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Deane, Norm, and Kay's Motorcycle / RV Trip to Northern Canada and Alaska | |
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September 19, Rancheria, YT to Iskut, British Columbia 262 Miles |
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We escaped from the snow storm area, and got on our way south. We took our time and started out about mid morning, allowing time for traffic to go up the road and make sets of tire tracks, and for the temperature to come up. By about 20 miles from Rancheria, we hit the area affected most by the snow storm. There were mostly wet roads, and no problem with the motorcycles yet, but then we found a section with slush between the tire tracks of the cars. Avoiding this by staying in the tracks, we got along all right, but with some worry that we might find ice under the slush. We did cross one bridge with a snow covered surface, but handled that all right. Then two more bridges with the "grate" metal surface were no problem, since the snow falls through.
The scenery from there on was just beautiful, with snow on bushes and trees at the peak of their yellow and gold Fall Color, as well as on the dark green Spruce trees. We soon came to the place where traffic going east was still being restricted, on the Alaska Highway (up to 20 inches of snow had fallen), but luckily we wanted to go south, into British Columbia.
Turning south on the "Cassiar Highway", the scenery was spectacular, with the tops of all of the mountains covered with snow, while down below the Fall Color again was at its peak. There were so many absolutely gorgeous scenes of mountains, lakes, trees, and snow covered mountains that today was a contender for the most beautiful riding day of the trip.
Kay brought the motor home and trailer along, with no difficulty, and provided our "moving Tim Horton's restaurant and warming house" as we "drove the Cassiar". What would we do without Kay? The Cassiar Highway is famed for its beautiful scenery for those willing to drive a more difficult road. However, now that highway is almost all paved, with three short sections to do, anyone can successfully negotiate its path to beautiful British Columbia scenery. |
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Finally
we hit almost dry road, with snow still along the sides.
