We rode through beautiful green, rolling countryside then passed through desert like highlands and then back into green grass horse country. In the dry area we went by a massive open pit copper mine that had a huge tailings lake and drying area.
When we were about 30 miles north of Merritt we saw a woman in motorcycle gear in our lane of traffic waving at us to stop. We stopped and saw that she (Sheila) and her husband Al had a flat rear tire on their 1999 Honda Goldwing motorcycle. Long story short, I was able to help fix their tire using tools and air pump I carry on the bike and get them on their way. By way of thanking us, instead of buying us dinner, they graciously agreed to make a contribution to GNV4ALL. Much appreciated.
For lunch we made an unplanned stop at The Sugar Shack thinking we might have pancakes or waffles with maple syrup. It turned out the only served poutine with maple smoked meat. Their poutine had a base of french fries, mixed with gravy and cheese topped with the meat. It is not a light dish so Sooz and I shared a bowl. All of their maple syrup products were not local so we didn't buy any but we did have a nice conversation with a young couple from Vancouver riding their bicycles on local trails.
Tomorrow we leave Canada and head for the Sun Mountain Resort in northern Washington state. We have reservations there for 3 nights which will be nice R&R after several fairly long days. It's hard to believe the Canada and Alaska portion of our trip ends tomorrow.
I believe that I saw poutine on a hallmark movie filmed in Banff
ReplyDeleteThat's very observant Ted!
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