Road Trip Summer '11

After finishing my ST a few days before leaving, my dad and I took off on a Road Trip through SK, AB, BC, ID, OR, and Washington

Our route, ended up doing about 5400kms (3375 miles) in ten days


Our first night in Lethbridge



Sparwood, BC


Just over the border near Bonners Ferry ID




Above Lewiston, ID/Clarkston, WA





Deschutes Nat'l forest in Oregon, interesting lava field down the whole valley








By the McKenzie River





Chicken strip on the new tire


Most important:


Sea lions near Florence, OR



The coast












There were some pirates in one of the towns for some reason


We camped out near the marina somewhere around Astoria, WA. Woke up when the fishermen started moving out at around 4:30am, the fog was like rain


There was a classic car show that had ended the same day we were heading up the coast, these three were going the same way we were


Waiting for the ferry at Port Angeles, there were more bikes on the ferry that day than any of the staff had seen before, probably about 40 of us. This guy was at the classics show too, 1946 Harley





Heading back on the ferry over to Victoria



Back in BC, heading to Osoyoos




Stopped at the beach in Osoyoos




Waiting for the ferry at Kootenay Lake, this is Sandy's part of the country





Heading back home, last day was about 530 miles as there is nothing worth slowing down for once you get out of BC/AB



Bike worked well, saw some beautiful roads especially in Oregon. The mountain passes were pretty empty and had lots of fast cliff-edge corners as well as 1st gear banked over hairpins. Only odd thing was some strange wear-marks on the tires that you can see in this picture. They started to wrinkle up a bit even though they were at the right pressure the whole time. Still nice soft good handling tires though and a pretty good trip!

That looks like a great ride You and your Dad did this summer. Turned out fine with no Bears jumping out across the road!! Looks like the weather was pretty decent in most of your photos, just the Coast a bit moist. That's a lot of riding in 10 days. The Mackenzie Pass in Oregon is a place I ride when I go over to Bend to visit my friend, great riding around there!!
Did a bit of the same ground myself this summer, Lewiston/ Clarkston.

Beauty ride you guys did
Your ST is beautiful as well
how was it over that distance?

Tim, that's a hell of a good way to break in the ST after just getting it back on the road. It's great that you can share these trips with your dad. Thanks for posting the great photos.

Dang Tim, that is one heck of a shake down ride! And it sure looks like that windshield came in handy more than a few times.
Seriously though, that is one amazing ride mate. And very beautiful pictures. My father passed away when I was 16, I would have loved to do a ride like that with him. You are a very blessed man. And may God continue to shine His grace down upon you.
Thanks for sharing the trip with us.

Looks like soooo much fun. One of these days I will post a trip thread too.....I hope....

Looks like one hellova ride!!! One day I hope to get the opportunity to take a trip like that.

Looks like you guys had a good ride. You should have looked me up when you were in Nelson. I would have given you a free aerial tour of the area.

Thanks for sharing. It seems like a very nice ride. I would have stopped too many times for the scenery. Roy

Nice photo essay...thanks for taking the time to post...excellent trip!

Awesome ride, and thanks for the pics. Im glad it was a great time.

Awesome pics!

You seen this thread about the North American Relay run?

www.kzrider.com/forum/13-bike-related/47...-american-relay-ride