July 8, 2016 North to Alaska Day 32

Dave and Lyon decided last night that they would get up early and head directly home to Oregon. They made it in one day, Dave said he had a 750 mile day!  Whoa, better him than me, I guess.  They were up and on the road by 5 am, I only heard them pushing their bikes out to the road.

Bob and Cindy joined Wayne and I for breakfast at a local cafe.  It was sad to say goodbye, we have spent the better part of 5 weeks together.  Now we have to look forward to other trips, and of course we will see them in the winter in Arizona.

The 4 of us traveled the short distance to Cache Creek, where they headed east and we continued south to Spence's Bridge. We had decided to take a couple side roads, rather than the direct route, we needed some twisties!! Here we took a left on Highway 6 to Merritt.  It was a very small, winding road along the river.  We came around one corner and SURPRISE!  Two mountain goats were in the inside corner.  From Merritt we headed to Princeton.  Last year we came through here with Lyon, Bob and Cindy. (See thte post WA BDR and BC Ride, posted in October 2015).  We managed to come in and leave on roads we did not ride last year!

From Princeton we crossed the Cascade Mountains on BC 3 through Manning Park. After lunch in Hope, we headed back to Abbotsford to cross the border at Sumas WA.  We then reversed our tracks from the day we left, although when Jordon Rd came into Granite Falls, this time we went out the other way so that we could go by Lake Rossiger and into John's house on Florence Acres Rd.

Finally we are back where we started. It was 32 days and 6,793 miles. It was also a trip I will never forget. The people we met, the places we saw and the critters, oh the critters!!!

I can't wait to go on another adventure!  But right now, the bikes need a lot of attention.  Check back again soon, and see where we go next!

377 miles today
6793 total miles