Short ride to day, only 330km we had a choice to take Highway 40 or 43. 43 was a bit shorter by all accounts, but was not as pretty.
After the GPS fucked up trying to get us going down highway 43 by sending us down the wrong street, I arrogantly continued straight on until it told me she was re-calculating.. and then by magic it sent us down Highway 40! ( I showed that bitch... tell me to go down that street.. I'll tell you sumthin.. mumble mumble)
Highway 40 was very reminiscent of our first days on the Alaska Highway, raised up road with grass verges, with standing Pines, Spruce and Birch as far as the Eye could see in places.
We passed loads of people camping in in tents and RV's in all the rest stops, and loads of people with Dirt bikes, Quad bikes and side-by-sides. There seems to be a real push to get out and enjoy the summer, and these guys do it large.
Highway 40 also has a metric shit-tonne of roadworks.
I honestly think that maybe roadworks are a national Canadian Past time. Clubs and groups come together, find a perfectly serviceable road, dynamite the fuck out of it.. and then put it all back together again. Hours of fun for the whole family.
Between the roadworks, we had some great relaxing riding, we rode next to beautiful valleys and green hills. There was very little traffic, and the roads never threw up any surprises. There were nicely cambered and it allowed us to have a good look around without having to pay to much attention.
All morning we were riding towards mountains in the distance, and we road through some spectacular valleys and gorges along the way before our one and only fuel stop at a place called Grand Cache. Grand Cache was a beautiful mountain town, there were amazing views across to the mountains, and even though we HAD to stop for fuel there (it was the only stop available) it was cool to stop there and take a few photos, grabbing a bite to eat at A&W. A&W is kind of like a Macca's, and seems more popular in Canada than McDonald's at least we have seen more of them. We've probably only seen 3 McDonald's stores in Canada so far.
After eating, we headed down the other side of the mountain from Grande Cache to the junction of highway 40 and the Yellow Head Highway that runs to Jasper, Banff and Lake Louise.
Hinton is a small town about 80km from Jasper, and ironically the hotels are about $80 cheaper. We're having a day off tomorrow to go and look around Jasper and go up on the Jasper Sky Tram that takes you to about 7,200ft.
After the GPS fucked up trying to get us going down highway 43 by sending us down the wrong street, I arrogantly continued straight on until it told me she was re-calculating.. and then by magic it sent us down Highway 40! ( I showed that bitch... tell me to go down that street.. I'll tell you sumthin.. mumble mumble)
Highway 40 was very reminiscent of our first days on the Alaska Highway, raised up road with grass verges, with standing Pines, Spruce and Birch as far as the Eye could see in places.
We passed loads of people camping in in tents and RV's in all the rest stops, and loads of people with Dirt bikes, Quad bikes and side-by-sides. There seems to be a real push to get out and enjoy the summer, and these guys do it large.
Highway 40 also has a metric shit-tonne of roadworks.
I honestly think that maybe roadworks are a national Canadian Past time. Clubs and groups come together, find a perfectly serviceable road, dynamite the fuck out of it.. and then put it all back together again. Hours of fun for the whole family.
Between the roadworks, we had some great relaxing riding, we rode next to beautiful valleys and green hills. There was very little traffic, and the roads never threw up any surprises. There were nicely cambered and it allowed us to have a good look around without having to pay to much attention.
All morning we were riding towards mountains in the distance, and we road through some spectacular valleys and gorges along the way before our one and only fuel stop at a place called Grand Cache. Grand Cache was a beautiful mountain town, there were amazing views across to the mountains, and even though we HAD to stop for fuel there (it was the only stop available) it was cool to stop there and take a few photos, grabbing a bite to eat at A&W. A&W is kind of like a Macca's, and seems more popular in Canada than McDonald's at least we have seen more of them. We've probably only seen 3 McDonald's stores in Canada so far.
After eating, we headed down the other side of the mountain from Grande Cache to the junction of highway 40 and the Yellow Head Highway that runs to Jasper, Banff and Lake Louise.
Hinton is a small town about 80km from Jasper, and ironically the hotels are about $80 cheaper. We're having a day off tomorrow to go and look around Jasper and go up on the Jasper Sky Tram that takes you to about 7,200ft.
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| Mountains at Grand Cache |
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| ROADWORKS PARTY! Sunday at my hoose! bring a shovel this time eh ya fokin hoser.. |
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| Tall trees and nice roads |
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| Beautiful Valleys! |
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| Athabasca River |
A&W = gold. Where else can you get a 'chubby chicken', 'Grandpa' or a 'double teen' burger? Scenery is amazing though the roadworks must be getting old...
ReplyDeleteYeah.. they seem to just sap up so much time.... not to mention the dust, mud and shit all over everything....
DeleteScenery is still amazing. Never seems to stop.
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