Midrsv Posted July 21, 2012 Author #26 Posted July 21, 2012 We made it to Great Falls, MT tonight. Great ride up through the Lewis and Clark Forest. We ran into some Wing riders in White Sulfer Springs and they had ridden on a road that was being repaved with a bypass around a bridge and through the river bed. The dual-sport BMW guys don't have anything on these guys. The wings were encrusted in mud. We saw them after lunch and they were all shiny again after going to the car wash. On to East Glacier tomorrow. http://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=4e6e4ff8a01b0feb1 www.traynorphoto.com/glacier_7_20
Aussie Annie Posted July 21, 2012 #27 Posted July 21, 2012 Wow, TOTALLY JEALOUS!!!! I'd really rather be up there riding with you today, but I remember the last 50 miles into Cody from the east,,,,, was just like riding thru the desert!!!!! Beartooth and Chief Joseph made up for it tho....... We better have another rally in a couple of years out there again!!!!! How about next year...... we loved the awesome riding up there too
friesman Posted July 21, 2012 #28 Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) I just placed a 15 minute video of part of our ride across Beartooth yesterday. Not great quality and sound but it gives you a sense of the area. Dennis I loved that trip that I rode it twice last year, loved it! except for the slippery, greasy tar snakes. I was following Broafoot and myrna down on their Roadstar and he almost took a guardral on one. Had ta ride the second time to if I could keep up with Dano. Brian Edited July 21, 2012 by friesman
Midrsv Posted July 22, 2012 Author #29 Posted July 22, 2012 We made it to East Glacier today and took a ride up to Two Medicine Lake before dinner. Incredible! Riding across the Going to the Sun road tomorrow. www.traynorphoto.com/glacier_7_21 Dennis
Rocket Posted July 22, 2012 #30 Posted July 22, 2012 How about next year...... we loved the awesome riding up there too [/b] Sounds good.......... BTW I should be in the area, around there in a few weeks........:thumbsup2:
Midrsv Posted July 23, 2012 Author #33 Posted July 23, 2012 We made it through Glacier National Park today and are in Kalispel tonight. What a ride. The Going to the Sun Road needs to be at the top of everyone's bucket list. On to Salmon, ID tomorrow. www.traynorphoto.com/glacier_7_22 http://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=4e6e4ff8a01b0feb1 Dennis
Midrsv Posted July 24, 2012 Author #34 Posted July 24, 2012 We had a good, leisurely ride today down us93 from Kalispel to Salmon, ID. It was a very pretty ride. Our hotel room overlooks the Salmon River where we've been watching rafters go by. On to Jackson Hole tomorrow. http://www.traynorphoto.com/glacier_7_23
friesman Posted July 24, 2012 #35 Posted July 24, 2012 We had a good, leisurely ride today down us93 from Kalispel to Salmon, ID. It was a very pretty ride. Our hotel room overlooks the Salmon River where we've been watching rafters go by. On to Jackson Hole tomorrow. www.traynorphoto.com/glacier_7_23 dija give the pakidaho guys (Teri and Erv) a shout and sample their beer? theyre in Salmon. Nicest couple anywhere. Brian
Rocket Posted July 24, 2012 #36 Posted July 24, 2012 dija give the pakidaho guys (Teri and Erv) a shout and sample their beer? theyre in Salmon. Nicest couple anywhere. Brian Grump & I will be there, later next week.
Midrsv Posted July 25, 2012 Author #37 Posted July 25, 2012 First, I have to appologize to Teri and Erv for not calling them. I have not other excuse other than I just forgot. We checked into the hotel and immediately started working on a load of laundry and it slipped my mind. I'm old you know. Anyway, we made it to Jackson, WY today. It was a 235 mile trip and we discovered that there was a stretch of about 130 miles with no gas. We ran upon a 1 pump general store about 90 miles south of Salmon and thought we were safe until we found out they ran out of gas yesterday. We managed to make it to the next gas about 30 miles on down the road and we had about 30 miles of range left. We were also surprised by how desolate that part of Idaho is. We're staying 2 nights in Jackson and we plan to ride through the Teton National Park tomorrow. Dennis www.traynorphoto.com/glacier_7_24 http://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=4e6e4ff8a01b0feb1
Midrsv Posted July 26, 2012 Author #38 Posted July 26, 2012 We spent the day today around Jackson WY. Rode through the Grand Teton National Park and rode over to Teton Village and rode the tram to the top of the mountain. a 4,000 ft elevation change. We're dropping my wife at the airport in the morning and turning east for home. Should be home Saturday. www.traynorphoto.com/glacier_7_25 http://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=4e6e4ff8a01b0feb1
Midrsv Posted July 27, 2012 Author #40 Posted July 27, 2012 We covered about 650 miles today and made it to North Platte, NE. We dropped my wife at the airport in Jackson at 6:00 this morning and I'm closer to home than she is. Delta screwed the day up royally. Her 9:00 AM flight had mechanical trouble and to make a long story short, Delta put her up at the Radisson in Salt Lake City after screwing around for 6 hours. Delta customer service sucked. Keep in mind that I have all of her stuff with me. She only carried what she thought she needed on the plane. Fortunately, she had her phone charger. We hope to get to somewhere close to Columbia MO tomorrow and she hopes to get home. www.traynorphoto.com/glacier_7_26 Dennis
friesman Posted July 27, 2012 #41 Posted July 27, 2012 thanks so much for sharing your trip with us, I have really enjoyed it. Brian
Midrsv Posted July 28, 2012 Author #42 Posted July 28, 2012 We made it home today after riding 440 miles in great weather. In summary, we travelled 4976 miles and stopped 39 times for gas. I used 142 gallons and averaged 35.04 mpg pulling the trailer. We shot over 4350 photographs. The SPOT site has been viewed 1350 times since we left and I've attached the completed track here. Larry snapped a few more shots today and I've placed them on the web at: www.traynorphoto.com/glacier_7_28 In a few days I plan to consolidate all of the daily photo pages into a single link. When I do I'll post the link. I hope you've enjoyed riding along with us. We're already thinking about next year. It's good to be home!
Midrsv Posted July 29, 2012 Author #43 Posted July 29, 2012 I've posted all of the photos under one link. It is: http://www.traynorphoto.com/glacier_2012
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