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Ride Log April 10, 2021 Mount Elphinstone Provincial Park is located on the beautiful Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada. There are a few gravel roads that travel through the park and offer the locals a great place to adventure into the backcountry and play the day away. We ride there a lot during the summer and fall, but thought we would ride up there this Spring and see where the snow line was at. The tires on our bikes are not meant for snow in any way, so we go as far as we can. After some slip sliding around, we decided to turn around at 666 meters (more like our tires said, GO HOME SILLY ?) . We will try again soon, as it is one of our favourite roads! ? Fun ride and great experience, I even managed to keep the rubber side down. A slipping and a sliding.... The forest did look beautiful with the fresh snow. ?

Oh joy ?

Philly on the switchbacks into town below me...

This is Bruce......

my dad always had bikes then when i turned 16 i told him i was getting one but he was non too chuffed he said when he had them it was a lot quieter on the road when he had them, anyway i finally got one and guess who wanted the first ride on it and a few months later he got another of his own ?

sounds like an all round good guy

Don't get the beef jerky - not so sure it's actually beef.

I thought it was a joke that people spend their time at garden centres and then my bezzie said that’s exactly what she does on many weekends, the whole family gets dragged to the garden centre, sounds horrendous ?

I suspect I'm going to get dragged to one of them in Caniles this weekend! The only way out is a perimetral lockdown!

That's definitely tYm , circa 1979

I actually played in a friendly game once but the other players were concerned about tackling me so I substituted myself The one thing that i was grateful for when I lost my leg was that my playing career had just finished before I had the accident .

Great shots Michelle.....and those conditions look a bit risky!

Winding our way back down to town...

It's funny how from town, the Monument doesn't look like much. And from the Monument, town doesn't look like much. Wonder how it looks from above?

Had the whole place to ourselves, it seemed....

Narrow roads with a sheer rock face on one side and a 1,000+ foot drop on the other. What's not to like?

That one rock formation looks like a giant hand from this angle...

Fantastic views up here...

Shame the government can't afford any guardrails for this place,. that drop off is a long one...

Nice drive up the hill....

Up and at'em early today as we have a long day ahead of us. Looking out at the Colorado National Monument from our hotel room, it's along the ridge on the bluffs outside of town....

Got away with the FOGs of BMWCOSC to Death Valley. Nice temps in the 90s during the day, 60s a nite. Titus Canyon - fun dirt road, 33 miles long. Finishes into Death Valley thru narrow, winding section with steep walls hydrating by the pool in Furnace Creek

My heart cant take much more of this! Ack! Medic!

Id rather not remember ?

well they are new and they will keep the cold blast off your digits if nothing else ?

Hmm you sound like him ? Except my parents my mother and father both rode motorbikes whilst preaching we really shouldn’t, it’s stupid etc etc. My mum even ran off with a Ducati dealer so it’s a bit pot called ?

Your father's been there and probably lost a lot of mates back then.....as we all did. I never encouraged bikes with my kids and in reality probably discouraged them to a degree......so they were never interested. I've had a Guardian Angel for 50 years.....they might not have been so lucky.

No thanks. Just look at the weight of the them. The beemer looked the better to me till I noticed the price.

Yep. Always wanted one but parents went ON and ON and ON about how dangerous they are and don’t get one. Then they gave their 3 children (me and two bothers) a chunk of money. Unbeknown to me they made my brothers promise not to spend it on a motorbike but they didn’t say that to me so I had a think about what to do with some of it and thought I’ve always wanted a motorbike, it’s now or never. They were completely horrified “we didn’t make you promise because there was no need because you’re the sensible one” I replied “Think again ?” Then husband stopped playing rugby, could no longer triathlon due to back/neck pain and sporty people need movement to be happy so it was an obvious choice. Meant I had to mostly give up riding on my own which I don’t resent at all. I said I DONT RESENT AT ALL ????

yeh i did ask Pedro but you came barging in like a bull in a fooking china shop

He’s made up with it now, rides it all the time.

Hasnt he just ?

A wife that encourages her husband to buy more bikes? He's got it made!

A Harley Fat Boy and a BMW F800GT He wouldn’t have it he needed anything but the Harley. I couldn’t persuade him it’s not great for touring until I said “How do you think you’ll feel pulling up outside somewhere dodgy looking in the pissing rain and having to leave your lovely shiny bike outside?” 2 days later he shouted from another room “IVE FOUND ONE” he then appeared with the F800 on his iPad ? It was about double the budget I had in mind ? but it was the perfect choice so ?

I was relieved when I googled mukluk ?

Hehehe. If they offered me a beating they’d soon be sorry ?

Since he passed his test a year ago he’s been on the same slippery slope everyone gets on and now loves ‘em. I more mean the desire to do those type of trips. Hence starting him out with LEJOJ and then Spain. If he doesn’t fancy doing things farther afield he’s cool with me going without him ?but I think if it’s incremental stages he’ll love the idea, if not I’m happy on my tod ?

There are some great roads out there, just not visited by many as it doesn't really go anywhere.

Did Bagheera enjoy the skating? ? Hope youve got heated grip on there ? Great pics and vid as usual. Your standards so high I’m starting to expect it! ?

We fueled up once we got to town and then immediately hit the interstate to blast the 250 miles to home. It was 81F (28C) when we left and 24F (-1C) three and a half hours later when I got home. Froze my ass off getting home. And we're expecting 8+" of snow tomorrow while it's still gonna be 80F in Grand Junction. It's enough to make ya mad. Final day video from Phil once it's available.

Now beginning to ascend the Monument. Looking back towards town....

It's a good 60 miles from anything else. So pretty far out there.

No, but he's also a brit and a motorsport success

I was thinking that you wouldn't like to play football on your leg, @boboneleg, but to each his own

It is indeed Lazenby who now I know loved motorbikes is one of my favourite Bonds ?

The first pic could almost be the Himalayas stretching out into the distance. Gonna have to put Death Valley on my hit list!

I might get out on Thursday.

Nice free car park right where you want to be as well. At least i think it's free, maybe I forgot to pay last time I actually stopped. This is one of my favourite bits, GSV link so people can spin round till they get dizzy. https://goo.gl/maps/cm7g67UVtoGxYdSQ6 Car park below, plus toilets for the elderly amongst us.

Have a good week everyone. ?