We headed south on out of Prince George around 9:00 a.m. The with clear skies we planned for a hot day and we weren't to be disappointed. Heading south on 97 we found all the traffic that we had been missing. We were passing logging trucks, semi's, motor homes and just slow cars. That is not to say that we were not being passed ourselves. Big Dave was keeping the speed down around 110 km where I seem to get my best mileage. The speed limit was 100 and we had cars and pick-up traveling at better than 120km. I figured our first gas stop would be Williams Lake and we reached there around 11:30 the temperature had already reached 90 degrees. We grabbed some cool drinks and made sure our intercom was paired. Since I now had phone service I had paired my headset with my GPS and lost the pairing with Big Dave's headset. Once our communications was squared away we were off and riding. By the time we rolled into Cache Creek the temp was 104 degrees, I read 107 while traveling through the canyons north of Cache Creek where we got back on 1. We pulled into Subway for lunch and cold sodas filled up with fuel were on the road a half hour later. Cruising through Spence Bridge we kept a look out for Big Horn Sheep. The last time we came through and stopped at Rumors for lunch there we had a very large herd of sheep come down and cross the road just down from where we were eating. I guess the heat had the sheep laying down somewhere along the river. The 100 degree heat stayed with us all the way along the Frazier river Boston Bar and Hells Canyon. Must be a reason that call the section it. We reached Hope and stopped for water and fluids. Our original plan was to get across the border at Sumas and find a place to stay. The traffic coming from Vancouver was heavy and I was glad we were going west. I figured that getting to the border was going to be a slow process but when we got to the border we spent less than 5:00 minutes and were very soon getting fuel. It was 5:45 by this time and we thought we could find something in Bellingham. Once at Bellingham we found the freeway first and I told Big Dave that if I got some KFC in me I could make it home. We stopped to eat in North Seattle around exit 175. Traffic was very light for a Friday night and we rode through Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia area without a hitch or red light. We made another gas stop at exit 88 (the turn off to Oceanshores)for gas. Traffic remained light most of the way home until it came to a halt just north of exit 49 where they had closed the freeway down to 1 lane. I told Big Dave I knew how to get south and we grabbed for the exit and followed a semi down the side roads for a few miles coming back onto freeway just below the construction. I arrived home sometime after 11:00 pm. We had traveled over 700 miles that day and complete the 0over 6000 mile trip with out any incident. Sorry for the picture quality it was late and I was tired and I woke Dawna up for the photo shot.
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