Rooster asked for more pictures of our July trip...

The Prince of Wales Hotel in Waterton Ntl Park, Alberta, Canada is in a stunning setting. It was too early to stop for the day when we went through, so we didn't stay. Maybe next time.

Motorcycle Grandpa loved the fresh crab cocktails at this fish market in Westport, Oregon.
A local eatery across the street billed itself as the "Home of famous Cranberry Oyster Ice Cream". Now there's a combination for you. Westport was also where we met a very friendly woman who offered to have us stay at her place for the night. I still have her name and phone number if anyone is in the Westport area and needs a place to stay.

There was no rain in the Hoh Rainforest, Olympic Ntl Park WA...
But we did have record breaking heat!

East side of Flathead Lake, MT.
It was on this road that a cooler full of beer fell off the back of a moving truck that was right in front of us. Beer cans were exploding all over the road!
It was amazing that we were able to dodge the mess.

I promise no more pictures. It was a great trip.

July 2007 Trip - Canadian Rockies/Pacific Northwest

The ride through the elevation changes, twisties and straightaways of the Canadian Rockies to Vancouver, BC. was exhilarating! I took this picture from the back of the bike going 65 mph.

Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada was another amazing place. The Canadian Rockies came right down to the lake shore.

If you'd rather "leave the driving to somebody else", these red vintage buses make the trip to Logan Summit, Glacier Ntl Park on a regular basis. It was in this parking lot that we dropped the bike while dismounting. Like Motorcycle Grandpa always says, regardless of what really caused it, it was my fault.

We drove the Highway to the Sun, Glacier Ntl Park, last summer. But on the motorcycle it was spectacular...completely surrounded by the environment.


On the road to Kalispell MT, A very large bird smacked right into the lower windshield, leaving a pretty good splat mark. We're lucky it didn't run right into Motorcycle Grandpa's helmut. That would have caused some problems.

There are so many pictures from this trip. I could post a huge blog full of them. But you'll have to wait for the Shutterfly book of this trip to be put together to see the most of them.

Motorcycles and Me

About a year ago while I was on a trip to Europe, my husband bought a BMW touring motorcycle. He logged hundreds of miles while I was gone. Since then, we've ridden together over 7000 miles Last fall, we did a gypsy trip (no specific itinerary) that took us from SLC to Santa Fe, New Mexico and back. We logged almost 3000 miles! It was an amazing trip over roads that we had been on by car many times. On a motorcycle, it was like a whole new world.

In June 2007, Motorcycle Grandpa decided he wanted an motorcycle upgrade. I was happy with the one we had. But after borrowing a friend's 2006 model of the one we had, there was no turning back. He came across a great deal on the 2007 demo at the local dealership. We were ready to ride for our next big trip.

July 2007, we took a trip north from SLC through Glacier Ntl Park, Banff, Alberta, Canada, the southern Canadian Rockies, west to Vancouver BC and then south down the Washington and Oregon coasts. Most of it was country that we had never seen before. We never knew what to expect around the next bend, uphill the next hill or in the next town. We planned our trip from day to day and always managed find a good place to stay each night. By the time we pulled into the driveway at home two weeks later, we had logged 3380 miles. I also put in my longest day on the bike during the trip - 550 miles.

Pictures of July trip to follow in a later post.