Hi everybody,

(just noticed that I'm a member of this brother- and sisterhood for more then 14 years! That must have been since around the time I was preparing a BMW R80GS to travel the world. Which I didn't, in the end, but I had the R80GS for several years!.
But anyway, that's not the subject of this topic.)

We would like to visit West-Canada for six weeks in July-August 2020. Rocky Mountains, regional parks, some hiking, some camping, riding or driving around and trying to take beautiful pictures. My wife and then 14y old daughter will come too. We like and love nature, riding and hiking and enjoying the scenery.

So I've still got some time to think about how I want to travel over there. And you can help me with that. It won't be a completely organized holiday, that's for sure, because that's way too expensive. And we don't like that kind of perfectly planned journeys, on the contrary, we love to keep all our options open while traveling. So I thought first about renting a big campervan. But again, I'm afraid it'll be too expensive, and anyway I suppose it'll be simply too large and too heavy for some roads/trails... and it'll be very boring too... So perhaps a pickup would be nice, or another car. With some camping gear. Or yes, why not, perhaps we could rent two motorbikes and all the riding gear? And perhaps even with camping gear? I'm an experienced biker, riding around Europe for about 30 years now, trail riding with my beloved KTM 950 Adventure, and even riding around race tracks sometimes. Now that would be something : six weeks of riding with a motorbike through the Rockies, camping where it's possible, taking a nice trail now and then.

But is this feasible? Can this be done? How desolate is the Western part of Canada? How realistic/idiot is this plan to go and ride, with rented bikes and gear, with wife and child? Should I skip this adventurous idea and just rent a plain car and drive from hotel to hotel?

(Extra info: my wife and I we've been to Central Canada 10 years ago. We flew to Toronto, I had a rented car, we stayed some nights at a friend's house, payed a visit to Algonquin Park, Niagara Falls, Killarney Park...)