glas1/2ful
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During our SS1K back in May, Happy Rider and I discussed this trip, and over the course of May June and July came up with this route
We started off from my house in Woodland (always wondered what 2 FJRs would look like in the garage)
the route ran over some familiar ground so no photos until we made a brief stop in the Redwoods after lunch at the Subway in Garberville (little did I know that Subway was about to become a recurring theme of this trip (the first "S")
Our first night was at a State Park near Brookings OR
and the coast was overcast and drippy as well as familiar ground so few photos
Our second night landed us at Lewis and Clark State Park in WA (yes, the mc boots and shorts are a stunning look aren't they?)
Our route took us to the East and HR's childhood stomping grounds in Wenatchee, and except for a dip in some large river, it was just hot and largely uneventful as we made our way to the north. We weren't able to get pictures of the belly-dump truck that spewed its whole load of golf ball sized jagged lava rocks over the highway near Yakima, but it was a moment I was glad we both started with fully fresh tires.
After we climbed up and out of the heat and headed west on Highway 20, the temps lowered and the scenery and roads improved
and we camped in North Cascades NP near Newhalem.
We crossed into Canada at Sumas (no troubles at all) and immediately hit bumper to bumper traffic as we went west toward Vancouver. Broke out of that traffic in time to get into drippy weather and more traffic most of the way through Vancouver. We had an invite and a place to land near Merrit, but decided to keep plowing forward.
The sea to sky highway
and then past Whistler
and on some pretty technical stretches (no pics - I was just hanging on by this point!) until we landed near Cache Creek and met my favorite other rider who was going into town for dinner and brought us back beer!
and by this time, we were on Subway number 4 or 5, but even though I noticed the pattern, I hadn't documented it but swore I would start now
Our original route had us going north to Prince George, but we woke up that morning to
and the best intel we had was that it was smoky all the way to Prince George, so we re-routed to Jasper via Kamloops, and we were in smoke from then on
all the way to Jasper
but we did get lunch in Jasper
and unfortunately the smoke went almost all the way down the Icefield Parkway (hence the second "S" of the trip)
Our 5th night was a provincial campground near Radium Hot Springs. We really should have taken a day off right then, as we had burned 570 miles getting from Cache Creek to Radium Hot Springs trying to get out of the smoke. (Note to self - if you stop near a hot spring, after a 500 miles day and nearly 2,200 since leaving home, use it!) Believe it or not, we had dinner at Subway but I was too tired to take a photo of that one, so here's a random Subway photo
We proceeded south and then east, where finally we found decent food
and then dropped into a bit of the western prairies of AB
and some clearer skies as we headed back to the USA
and into Glacier NP
HR kept me waiting while he extolled the virtues of some FJR forum place to someone who had never heard of it
The wildlife here is just plain stupid - it pains me to think people get this kind of experience and believe it to be "normal"
Road work on Logan Pass
and south through Missoula to some road
which pretty much is what its cracked up to be. We hit a several mile stretch of new chip seal most of the way down the ID side but most of the road
is pretty high quality. Because we had cut so much off the planned trip, we diverted a bit to the north to run a very nice stretch of State Route 3 in ID and spent night 6 at a state park near Plummer. Back south through Moscow for breakfast
Happy in his natural habitat
I was so enthralled with his ability to eat the same food day in and day out (I am not complaining - I will eat any food!) But we actually went past a Subway, and since I didn't think anyone would believe that, it is documented here (pay attention to the red umbrella thingy)
some random picture
We continued south through Walla Walla and on to Pendleton and John Day (another note to self - don't trust Happy Rider to necessarily make good fueling decisions)
some other damn Subway, but HR is happy...
and another one
We spent night 8 in Burns OR
Our normal fancy-ass breakfast if we couldn't find a subway
and our last fuel stop together
as it made better sense for him to go straight south through Winnemucca but I had just traveled that road last month and wanted no part of highway 80 work on the CA side. So I went southwest
where one can make up some time
but bad habits are hard to break, so in Lakeview I stopped for breakfast at... you guessed it
and home through 105 degree heat on Interstate 5... yeah
It was truly a pleasure riding with HR - Happy Birthday you young punk (gift certificate to McDonalds in the mail)
We started off from my house in Woodland (always wondered what 2 FJRs would look like in the garage)
the route ran over some familiar ground so no photos until we made a brief stop in the Redwoods after lunch at the Subway in Garberville (little did I know that Subway was about to become a recurring theme of this trip (the first "S")
Our first night was at a State Park near Brookings OR
and the coast was overcast and drippy as well as familiar ground so few photos
Our second night landed us at Lewis and Clark State Park in WA (yes, the mc boots and shorts are a stunning look aren't they?)
