AUGUST 9TH

BC, WASHINGTON,OREGON, UTAH,COLORADO,WYOMING, MONTANA, ETC....

OK..THIS IS JUST MY SCRAPBOOK, DONE IN A HURRY, AND MAYBE A SPELLING ERROR OR TWO...DON'T COMPLAIN   .:)
 

RAY HAS HIS NEW  ST1300 SUPER ROCKETSHIP , I  AM RIDING A 2000 VFR AFTER MY  MISADVENTURE WITH THAT   #$%  CAMEL THING BIKE MISTAKE THING I BOUGHT IN THE SPRING! PROBLEM SOLVED AND TIME TO RIDE!
 

DAY 1
 

 AND WE WOULD HEAD UP 3A TO KOOTENAY BAY AND ACROSS THE BIG FERRY AND UP TO KASLO.

I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING HIM UP THIS ROUTE AS HE HAD NEVER BEEN IN THE INTERIOR LAKES AREA BEFORE , AND IT IS SOME OF THE BEST IN THE PROVINCE. BESIDES, FREE BOAT RIDES ON THE FERRIES!!

WE HEAD UP 3A TO KASLO, WHICH ALTHOUGH  ITS CLAIMED TO BE THE #1 ROAD IN BC BY A MAGAZINE, IS JUST ANOTHER TWISTY TRAIL,VERY  NICE,  ALL CURVES, BUT  ALSO  ENDLESS DRIVEWAYS, TRAFFIC, NO HILLS,  ETC, SO JUST A VERY NICE SLOW RIDE. I'D TAKE THE #6 RIDE FROM CASTLEGAR NORTH TO NAKUSP OVER IT ANY DAY, BUT  THE FERRY RIDE OVER KOOTENAY BAY IS WORTH THE TRIP BY ITSELF! A MUST DO JUST FOR THE BOAT RIDE...:)
 
 

RAY IS TAKING OFF THIS SMALL SPORT WINDSHIELD AND PUTTING  ON THE  FULL COVERAGE BUBBLE!!
HE HAS A PHOBIA ABOUT BUGS FLYING UP HIS NOSE!

WE GET LUCKY..ARRIVE 5 MINUTES BEFORE THE FERRY IS LEAVING GALENA BAY AND THE PLACE IS PACKED, CAN'T EVEN GET INTO THE LANES! BUT THE KID SENDS US TO ANOTHER LANE AND SAYS WE HAVE A 2 FERRY WAIT! NO BIG DEAL, ITS NICE OUT AND LOTS TO LOOK AT. a FEW MINUTES LATER I HEAR THE LOADER ON HIS RADIO BEING TOLD ROOM LEFT FOR A FEW BIKES. THERE ARE 2 GUYS OVER BESIDE US, BUT THEY HAVE ALL THEIR GEAR ON THE GROUND, SO WE GET TOLD "GET MOVING"..YEP!!  WE ARE READY AND WE SQUEEZE ON RIGHT AWAY!  NO PRIORITY BOARDING ON THE INLAND FERRIES, BUT BEING SMALL SURE DON'T HURT!
 
 
 
 
 

YEP..HE NEARLY MISSED THE BOAT

WE SNEAK INSIDE THE CANADIAN NAVAL PORT AND TAKE A PIC OF THIS CND DESTROYER!

KASLO BC.

OK! DINNER IN  KASLO, AND  A BRIEF STOP ON THE MONASHEE PASS AS THEY COPTER OUT A BIKER THAT HAD JUST MISSED A CORNER ON THE BEST PART OF THE PASS!!   SAW THE SKID MARKS, SAW THE BIKE, THEN THE ROAD CLOSED AS THE CHOPPER ON IT.NOT GOOD! HOPE HE MADE OUT OK!

ENDED UP ANOTHER 600KM RIDE AND BACK IN KAMLOOPS FOR DINNER!

RAYBOB ON THE NEEDLES FERRY!
TALKING TO HIS NEW TOY!

A VIEW OFF THE FERRY!
NICE!

DAY 2

KAMLOOPS TO WINTHROP WASHINGTON VIA CACHE CREEK AND #1 DOWN THE  FRASER CANYON AND ACROSS THE NORTH CASCADES HIGHWAY IN WASHINGTON!
THIS IS GOOD STUFF!!

NEAR LYTTON ON #1, RAYBOB  GETTING THE HANG OF IT WITH THE BIG BLACK WING!

RAYBOB CHASING ONE OF THE ZILLION PORTA-POTTIES WE WOULD FIND!
THESE THINGS MUST BREED IN THE FALL AND THEN COME OUT  TO MIGRATE  IN THE SUMMER! THIS IS A BABY, MOST ARE HUGE , MUCH SLOWER, AND USUALLY BELCHING BLACK SOOT EVERYWHERE! VERY NICE  TO SMELL IN THE  WILDERNESS.

(YES I HATE THE STINKING NAZI DIESEL THINGS, SO WHAT ? I LIKE TO BREATH EH?)

