Salem, OR to Homer, AK

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July 7 - Nice clean bike, eh? Unsuspecting old dude rider ready to go. Look at all that stuff!

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July 7 Heading north along the Oregon coast - US101

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July 7 - More Oregon coast - what a ride

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July 7 - First camp at "Kampers West, Warrenton, OR $18

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No extra charge for the mosquito factory

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July 8 - Lovely fairgrounds @ Port Townsend, WA This was a great deal $12

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July 9 - Good bye Port Angeles

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July 9 - Parksville, BC - Vancouver Island north of Nanaimo - Riverbend Campground - I met a great couple from Calgary on the ferry who invited me to share their site.

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Occasionally it became difficult to locate my bike under all the cargo..

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July 10 - Ferry from Departure Bay to Lion's Bay BC - quiet crossing, cost around $20

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Harley guy made so much racquet when he started his bike I was grateful for my earplugs

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July 10 - Rode Highway 99 through the twisties past Whistler, stopped at The Gold Panner Hotel in Lillooet, BC. After that ride I was ready for a lie-down so $$$ for a hotel was no concern.

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July 11 - GPS dead, took the wrong road out of Lillooet, went West instead of North.. Rustic....

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Eventually got to visit Terzaghi Dam, around 50 miles down a dead-end freaking gravel road...

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The fun part was getting to do it all over again going back to Lillooet. Gravel Road Riding 101...

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At least I got to see a few critters, this guy's antlers were still in the velvet.

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July 11 - 12 After finding my way back to Lillooet I rode on to Cache Creek turning north onto 97. At Clinton I stopped to fix the GPS. just a fuse, probably rated a bit undersized so it was an easy fix. I continued on to Williams Lake for the night - Sandman's Hotel - dinner at Denny's..yum. Then rode to Prince George where the local Kawasaki dealer performed the first oil change & routine check on the bike. All was fine & I turned onto 16 heading west. Early that evening I stopped at Vanderhoof where I stayed at the North Country Inn. It had been raining like heck all afternoon so camping had lost it's appeal. Great dinner & beers at the Inn's Bavarian restaurant. Comfort food. July 13 - Riding along the Yellowhead Highway, aka 16. Sure glad they had lots of rest stops..

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July 13 - Rode past Burns Lake, stopped at Smithers to buy chain oil, then on to Kitwanga and turned north on to highway 37.

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Beautiful scenery along the way, road sometimes challenging

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July 13 - Turned the wrong way and rode to Stewart by mistake....why bother to watch the GPS? Highway 37A is the way.

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The ride to Stewart was an interesting diversion, rain, bears, glaciers, rain, King Edward hotel, rain...