Our route took us to the East and HR's childhood stomping grounds in Wenatchee, and except for a dip in some large river, it was just hot and largely uneventful as we made our way to the north. We weren't able to get pictures of the belly-dump truck that spewed its whole load of golf ball sized jagged lava rocks over the highway near Yakima, but it was a moment I was glad we both started with fully fresh tires.
After we climbed up and out of the heat and headed west on Highway 20, the temps lowered and the scenery and roads improved
and we camped in North Cascades NP near Newhalem.
We crossed into Canada at Sumas (no troubles at all) and immediately hit bumper to bumper traffic as we went west toward Vancouver. Broke out of that traffic in time to get into drippy weather and more traffic most of the way through Vancouver. We had an invite and a place to land near Merrit, but decided to keep plowing forward.
The sea to sky highway
and then past Whistler
and on some pretty technical stretches (no pics - I was just hanging on by this point!) until we landed near Cache Creek and met my favorite other rider who was going into town for dinner and brought us back beer!
and by this time, we were on Subway number 4 or 5, but even though I noticed the pattern, I hadn't documented it but swore I would start now
Our original route had us going north to Prince George, but we woke up that morning to
and the best intel we had was that it was smoky all the way to Prince George, so we re-routed to Jasper via Kamloops, and we were in smoke from then on
all the way to Jasper
but we did get lunch in Jasper
and unfortunately the smoke went almost all the way down the Icefield Parkway (hence the second "S" of the trip)
Our 5th night was a provincial campground near Radium Hot Springs. We really should have taken a day off right then, as we had burned 570 miles getting from Cache Creek to Radium Hot Springs trying to get out of the smoke. (Note to self - if you stop near a hot spring, after a 500 miles day and nearly 2,200 since leaving home, use it!) Believe it or not, we had dinner at Subway but I was too tired to take a photo of that one, so here's a random Subway photo
We proceeded south and then east, where finally we found decent food
and then dropped into a bit of the western prairies of AB
and some clearer skies as we headed back to the USA
and into Glacier NP
HR kept me waiting while he extolled the virtues of some FJR forum place to someone who had never heard of it
The wildlife here is just plain stupid - it pains me to think people get this kind of experience and believe it to be "normal"
Road work on Logan Pass
and south through Missoula to some road
which pretty much is what its cracked up to be. We hit a several mile stretch of new chip seal most of the way down the ID side but most of the road
is pretty high quality. Because we had cut so much off the planned trip, we diverted a bit to the north to run a very nice stretch of State Route 3 in ID and spent night 6 at a state park near Plummer. Back south through Moscow for breakfast
Happy in his natural habitat
I was so enthralled with his ability to eat the same food day in and day out (I am not complaining - I will eat any food!) But we actually went past a Subway, and since I didn't think anyone would believe that, it is documented here (pay attention to the red umbrella thingy)
some random picture
We continued south through Walla Walla and on to Pendleton and John Day (another note to self - don't trust Happy Rider to necessarily make good fueling decisions)
some other damn Subway, but HR is happy...
and another one
We spent night 8 in Burns OR
Our normal fancy-ass breakfast if we couldn't find a subway
and our last fuel stop together
as it made better sense for him to go straight south through Winnemucca but I had just traveled that road last month and wanted no part of highway 80 work on the CA side. So I went southwest
where one can make up some time
but bad habits are hard to break, so in Lakeview I stopped for breakfast at... you guessed it
and home through 105 degree heat on Interstate 5... yeah
It was truly a pleasure riding with HR - Happy Birthday you young punk (gift certificate to McDonalds in the mail)
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