ONE GOOD THING TO BE SAID IF THE PRICE OF FUEL GOES TO 6$ A GALLON, THEN PILES OF PERMANENTLY PARKED PORTA POTTIES!!!
 
 

NO, THIS ISNT THE ENTRANCE TO MANITOBA, RAY HAS FLASHBACKS THO WHEN HE  SEE'S THE SIGN!

GEEZE!!!  SURELY HE ISNT?  NOT ON THE BIKE!!!

WE COULD STOP!!

MUST BE ALL THAT WATER!!
GOOD REASON NOT TO FOLLOW HIM TOO CLOSE!!

HEADING INTO WASHINGTON, I RIDE THE ST1300!
QUITE A BIKE.  I AM USED TO MINE AND THE ENGINE SOUNDS AND THE FIRST  TIME I GEAR DOWN TO PASS SOME TRAFFIC  THE #$$^% THING QUITS ON ME HALF WAY BY!!

CRAP..I TRY AGAIN AND IT DOES IT AGAIN...
HMMMM
KINDA OBVIOUS IT HIT THE REV LIMITER..OOOPS, MY FAULT..I'M USED TO 12000 RPM ON MINE AND RAYBOBS GIANT V4 QUITS AT 8000 OR SO, JUST ABOUT WHERE MINE STARTS TO GO.

HMM..NO PROBS FROM HERE ON IN, NO NEED TO DOWNSHIFT.....SHE GOES GOOD!

ALONG THE N CASCADES HIGHWAY. GREAT RIDE!! A MUST DO!

THIS IS ANOTHER OF THOSE GREAT ROADS THAT IS ONLY OPEN IN THE SUMMER!
 

YEP, ITS  COLD UP HERE! RAYBOB SAYS ITS WARMER ON THE BIKE!  HE HAS THE PICTURE WINDOW UP!
 

I THINK I CAN NUKE THIS PICTURE WINDOW SO HE CAN FEEL MOTHER NATURE!!!
 
 
 

WE SPEND THE NIGHT IN WINTROP..A VERY COOL OLD WESTERN TOWN WITH GREAT FOOD! A GREAT MEAL IS HAD AT THE FAMOUS DUCK BRAND BAR !!

EVENING IS A SHOCKER!
WE ARE DRIVEN INTO OUR BARN LOFT BY THE RABID COUGARS  THAT  RUN WILD THRU THE TOWN!
THEY SURROUND US!!
THESE ARE JUST THE ONES   OUT THE FRONT DOOR! THERE ARE 36 MORE !
WE WILL HIDE TILL MORNING!

DAY 3
WE LEAVE LATE, TAKE OUR TIME, AND MAKE A FEW PIT STOPS ALONG THE WAY.
 

RAYBOB MAKES ME HAVE BEER ON THIS TRIP! MY FRIEND KELLYBOB WOULD BE PROUD OF ME!!

EITHER WAY, WE DO STOP AT SOME COOL WATERING HOLES!

WE PLAN ON HEADING OUT IN THE EVENING ALONG THE GORGE, BUT GET LAZY AND ENJOY THE SHOW IN TOWN INSTEAD!
ONLY 600 KM TODAY.
 

WE HEAD OUT OF WINTHROP AND DOWN THE OKANAGAN TO THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE AND A ROOM AT THE DALLES

A NICE RUN IS TO LEAVE #97 AT ELLENSBURG AND TAKE THE YAKIMA CANYON ROAD!..VERY NICE!

ALONG THE CANYON

RAYBOB HAS A PROBLEM. SEEMS THE ROCKETSHIP NEEDS FUEL EVERY 600KM OR SO! WHAT  A SHOCK!
 

A NICE HR OF 2 CANYON RIDING!

HEADING  ACROSS TO THE WASHINGTON SIDE OF THE COLUMBIA FOR THE NIGHT!

AMAZING...THE CANADIAN FRIGATE, THE MONITOR, A COPY OF THE  CIVIL WAR IRONCLAD, HAS MADE A FORAY UP THE COLUMBIA RIVER ON ITS WAY TO THE KOKANEE BREWERY IN CRESTON!

NO DOUBT THE LOW SUPERSTRUCTER HAS  ALLOWED IT TO EVADE DETECTION!  THIS IS QUIT A  PLACE!!

HEADING EAST ALONG THE RIVER TO THE DALLES

SPEND A GREAT EVE IN THE DALLES. SEEMS THERE IS A HOT ROD MEET GOING ON, AND THEY ARE STAYING IN OUR AREA AND CRUISING THE STRIP.

NO BURNOUTS OR RACING OR ANY GOOD STUFF LIKE THAT  :), BUT LOTSA NICE CARS TO WATCH GO BY!
WE ENJOY THE EVENING ON THE DECK WITH A DRINK WATCHING THE SHOW.
AND  A NICE MEAL IN"COUSINS" RESTAURANT.
 
 

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