Posts Tagged "cross continent adventure"
St. John’s to Vancouver and Back Part 8
After Drumheller, we decided to pick up some oil at a Walmart, and while we were there I picked up some panties and hair elastics, and toothpaste. The girl at the cash burst out laughing, and had a hard time keeping a straight face, she said “I am not even going to ask what you are doing with motor oil, panties and hair elastics, I know what the toothpaste is for!” We all had a good...
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Leaving Jasper was quite cold, and we got a bit nappish somewhere along the way – and pulled over into this little village in the middle of nowhere. I suggested going down a dirt track (had to get some offroad riding in) and Dave valiantly steered his fully-loaded bike down the path to the train tracks. Pulled out the old blue tarp and had a bit of a nap. I love how the clouds just hover...
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The Story of Merritt, BC From the great Canadian Bike Rally web page. I was surfing around the web looking for cool things to see in BC, and I stumbled on this website for The Great Canadian Bik Rally. I added their facebook page, and noticed that they enroute to one of the places I wanted to go. They had logos like: BC Supermoto, BC Motorcycle drill team, Harley Owners group etc. and a...
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Hidden treasure in Sprague, WA One of my favourite places of the trip was this little spot near Spokane Washington. We were motoring along at the time of the evening when we were keeping our eyes out for a camping spot. I saw this building from the road, so we took a detour onto a dir road to check it out. The light and the sky were amazing so wandered around for a bit. Dave Noticed this sign up...
Read MoreSt. John’s to Vancouver and Back Part 13
At the next stop, somewhere around Medora, North Dakota, we stopped to look at the landscape, as it was very similar to Drumheller in Alberta. There were wild bison here, although I didn’t see any. DId I mention I am a very lucky person? Just going back over these photos I feel like I won the lottery – it was such an awesome trip. I happened to glance down at Dave’s tire and...
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