Canada's Best Kept Secret: 500km from the nearest paved road, solo in Northern BC. - Page 5

Crooked Creek · 07-20-2012, 09:24 PM

Born 12:26 am today. Mom and baby are doing well.

mdlak · 07-20-2012, 09:31 PM

Congrats CC!

IKIGAI · 07-21-2012, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Crooked Creek

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Originally Posted by Crooked Creek

Born 12:26 am today. Mom and baby are doing well.

I'm sure her SISTER is quite relieved to hear that -- the family was looking a tad brother-rich!

Sunday Rider · 07-21-2012, 04:10 AM

Congratulations CC. Glad Mom and baby are doing fine.

Beautiful family you have. Well done.

n16ht5 · 07-21-2012, 07:36 AM

Congratulations! My daughter just turned 5 weeks.
Very cute baby you have, definetely dont needparentgogles

Mercenary · 07-21-2012, 07:44 AM

That is some good news. Congratz!

Gale B.T. · 07-21-2012, 07:46 AM

Way to go Ben and your awesome wife, great family, ride smart/safe

gale/sandy

Loud Al · 07-21-2012, 08:49 AM

Congratulations, you are very lucky to have such a wonderful family and yet you still were able to get away on this awesome adventure

hardwaregrrl · 07-21-2012, 11:18 AM

She's gorgeous!!!! Congrats to you all!!!

red bud · 07-21-2012, 11:25 AM

congrads

squonker · 07-21-2012, 11:29 AM

Congratulations Ben!

yellowknife · 07-21-2012, 04:56 PM

Crooked Creek · 07-22-2012, 03:56 PM

Thanks everyone!

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Originally Posted by IKIGAI

I'm sure her SISTER is quite relieved to hear that -- the family was looking a tad brother-rich!

Big sister is terribly excited.

As is big brother.

Little big brother is loving her as well.

Crooked Creek · 07-22-2012, 07:50 PM

Ok, so babies are almost all in bed, so I'll try and share a little more of the journey.

We left off here.

Or, more specifically, here:

View Larger Map

The switchbacks you can see mark the end of the Core Lodge Road. Or at least the part I would travel. It looks like you can follow it around back north and climb up Roman Mountain, but I had another idea.

It wasn't what I had planned (not that I had planned to even take this road at all) but it what I ended up doing sure seemed like a good idea at the time. You see, my not so trusty backroads mapbook indicated that after the first switchback one could catch the Five Cabin Creek trail which follows...you guessed it. And then from there, it looked like you could hit the Old Kinuseo Falls road, bringing you here:

This largely unknown drop on the Murray River is 197 feet tall. Yep, that's higher than Niagra.

So even though the sun was getting low and time was getting short, I decided to keep heading south.

It is quite a drop into the valley.

I'm not sure if there was a sign or anything, but I managed to find myself heading south on the Five Cabin Creek trail. No one had been down it yet this year, and as such, the washouts kept getting bigger.

And bigger.

I'm not making very good time anymore.

hardwaregrrl · 07-23-2012, 05:18 AM

Whoo-hoo!!!! Thanks for filling in the blanks and probably loosing a lot of sleep!!!!

07-20-2012, 09:24 PM	#61
Crooked Creek ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: May 2010 Location: Alberta Oddometer: 398	It's a girl! Born 12:26 am today. Mom and baby are doing well. __________________ 2008 WR250R 4000km Cassiar/Spatsizi/Telegraph/Alcan fish and ride here What you're Missing: a Guide to Side Trips off the Cassiar here Canada's Best Kept Secret: 500 km from the nearest paved road here

07-21-2012, 04:10 AM	#64
Sunday Rider Adventurer Wanabe Joined: Jan 2010 Location: North of T.Ho., Ontario Oddometer: 399	Congratulations CC. Glad Mom and baby are doing fine. Beautiful family you have. Well done. __________________ '97 Honda ST1100

