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<blockquote data-quote="RossKean" data-source="post: 1233188" data-attributes="member: 19880"><p>I have done Hwy 3 before (and loved it). Haven't done the Coquilhalla so might give it a go (not sure about that one). Kelowna is beautiful but I have to agree about the traffic. While I would love to do all secondary roads, road condition and riding time can often be issues. Sometimes you just have to slab it to get from one place to another. I have ridden across the Canadian Prairies and although it was a unique experience, I don't have a burning desire to do it again; at least not this year.</p><p></p><p>The biggest difficulty in planning a trip like this (once you decide the main points of interest (POI)) is to figure out how to get from POI "A" to POI "B" without eating up an inordinate amount of time or spending endless hours droning along a featureless major highway. I have to face the fact that some parts of this continent are (relatively) boring and I will have to simply endure some areas. I have done some planning to try to avoid the worst of these but its really easy to add a day or two due to added distance or slower travelling speeds.</p><p></p><p>By the way, I am starting the trip with a new(ish) General Tire G-Max on the rear and a brand new Bridgestone T30 GT on the front. Hope the front makes the trip! Planning one mid-trip oil change at a local Walmart somewhere in the West.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RossKean, post: 1233188, member: 19880"] I have done Hwy 3 before (and loved it). Haven't done the Coquilhalla so might give it a go (not sure about that one). Kelowna is beautiful but I have to agree about the traffic. While I would love to do all secondary roads, road condition and riding time can often be issues. Sometimes you just have to slab it to get from one place to another. I have ridden across the Canadian Prairies and although it was a unique experience, I don't have a burning desire to do it again; at least not this year. The biggest difficulty in planning a trip like this (once you decide the main points of interest (POI)) is to figure out how to get from POI "A" to POI "B" without eating up an inordinate amount of time or spending endless hours droning along a featureless major highway. I have to face the fact that some parts of this continent are (relatively) boring and I will have to simply endure some areas. I have done some planning to try to avoid the worst of these but its really easy to add a day or two due to added distance or slower travelling speeds. By the way, I am starting the trip with a new(ish) General Tire G-Max on the rear and a brand new Bridgestone T30 GT on the front. Hope the front makes the trip! Planning one mid-trip oil change at a local Walmart somewhere in the West. [/QUOTE]
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