Our friend Roy was heading to Edmonton today, and then subsequently begin his return trip to Toronto. I encouraged him to take the Icefield Parkway and said that I would go about half of the way up the parkway as far as Saskatchewan River Crossing. Day started off sunny at about 18 degrees and was nice for the early part of the trip. Then, the weather became changeable, with the temp. dropping to about 3 degrees with a rain / snow mix. A nice drive (other than weather), but the views were not what I was hoping for due to overcast, etc. We made it to Sask. River Crossing about noon and had something warm (soup and coffee in my case). The 'crossing' is the only place for gas on the parkway, and they get a lot of tourists stopping. Also, a number of motorcyclists took the opportunity to take a break. We met a group from Louisiana >> heading to Alaska -- wow, what a trip they will have (and then back!!!). Said our goodbyes, and I headed back to Canmore. As luck would have it, the sky cleared and most of the ride back was in broken cloud / sun mix -- nice -- arrived back in Canmore at 25 degrees (much nicer than the 3 degrees I experienced earlier in the day). About 320 km today.
We talked with Roy subsequently and found out that the weather wasn't so good for him -- temp remained cold and the volume of snow fall picked up significantly -- he had a very long and trying day, but made it to Edmonton unscathed. Great riding with you Roy; we'll miss you. Come back with Catherine for a visit (and no, you don't have to ride out here --- try a plane!!).
OK >> time to do some more unpacking and sorting so that Susan and I can enjoy our new place.
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