Day 42: Home Sweet Home

West Kelowna, BC

Distance for the day: 282.7.5 km

Cumulative distance: 9,665.7 km

Top speed: 119 kph

Moving average: 75 kph

Temperature:  21.4 - 37.0

Incoming weight: 160 lbs. Only added one pound.

We are home and happy about it. I'm not going to write too much about it but here are some pictures. We are happy to be home.

Exclusive motorcycle parking in Republic.

Republic had many old buildings from when it was first established around the turn of the last century.

Even though some buildings looked like there was something going on, often it was nothing. There was frequently signage at the doorway indicating the heritage of the building but several were dilapitdated inside and looked like they would need so much work that it would hardly be worthwhile.

This building was for sale. Not sure who would take this on as a project in a small town with little going on.

The Northern Inn in Repubic. A favoured haunt of motorcyclers. There was actually few choices for accomodations in the area but this turned out to be a pretty good choice.

Still on the US side of the border, this was the bridge into Curlew.

This is an old building in Greenwood, on Hwy 3 in southern BC. This is reminiscent of buildings we frequently saw in US small towns.

Anarchist Mountain near Osoyoos.  Somebody getting ready to celebrate Canada Day.

We spent the day wathing the clouds wondering if we were going to get rain but nary a drop.

Oliver vineyard. It is going to be a tough recovery.

We are so lucky to live in a beautiful part of Canada.

We had a nice bottle of Champagne when we got home, toasting and admiring one another for a job well done.

It was a big adventure, to be away for as long and as far as we went. Not sure if we will do a trip as ambitious as this one again but I can say that we both had a ton of fun. I think Nan is an extraordinary woman to be able to participate in such a trip. Let's face it: we're not kids anymore and to be able to sit on the back of a bike for six weeks and camp, let alone motel or hotel is really something special. She also took 90% of the pictures, helped curate them and did more than her share of the work in loading the bike and looking after the gear. 

Principal photographer, curator and guidance counselor,  The Lovely Nono Nanette.

If you are reading this, chances are you have followed along for basically the entire trip. I write the blog because it is a good keepsake for our own purposes. Years after the trip is over, when we look back, we will remember what fun we had and what beautiful scenery we saw. However, it is fun for us to share this with our friends. Thank-you for allowing us to share this journey with you.