We put the rain gear on this morning and needed it all day. There were a couple of 5 mile stretches of road that were dry – other than that, it rained all day. I took a side trip to Stewart (if you’re following along on the Spot tracker you knew that already) to see the Bear Glacier. It wasn’t spectacular but it was pretty cool. Pictures soon I promise.
We also saw a lot of bears today, I only saw black bears but Rich saw a couple of Grizzlies; one of them stood on it’s back legs and waved at him from the side of the road.
Our bikes are at Smithers Harley Davidson getting new tires; it doesn’t take long to wear out a rear tire on these roads; over 5,000 miles to this point.
That is a picture of Lenny’s rear tire, mine was even more slick and the front was almost as bad. I had a choice, two tires or a tire and an exhaust system, I elected the tires and am limping home on a busted rear pipe. Of course if you’ve ever rode with Lenny you know what kind of limping I’m having to do…………..eh
If anyone is traveling through Smithers on Rte 16 in British Columbia, Canada, you HAVE to stop in the Harley Dealership and say HI to Steve and Brenda. Brenda opened the shop for me in June of 2003, when I went riding through to Alaska for my first trip and had lost my dip stick (no not me the oil dip stick) and she sold me one on a Sunday in the rain. This time they took us in straight away and patched me up best they could, got Lenny’s tire done first thing next morning, and without knowing John, Steve opened up his warehouse and let John store his bike in there until he could bring the UHaul for it. Great people, a BIG MAHALO to Brenda and Steve.