Welcome back to my fourth and final part of the Kootenays motorcycle adventure series. In my last few
episodes I rode from Vancouver to the West Kootenays where I've been exploring beautiful
roads, wineries and motorcycles in this area. In this episode I do some of the best riding of the
entire trip and check out an old ghost town and end my trip soaking in some delightful hot springs.
I've arrived at Sandon, it's a historical site in British Columbia. There's some cool
museums here and some really cool old vehicles like that old train. And there are some old city
buses from the City of Vancouver. There's one of those old buses. I am at the Museum Sandon.
I remember from last time I came here last year it's got a very very creepy vibe to it.
How are you?
Back in the day silver mining was a big part of the economy and this ghost town of Sandon was the
hub of silver mining in this area. There were up to about 5,000 people living in Sandon at the time.
I'm here in gorgeous New Denver, British Columbia. Look at the view! Just a beautiful beautiful night
and the ride today was absolutely fantastic. I did Highway 31, a really well-known highway. I
rode from Kaslo to New Denver and traffic is minimal and the beauty is maximum!
I encountered some deer today. We are in the wilderness and some of the
places are fairly remote. You don't get reception a lot of these places.
And I was reminded by a local yesterday that the hospitals are only open from 9:00am to
5:00pm. I don't know if it's true. Haven't tested the theory but I would like to keep it that way!
I've got operation S'Mores in effect. It's very beautiful. The moon is out by the beach down there. It's a gorgeous day to go
camping. The next day I stopped off at the Nikkei Memorial Center where I learned a little bit about
the history of Japanese internment camps during World War two. It's, it's pretty hard to read
about some of the stories and and to learn about the struggles that Japanese Canadians faced during
the war. But it's really inspiring to hear about their resilience and how they adapted to being
forced to leave their homes and start a new life in New Denver. It hit me in a particular way seeing
the luggage, the Honda luggage. You know, as I'm riding up there on my Honda motorcycle. I left
reflecting on the privilege that I have to be able to do what I'm doing, to be able to ride and
explore the world on a motorcycle and have the security and the safety and freedom to do that.
After some amazing riding along Highway 6 near Slocan, I spent a couple nights in
Nakusp where I attended the "Horizons Unlimited" travellers conference. It's a
really cool conference where you can meet motorcycle travelers from around the world.
I spent my final few days at Halcyon Hot Springs where I just relaxed and
rejuvenated and took in the views of this area.
I'm here at the hot springs I'm really excited to take a dip. This is definitely
splurge of the trip. I've been camping and staying a pretty budget accommodation
for the most part, so this is the end of the trip and I'm just kind of rewarding myself.
This is it. This is the end of my four-part Kootenays Motorcycle Adventure series. Thank
you so much for watching and joining me on this amazing ride. It's been a real pleasure to share
the journey with you, and I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and hear my stories of
my time in the Kootenays. It really is a special place, just the natural beauty there, the people
that you meet, the roads you ride, the history you learn...there's just so much that this region has
to offer. And what a joy it was to spend a couple weeks there and be able to share this story with
you all! Thanks so much for watching and if you haven't already, please subscribe and hit that
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