North by Northwest Tour 2018.06

In June 2018, our Les Canards Sauvages motorcycle club toured British Columbia. There's a map below showing our exact route. But essentially ... Seattle - Vancouver BC - Whistler - Pemberton - Lillooet - Quesnel - Prince George - Houston - Prince Rupert - Port Hardy - Gold River - Tsawwassen - Nanaimo - Seattle. A bit over 1,500 riding miles. Here are the photos and commentary.

Between Lillooet and Quesnel, we stopped to stretch our legs and found this vintage auto dealer next to the convenience store. Stardog Champion poses next to his next project.
Prince George: There's a neat BC Rail museum where we spent some time walking around and through some old trains. And if that weren't enough, here's the restored interior of a club cal. Now THAT's traveling in style.
Northwest of Prince George, we spent the night in Houston, BC. When we awoke, it was clear to the east, raining overhead and threatening to the west. Riding out of town with the sun at our backs, oncoming trucks were kicking up gigantic spray clouds behind then, which were lit up in fantastic rainbows by the rising sun. They looked like they were rainbow-powered, or maybe nuclear-powered.

Prince George: There's a neat BC Rail museum where we spent some time walking around and through some old trains. Very cool. Phantom stands in front of this vintage steam locomotive.
Prince George: There's a neat BC Rail museum where we spent some time walking around and through some old trains. Alpha Duc stands on the front of a vintage diesel locomotive.
Between Houston and Prince Rupert: My favorite photo of the trip. We stopped at a picnic area for lunch and I shot this as we returned to the bikes for the last leg into Prince Rupert.

Prince George: There's a neat BC Rail museum where we spent some time walking around and through some old trains. Very cool. This is a detail of the rusted side of one of the locomotives.
Prince George: There's a neat BC Rail museum where we spent some time walking around and through some old trains. In the winter, there's a lot of snow in this high country and the tracks had to be plowed by rail snow plows like this one.
Between Houston and Prince Rupert: Near the location of the prior photo. Phantom is pointing to the weather that's about to drench us. We're not sure what Bob's doing. We all have gang names: Alpha Duc (my daughter); Stardog Champion (my son-in-law); Phantom ( a riding buddy); and Alejandro - Love Coach (me). A friend who was going to ride with us (Bob) doesn't have his gang name yet, so on the T-shirt, he was just Bob. Turns out he couldn't go, but the T-Shirts were done. So another friend took his place and now has the gang name of "Bob."

Prince George: There's a neat BC Rail museum where we spent some time walking around and through some old trains. Very cool. This is another detail of the rusted side of one of the locomotives.
Prince George: There's a neat BC Rail museum where we spent some time walking around and through some old trains. Alpha Duc's calling ahead to check the weather. It's been hot ... 97-99 but the weather is about to change!
Between Houston and Prince Rupert: You wouldn't know it from the photo but just to the west, we were about to become completely drenched. As they say, no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothes. I was about to discover my eight-year-old waterproof BMW gear had finally worn to the point it was no longer waterproof.

Prince George: There's a neat BC Rail museum where we spent some time walking around and through some old trains. Very cool. This is a detail of the rusted side of one of the locomotives.
Prince George: There's a neat BC Rail museum where we spent some time walking around and through some old trains. Another static display at this neat museum. Recommended.
At Prince Rupert, we boarded a 18 hour ferry that would take us to Vancouver Island. Here are all the bikes (ours and many more) all blocked and lashed down for the trip.