all tracks were on big wide rds.
this not terribly good pic. doesn't do justice to the spectacular colors on this into October day.
from long shadows cast westerly in the AM now well into the afternoon, cast to the east .
(wish I had've mooved that pack, would've made a much better pic).
late lunch. sometimes trivial things like eating place second to riding!
I kept my distance for awhile after this move, whew!
dumping out onto hwy 24, we gassed at interlakes then back to gravel towards Horsefly then a few kms. of tar based gravel (pavement) to Williams Lake for the night.
one of these things is not like the others..
Now nearing the end of day after some pizza beer and laughs.
(seeing the flowerless planter, we decided to plant a few cans, certainly hope they grow!
And that, was Saturday. A mere 9 hr in excess of 400k ride day. Tomorrow, with the threat of rain will be a longer and harder ride heading sw towards the gang ranch thru to China Head down to the Fraser east up the high bar rd for fuel in Clinton then towards the Loops.
thx for lookin.
Sundays ride should arrive tomorrow, on Friday.
It was another Stu ride which means, well planned and tracks for the whole ride. The four of us launched outta the Loops at the crack of 8am Sat. with a long day ahead of us. First gravel was on Lac Du Bois then across Long lk rd. where the beat up abandoned red car has now been removed, which was nice to see, er, see gone.
After riding under warming stellar skies on Lac du bois, sawmill, fatox, heller FSR's and many more left rights, we ended arrived in the vacinity of the bonaparte plateau.
first pic. of the day of a soon to be ignored "road closed" sign, um, no no it's not.
see
Robin Stu and Floyd, either of which can always be caught with grins on their faces. Good guys to travel with.
at the lake which I've forgotten the name a few hours into our day (where there's a very neat long steel girder dam constructed)
not all tracks were on big wide rds.
this not terribly good pic. doesn't do justice to the spectacular colors on this into October day.
from long shadows cast westerly in the AM now well into the afternoon, cast to the east .
(wish I had've mooved that pack, would've made a much better pic).
late lunch. sometimes trivial things like eating place second to riding!
I kept my distance for awhile after this move, whew!
dumping out onto hwy 24, we gassed at interlakes then back to gravel towards Horsefly then a few kms. of tar based gravel (pavement) to Williams Lake for the night.
one of these things is not like the others..
Now nearing the end of day after some pizza beer and laughs.
(seeing the flowerless planter, we decided to plant a few cans, certainly hope they grow!
And that, was Saturday. A mere 9 hr in excess of 400k ride day. Tomorrow, with the threat of rain will be a longer and harder ride heading sw towards the gang ranch thru to China Head down to the Fraser east up the high bar rd for fuel in Clinton then towards the Loops.
thx for lookin.
Sundays ride should arrive tomorrow, on Friday.
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