Head toward the coast, and the rain.

June 16^th, 2026

Terrace, British Columbia, Canada

Woke at 8am this morning and got ready right away after taking a nice warm shower.

Looked outside and the bike was wet, it had been raining early in the morning, but looked like it was about done.

I packed up as usual and then loaded the bike up.  The rain had stopped, and it was 23 C out, so not too bad.  I decided to go ahead and put on the upper rain jacket right away as there was a possibility of rain after looking at the radar for the route I planned to ride today.

Once loaded, I rode over to the office to check out, then down the street to get fuel.

Back on the bike, we left the fuel stop and back tracked about 2 miles down the highway to another highway I would use to head mostly west toward the Pacific coast.  I will not go all they way, stopping in a town about an hour inland.

The ride out of town was a bit congested, but not horrible, and things were nice weather wise.

Once out on the highway though the winds picked up and pretty much stayed up all day long.  Some gusts were strong enough to blow me to edge or roadway if they caught me off guard.

I had planned out my fuel stops, though this highway has plenty of places to stop, but wanted to test my methods for extracting the best fuel economy and make sure I could operate father north when fuel stations become less common.

I stopped for the usual restroom breaks at the rest areas along the road.  At one I ran into another rider who was riding the bike he had just bought back home and was thrilled with the weather as well (It had been lightly raining off an on for several miles now.)

I had just stopped a few miles down the road to put on the rain pants as the rain was coming down hard enough to make a mess and get me wet, and temperature dropped down to 11 C during this short distance.  Even with 4 layers on, I was not warm up top, and only had single layer on legs, so figured it was time anyway.

Stopped for lunch before my first fuel stop, thought I would do both at same time, but was getting hungry and wanted to grab something.  So again, found myself at A&W, seems to be all over the place up here.

Simple meal, probably should have eaten more, then I could have skipped dinner, but was enough to calm my stomach pangs.

The route was starting to get more forested, lots of trees, both conifers and leafy trees at various times.  Also, several large lakes were along the route, though mostly hidden behind walls of green trees.

I stopped again along the road to fix and issue with the Go Pro and just happened to choose a pull off with a scenic view of a river with a small narrow rapid gorge in it.  Was kind of cool.

Bit later stopped for 2^nd fuel top off and also bought some drinks for tonight as I noticed there was very little around my motel for tonight, so would not be able to just walk next door like I have been lucky to do so far.

The final hour was a hard one.  It was still sprinkling and even raining enough to get road wet, temps dropped again and wind was still blowing.  The road was also slowly going downhill.

We had not had any serious altitude today, hitting around 2700 feet at high point, but stayed up around 2000 most of the ride. But as we neared the stop for tonight things dropped fast, eventually ending up about 250 feet is all.

The motel is located along the banks of a fairly large river, the Skeena.  It has been flowing along the valley for last hour, and is quite wide, and running fast, with quite a bit of tree debris floating or stuck in it.  Can see it right out the hotel window.

Once at the motel I unloaded as usual.  Room is nice, but very small, probably smallest place yet, so not much room for the gear.

I was trying to decide if I wanted to skip dinner, but was hungry.  The only catch was all the food places were about 3-4 miles down the road.

So did not cover the bike right away, or change out of my gear.

Rode into town and stopped at Boston Pizza, been many years since I saw on in the US, not even sure if they are still down there.

Once done eating, will ride back to the motel and then settle in for the night.

I am staying here 2 nights, so will be doing a day trip tomorrow and coming back to same place.

Will give you those details tomorrow though.

Catch ya down the road.

Chris