stellarsteve
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I have finally taken the time to figure out the way to posts pictures so I figured I would show a little bit of our trip to the Canadian Rockies and Glacier NP.
In July we hauled the bike from our home in Jacksonville to my parent's farm in NE North Dakota. We dropped the kids and the truck off at the farm and headed out on our trip.
The first day was pretty good but we had to keep and eye out for all the forest rats. I think we counted about 20 before noon. Most of our trip was perfect weather, but the first day was about 97 with about a 30mph side wind. We were glad to get to Moose Jaw where we spent our first night. We stayed at the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa and took a dip in the mineral pool. It was heaven after 500 miles that day.
We got up early and spent a lot of time on roads like this.
Here is us entering Alberta.
We stopped in Calgary for lunch at a cool place downtown near the river.
We then headed west and finally came over a rise and started to see mountains. Kathy was so excited we had to stop and get a couple of pics.
Just northwest of Banff
The next couple of nights we stayed at NumTiJah lodge on Bow Lake along the Icefield Parkway.
Here is the view from the lodge.
The first morning we got on the bike and it was 39 degrees. This was on July 10th! After a brisk run up the parkway we toured the glacier.
This is the view of the parkway looking south.
We also visited Lake Louise
We then travelled south on 93 entered into British Columbia.
Saw some of these along the road
We crossed over hwy 3 to 89 down to Glacier NP. There we stayed at Many Glaciers Lodge
The next day we rode through the park on Going to the Sun Road. It was fantastic
We also saw some bighorns in the park.
We stayed a couple of days in Helena at a great B&B then sped 1000 miles home with a stop in Medora for the outside musical.
We had great weather, never got rained on and no near misses. But when we got about 10 miles from home while trying to outrun a thunderstorm we turned onto a road they they had just resurfaced and about lost the front end. Saved it and made it home with 10 minutes to spare before a downpour.
It was a trip of a lifetime until our next trip.
In July we hauled the bike from our home in Jacksonville to my parent's farm in NE North Dakota. We dropped the kids and the truck off at the farm and headed out on our trip.
The first day was pretty good but we had to keep and eye out for all the forest rats. I think we counted about 20 before noon. Most of our trip was perfect weather, but the first day was about 97 with about a 30mph side wind. We were glad to get to Moose Jaw where we spent our first night. We stayed at the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa and took a dip in the mineral pool. It was heaven after 500 miles that day.
We got up early and spent a lot of time on roads like this.
Here is us entering Alberta.
We stopped in Calgary for lunch at a cool place downtown near the river.
We then headed west and finally came over a rise and started to see mountains. Kathy was so excited we had to stop and get a couple of pics.
Just northwest of Banff
The next couple of nights we stayed at NumTiJah lodge on Bow Lake along the Icefield Parkway.
Here is the view from the lodge.
The first morning we got on the bike and it was 39 degrees. This was on July 10th! After a brisk run up the parkway we toured the glacier.
This is the view of the parkway looking south.
We also visited Lake Louise
We then travelled south on 93 entered into British Columbia.
Saw some of these along the road
We crossed over hwy 3 to 89 down to Glacier NP. There we stayed at Many Glaciers Lodge
The next day we rode through the park on Going to the Sun Road. It was fantastic
We also saw some bighorns in the park.
We stayed a couple of days in Helena at a great B&B then sped 1000 miles home with a stop in Medora for the outside musical.
We had great weather, never got rained on and no near misses. But when we got about 10 miles from home while trying to outrun a thunderstorm we turned onto a road they they had just resurfaced and about lost the front end. Saved it and made it home with 10 minutes to spare before a downpour.
It was a trip of a lifetime until our next trip.
