I guess I missed whatever "chicken dinner" refers to, a movie?

OR "early" senility?

 

LOL! Well, it's a line often used when somebody gets a question right or makes a really good point. It was used in the movie, "Tin Cup", but I think it comes from an old casino phrase from Vegas.

 

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I'll see if the video rentals store has Tin Cup. 2 fer 1 on Monday. Now all I have to do is remember ...
I've got lots of catching up to do. Just viewed "The Big Lebowski" a few months ago. Finally get the "Dude" reference ...

 

Hey ol'klx-er, We're going to ride thru your part of the world last week of July. Kamloops, Nakusp, New Denver, Kaslo, Balfour. May stay at Ainsworth Hot Springs.


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Might just have to buy you a coffee. I'll be in touch via PM closer to your being here.

 

That's some of the best riding ANYWHERE! Perhaps Nelson goes without saying, but I don't see it on your list.

Ol'klxer, I know some ADV riders from Calgary who have done stretches of the TC trail through the Kootenays; is that legal?

 

Nelson would be a detour for DynoBob and he has to draw the line somewhere, otherwise he'd be here all summer. I'd be riding out to Balfour to buy him a coffee.
In some places the TC Trail is logging road so no problem there. Gray Creek Pass (6900')shows as TCT and has RV's taking it. Nice gravel shortcut from Kootenay Lake to Cranbrook.
Other spots are debatable; TCT but poorly signed or just a non-official "non-motorized" notice put up by some organization that really doesn't have jurisdiction. A lot of the TCT in the interior of BC is still in flux as to motorized/non-motorized use. A lot depends of when and how the motorized use ensues. I've heard that just when the snow/ice are finally gone and later in the fall it's possible to get away with a bit of courteous interactions with non-motorized users on the parts of the trail that are in the middle of nowhere.

 

Yes, true.
I have some land in the East Kootenays in the Elk Valley. *I can get to it by trail from Alberta via Kananaskis in the winter on a sled, but in summer they disallow OHV's on the same trail. *

Is there a summer OHV trail between the East & West Kootenays, which is north of Hwy 3 & south of Hwy 1, that you're aware of?

 

No, but I'll keep an eye/ear out and send you a PM if I come across any.

 

Great! As a matter of fact, if you do find a trail, I'll ride out to Balfour & buy you a coffee to mark up a map for me!