A Motorcycling First This Weekend

[Fontanaman]

I was riding along the Duffy Lake Road in beautiful British Columbia this past weekend. Ride report forthcoming. About 10:30am a deer run in front of me. Often you hear jokes about shorts getting dirty after a near miss.

Not this time. The near miss scared the deer so bad he was pissin' like a fire hydrant all the way across the road. Yep that is right. I watched him pee, a heavy stream, as he ran across my path. My shorts remained clean. I was doing about 40 to 45 mph.

It was so close I could see him running and trying to get traction on the pavement. I managed to hit the rear brake pedal and barely got my hand on the front brake then the incident was over, a slow reaction time for sure. I may have scrubbed off 5 to 15 mph and, and I also remember thinking at the time I am going slow enough to survive.

This was a good size deer. I was lucky to have missed him and did not have time to get scared or the pissing and lack of traction thing was a huge distraction.

Frickin' frackin' Forest Rats. I hate them.

 

[Panman]

Sorry to hear about the scare!

That Duffy Lake Rd is a hoot, I enjoyed it very much on the way to NAFO.

 

[dcarver]

Scary.

 

[Pat L]

Egads, I hate those close calls. Glad you're safe and upright.

 

[allrider]

Glad you were able to avoid em.

Lots O critters up in them thar parts.

On our way to Halcyon Hot Springs, Wed before NAFO, the Wife and I had one jump out and stop in the road on us whie I'm doing 50-60mph. I grab the binders and turn the bike away towards his rear with what seemed like plenty of room, and the bastich waits a moment and jumps back in front of me. I stopped close enough to touch him, then he bounds off. So close I was afraid it would kick the bike as it took off.

That was incident #1.

#2 was a moose that just stayed on the side of the road, luckily.

#3 was a bear that ran across the road, really fast and scared, like a bigger bear was on his heels. I couldn't help but look to make sure something else wasn't coming behind him.

 

[Redfish Hunter]

This was a good size deer.

Frickin' frackin' Forest Rats. I hate them.

You hate them? I think they taste wonderful! Would you like some recipes from Louisiana?

 

[wheatonFJR]

I like close calls better than strikes.

Hope I never hit one...I have enough trouble staying between the ditches without that.

 

[Fontanaman]

This was a good size deer.

Frickin' frackin' Forest Rats. I hate them.

You hate them? I think they taste wonderful! Would you like some recipes from Louisiana?

Bruised Deer Etoufee with FJR perhaps?

 

[MajBach]

I was riding along the Duffy Lake Road in beautiful British Columbia this past weekend.

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Man, you must have been hotter than a hooker on nickel night riding up there last weekend.

 

[Fontanaman]

I was riding along the Duffy Lake Road in beautiful British Columbia this past weekend.

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Man, you must have been hotter than a hooker on nickel night riding up there last weekend.

I left Seattle at 5:00am. Cross the border at Blaine at around 8:00am and enjoyed watching the 4 Porsche Boxsters pulled over along the Sea to Sky Hwy at 8:30 or so. Stopped in Pemberton for breakfast at 9:30 or so. I was at my room in Merritt by 3:00pm so I missed hotest part of the day on Saturday.

Sunday sucked as I had to cross the border. I was there around 11:00am and crossed at Abbottsford. It was 85 degrees F and I was in full gear. I finally took my helmet off and just pushed the bike in the que. When I did reach the checkpoint I was asked two questions.

1) What where you doing in Canada, response, riding.

2) Where are you going now, response home.

I passed the test.

All four lines at the boarder crossing where open. Only four? We need 8 or 16. With all the $$$ being spend by Home Land Insecurity you would think the crossing could be improved by now.

Of course it is takes much less time to get in to Canada than back to the US. Grrrrr...... Seems to me Canada is just as secure at the US, no?

 

[Willie]

phew

willie

 

[kamal]

I left Seattle at 5:00am. Cross the border at Blaine at around 8:00am and enjoyed watching the 4 Porsche Boxsters pulled over along the Sea to Sky Hwy at 8:30 or so. Stopped in Pemberton for breakfast at 9:30 or so. I was at my room in Merritt by 3:00pm so I missed hotest part of the day on Saturday.

Sunday sucked as I had to cross the border. I was there around 11:00am and crossed at Abbottsford. It was 85 degrees F and I was in full gear. I finally took my helmet off and just pushed the bike in the que. When I did reach the checkpoint I was asked two questions.

1) What where you doing in Canada, response, riding.

2) Where are you going now, response home.

I passed the test.

All four lines at the boarder crossing where open. Only four? We need 8 or 16. With all the $$$ being spend by Home Land Insecurity you would think the crossing could be improved by now.

Of course it is takes much less time to get in to Canada than back to the US. Grrrrr...... Seems to me Canada is just as secure at the US, no?

Jim.

I rode down to Merritt last Saturday. If I'd known you were there I'd have bought you a beer (or coffee) at the Coldwater.

Came home via Tunkwa Lake road, lots of deer and free-range cattle.

Al

PS https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/porsche-pack-grounded-for-a-week-after-speeding-north-of-vancouver/article4468575/

 

[Bugnatr]

Man, you must have been hotter than a hooker on nickel night riding up there last weekend.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Panman]

A fast way to get across the boarder is to ride down the parking lane stop at the duty free store and get back in line.

 

[Fontanaman]

A fast way to get across the boarder is to ride down the parking lane stop at the duty free store and get back in line.

I forgot to mention it was a 45 minute wait. Sumas only has 4 car gates - there were all staffed. The line up was 1/3 mile or more, from just beyond the John Deer dealer. The duty free parking lane is a long ways from where the que started. They need more gates.