After some boring scenery southbound from Prince George, the scenery improved from Kamloops heading west towards Banff.
We stretched out the route to two days due to the mileage and unsettled weather forecast.
We visited Dreamcycle motorcycle museum along the way. The exhibits brought back lots of memories to our motorcycling days in the 1970s in Ireland and Isle of Man TT.
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The rest of the route to Revelstoke marked the end of the great weather we’ve had previously. There was heavy rain for most of the way but it did ease off a bit as we arrived at our B&B lodging for the night.
Luckily, the rain cleared out and we had a dry ride from Revelstoke to Bannf. On the way in we stopped at Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. We lucked out being on the motorcycle as the parking lot was full and they were only allowing motorcycles through. Both lakes are beautiful but a little touristy!
Same for Banff. Lots of tourists which is understandable given the scenery around the area. Bannf reminded us of Garmisch in Germany.
From Bannf we took the alternate route 1A which parallels Route 1 on our way to Jasper.
The ride along the Ice Fields Parkway offered numerous views of mountains, lakes, glaciers and bears.
Heading east from Jasper the mountainous landscape ended and we began the trek across the flat prairies.
We were able to stop for a few days rest near Saskatoon to visit Ger’s niece Elizabeth and husband Aidan. We had a nice relaxing visit!
Weather was getting more interesting and leaving Saskatoon we had to stop for a while to allow a strong storm system that was generating tornadoes to pass.
Yesterday we passed by an area where some sort of storm or tornado had taken out all the power lines and many trees and other structures were uprooted.
Crossing the prairies was not as boring as other travelers had indicated. We were expecting it to be more like Kansas and Oklahoma but while similar it wasn’t that boring.
Lots of road work being done in the Summer months on the back roads. We had to navigate miles of gravel heading into Fort Frances..
We obtained some insight as to how life is during the cold winter. Many of the parking places outside of hotels, hospitals and other workplaces have these outside electrical outlets near each parking spot. Those are so vehicles parked for a long time can be plugged in to keep the engine warm.
Some of the locals like to photo bomb pictures of the bike.
We’re now taking a 2-day break in Fort Frances, Ontario (just across the river from International Falls, USA) to allow the weather to clear before heading on to Thunder Bay and the rest of the East Coast.
John and Geraldine's Motorcycle Travels 