It's a Wrap! or There is No Place Like Home
Day 12: Hot Tub
Distance traveled: 332.0 km
Cumulative Distance: 4,782 km
Maximum speed: 130 km/h
Moving average: 99 km/h
Temperature range: 5.8 - 24.4 C
For the trip
Maximum speed: 139 km/h August 25th
Minimum gas price: $1.139 Spruce Grove, AB, (today)
Maximum gas price: $1.509 Ocean Park, BC
Maximum temperature: 26.8 C Omak, Washington
Minimum Temperature: 5.8 C Pocahontas, Jasper Park
It was a chilly one at Pocahontas this morning. While we didn't see it, one of the workers there said he had frost on his car this morning. It seems early to me. Not 10 days before we were on this trip, I was dying from the heat in BC and other than for two brief periods on this trip, the temperature struggled to get above 20. Fortunately we were prepared for cold.
It ended up being a beautiful day for a ride. Sunny the whole time and the temperature steadily warmed through the morning. We had our first and only break at Edson when we were ready for coffee and something to eat. My choice was Island Restaurant just west of Edson a few km. That was not Nan's choice. I think it looked too much like a gas station restaurant for her but my long time friend Chris who lives 50 yards away from us had given it two thumbs up a few years ago and I have always wanted to try it. We ended up at Manna Restaurant in Edson, which is attached to the Edson Hotel. The Edson Hotel is the quintessential small town hotel located in the heart of small town. Usually having a saloon attached, maybe with separate entrances for "Gentlemen" and "Ladies with Escorts",
The Edson Hotel has Manna. It is not on the highway going either east or west but rather on the main street of Edson, which runs between the west bound highway and the eastbound highway, a distance of one block.
We eye it riding by as we are looking for a place to eat. Nan eyes it first and implores me to park. We go in and Nan immediately says, "looks like we are eating Italian for breakfast" but we see someone come out to greet us, who is clearly from the Indian sub-continent. I'm not a great fan of curry, though I will eat it begrudgingly and I'm immediately embarrassed by my prejudice. It looks a lot like someone from the sub-continent has taken over an Italian restaurant in downtown Edson.
Before we had chatted idly about what we were in the mood to eat for our first meal of the day. Nan offered up that we were probably arriving anywhere too late for breakfast so that it was probably going to be lunch. Nonetheless, I am in the mood for an omelette.
It turns out that they serve all day breakfast. We each order an omelette that comes with hash browns and toast. The coffee comes fast and it is good. The omelettes come fast and they are also good and the portions are generous. It is possible to taste the slightest hint of curry in the omelette; this I attribute to something curry having been cooked on the griddle before the omelettes rather than as something added. We both quite enjoy it. The place is run by a couple from Sri Lanka with her in the front and him in the kitchen. He has worked in food service in Edson for 10 years and they took over the space in December last year. I can't help but think they will have a hard time overcoming the prejudice (like I initially felt). We had a good meal and we promise to stop in on our next trip through Edson.
Before we arrived home, we made a modest detour to the weigh scale. I wanted to find out the weight of the bike because I found it tougher to handle the weight of all the gear and two riders this trip. All in, total weight was 540 kg, which is rounded down to the nearest 10kg. That's just shy of 1200 lbs, which explains a lot to me.
Thanks to all of our friends who made time to follow the blog. While we have found that the blog makes for a great record of our trip, we have a lot of fun doing it for you.
Thanks to my best riding BUDdy Nan for taking virtually all the pictures on the tip.
And thanks again to our dear friends Danielle and Rod for being our guardian angels. There is dinner in it for you!
Our next motorcycle trip will be the Son of Mexican Motorcycle Manouvres in March of 2019. Feel free to join us then!
Maximum speed: 130 km/h
Moving average: 99 km/h
Temperature range: 5.8 - 24.4 C
For the trip
Maximum speed: 139 km/h August 25th
Minimum gas price: $1.139 Spruce Grove, AB, (today)
Maximum gas price: $1.509 Ocean Park, BC
Maximum temperature: 26.8 C Omak, Washington
Minimum Temperature: 5.8 C Pocahontas, Jasper Park
It was a chilly one at Pocahontas this morning. While we didn't see it, one of the workers there said he had frost on his car this morning. It seems early to me. Not 10 days before we were on this trip, I was dying from the heat in BC and other than for two brief periods on this trip, the temperature struggled to get above 20. Fortunately we were prepared for cold.
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| Flowers at Pocahontas. |
The Edson Hotel has Manna. It is not on the highway going either east or west but rather on the main street of Edson, which runs between the west bound highway and the eastbound highway, a distance of one block.
We eye it riding by as we are looking for a place to eat. Nan eyes it first and implores me to park. We go in and Nan immediately says, "looks like we are eating Italian for breakfast" but we see someone come out to greet us, who is clearly from the Indian sub-continent. I'm not a great fan of curry, though I will eat it begrudgingly and I'm immediately embarrassed by my prejudice. It looks a lot like someone from the sub-continent has taken over an Italian restaurant in downtown Edson.
Before we had chatted idly about what we were in the mood to eat for our first meal of the day. Nan offered up that we were probably arriving anywhere too late for breakfast so that it was probably going to be lunch. Nonetheless, I am in the mood for an omelette.
It turns out that they serve all day breakfast. We each order an omelette that comes with hash browns and toast. The coffee comes fast and it is good. The omelettes come fast and they are also good and the portions are generous. It is possible to taste the slightest hint of curry in the omelette; this I attribute to something curry having been cooked on the griddle before the omelettes rather than as something added. We both quite enjoy it. The place is run by a couple from Sri Lanka with her in the front and him in the kitchen. He has worked in food service in Edson for 10 years and they took over the space in December last year. I can't help but think they will have a hard time overcoming the prejudice (like I initially felt). We had a good meal and we promise to stop in on our next trip through Edson.
Before we arrived home, we made a modest detour to the weigh scale. I wanted to find out the weight of the bike because I found it tougher to handle the weight of all the gear and two riders this trip. All in, total weight was 540 kg, which is rounded down to the nearest 10kg. That's just shy of 1200 lbs, which explains a lot to me.
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| This explains nothing to me! We see their vans all over western Canada on our motorcycle trips. |
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| Obi demonstrates his joy upon our return home. |
Thanks to my best riding BUDdy Nan for taking virtually all the pictures on the tip.
And thanks again to our dear friends Danielle and Rod for being our guardian angels. There is dinner in it for you!
Our next motorcycle trip will be the Son of Mexican Motorcycle Manouvres in March of 2019. Feel free to join us then!
Just read through all of your blog, fantastic commentary as always. Looks like it was a fantastic trip, probably close to as good as the southern Utah trip I had the good fortune to participate in.
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