Picto Diary - 10 June 2016

Day 3. Kamloops, BC to Grand Prairie, Alberta. 540 miles. 2012 BMW R800GS motorcycle. 10 June 2016.

Today's entry... a short Facebook check-in post from Cache Creek, Alberta.

Stephen D. Taylor checked in to Grand Cache, Alberta.
June 11 at 1:10am · Grande Cache, AB, Canada ·
Day 3.

Kamloops, BC to Grand Prairie, Alberta. 540 miles. 2012 BMW R800 GS motorcycle.

Big River. North Thompson.
Jasper National Park.
Folded granite peaks.
Timber.
Energy.
energy.
Pick-ups.
Bulldozers.
Grand Cache? Coal.

Ride: rain. Average 55 degree temps.

Grand Cache gas stop. Two Logan, UT motorcyclists on second day of riding. Iron Butt. 1500 miles.

Rode almost the limit of my fuel. Ran 37 miles on yellow warning. Typically, the light goes on when a gallon is left... I was riding at a speed where I might have been getting 42 miles per gallon... so I probably had no more than five miles left. I'm going to be more attentive on fuel for the rest of the trip. (Whew!)

Addendum:


Steve,

As you can imagine, The Fountainhead is my favorite book of all time, followed by Atlas Shrugged. I used to make my employees read TF.

Ride well!

Inventor,
Park City, UT


Shocked to hear that TIMDT is pregnant! That will definitely interfere with any travel plans.

Heat,
Miami, FL