07-21-2012, 07:36 AM	#65
n16ht5 ride the night Joined: May 2010 Location: Arlington, WA Oddometer: 1,729	Congratulations! My daughter just turned 5 weeks. Very cute baby you have, definetely dont needparentgogles __________________ http://whitehorsephotography.net Chronicles of Gnarnia Dust2Dawson

07-21-2012, 07:44 AM	#66
Mercenary Mindless Savage Joined: Jan 2004 Location: Ft St John, BC Canada Oddometer: 868	That is some good news. Congratz! __________________ 2008 DR 650 We can handle it....We're Canadian

07-21-2012, 08:49 AM	#68
Loud Al . Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Forest Grove, OR Oddometer: 3,617	Congratulations, you are very lucky to have such a wonderful family and yet you still were able to get away on this awesome adventure __________________ Allan

07-20-2012, 09:31 PM	#62
mdlak Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2010 Location: GTA Oddometer: 185	Congrats CC!

07-21-2012, 07:46 AM	#67
Gale B.T. Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2005 Location: Pagosa Springs, CO. Oddometer: 1,229	Way to go Ben and your awesome wife, great family, ride smart/safe gale/sandy

07-21-2012, 11:18 AM	#69
hardwaregrrl Shit for brains Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta Oddometer: 4,865	She's gorgeous!!!! Congrats to you all!!! __________________ Trans Lab RR-broke down in Ontario-2 stroke fun for 200 bucks- TCAT R100 GS racks For Sale My life aboard an R80ST

07-21-2012, 11:25 AM	#70
red bud alky w/motorcycle problem Joined: Jul 2007 Location: ga/memphis Oddometer: 3,884	congrads __________________ "if your not outta gas, your not lost" BDXMPL "red bud has anyone ever told u you're bit of an ass" bmwblake http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=706516

07-21-2012, 11:29 AM	#71
squonker Eat my shorts Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Bee Cee Oddometer: 3,660	Congratulations Ben! __________________ Ride Report: Canada North to South 2008 here Drive Report: Ice Road Trucking 2005-2011 here Ride Report: Northern Vancouver Island: here

07-21-2012, 04:56 PM	#72
yellowknife Is In Canada Joined: Dec 2009 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Oddometer: 633	congrats to you and yours on the new addition __________________ New France New Scotland (Nova Scotia)

07-22-2012, 07:50 PM	#74
Crooked Creek ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: May 2010 Location: Alberta Oddometer: 398	Back on (or off) track. Ok, so babies are almost all in bed, so I'll try and share a little more of the journey. We left off here. Or, more specifically, here: View Larger Map The switchbacks you can see mark the end of the Core Lodge Road. Or at least the part I would travel. It looks like you can follow it around back north and climb up Roman Mountain, but I had another idea. It wasn't what I had planned (not that I had planned to even take this road at all) but it what I ended up doing sure seemed like a good idea at the time. You see, my not so trusty backroads mapbook indicated that after the first switchback one could catch the Five Cabin Creek trail which follows...you guessed it. And then from there, it looked like you could hit the Old Kinuseo Falls road, bringing you here: This largely unknown drop on the Murray River is 197 feet tall. Yep, that's higher than Niagra. So even though the sun was getting low and time was getting short, I decided to keep heading south. It is quite a drop into the valley. I'm not sure if there was a sign or anything, but I managed to find myself heading south on the Five Cabin Creek trail. No one had been down it yet this year, and as such, the washouts kept getting bigger. And bigger. I'm not making very good time anymore. __________________ 2008 WR250R 4000km Cassiar/Spatsizi/Telegraph/Alcan fish and ride here What you're Missing: a Guide to Side Trips off the Cassiar here Canada's Best Kept Secret: 500 km from the nearest paved road here

07-23-2012, 05:18 AM	#75
hardwaregrrl Shit for brains Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta Oddometer: 4,865	Whoo-hoo!!!! Thanks for filling in the blanks and probably loosing a lot of sleep!!!! __________________ Trans Lab RR-broke down in Ontario-2 stroke fun for 200 bucks- TCAT R100 GS racks For Sale My life aboard an R80ST

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