So the Vancouver Motorcycle Show starts tomorrow and it is a busy weekend for us Galz. Best to get a head start we say and get there a day ahead of time. So we departed Kelowna at approximately 9 a.m. and fully expected most of the winter driving we experienced. Until the Coquihalla.

“Why are all the trucks stopped there?” says Marissa. “I wonder what they know that we don’t,” responds Jasmin.

About two minutes later we were at a standstill, right after we decided we would stop in Hope as opposed to Merritt for gas, food and bathroom break. After about an hour and half, a bathroom break was in order but mother nature dropped the temperature and threw in a dash of wind that solidified no going outside.

However, the guy behind us was experiencing the same plight and began unloading his sled to make a trip to the rest stop some 2 km back. Just as he unhooked it, a trucker honked at him and we were on the move again.

Traction is not the issue up there, the visibilty is the issue with all that snow blowing around you can’t see anyone. If you are up there, turn your hazard lights on whether or not you need them because it will allow the car behind you to spot you in the blowing snow.

This is the snow shed on the Coquihalla.

This is before Hope.

This is after Hope.

If you are heading from the interior to the show, from the north to the show, or any other direction, be safe people and give yourself a lot of extra time and pack food because they closed the highway after we came down.