Content with another beautiful day, we went to sleep only to be woken at 3:30am in the morning by blood curdling screams. Helen shook Adam awake. Adam rolled over and said "go back to sleep." Then another scream escaped from the darkness of night. Adam grabbed Helen&
Since the start of the trip, Helen has been craving a long hike. We’ve done some good hikes, but nothing truly challenging. After some research Helen finally found the hike she was looking for—a 14 mile trail with 5,000 ft elevation gain. Best of all, we could
Today is the day we return to our birth land. We will cross the border via Ferry from Vancouver Island. Our 9 days in Canada taught us a lot, but mostly Canadians are just Americans with funny accents. We slept in until 9 or 10; savoring our final fleeting in
It was a beautiful day and we were itching for some adventures. So we got on the bike, Adam driving and Helen on the back. We worked our way around the cost on another beautiful twisty road. Helen’s scientist eyes were in full effect and she spotted a bald
Our vacation from our vacation during our sabbatical came to an end today. We awoke refreshed and recharged and ready to go. Helen made sandwiches while Adam packed the bags; playing his game of Tetris to utilize every inch of precious space. We stopped at Tim Hortons for breakfast and
We woke up to our cold campsite eager to get on the road for a day of sight-seeing. The plan was to drive up to Jasper along the Ice Fields Parkway and stop at scenic lookouts along the way. We started with a quick detour to the Paint Pots. We
After packing up at Banff campsite #1 we made our way into town to pick up a few ingredients for dinner. Then we rode to Emerald Lake. To our surprise Emerald Lake was even more crowded than Lake Minnewaka. We pulled on our boots and headed up the trail with
After breakfast we cleared out Vicky’s side bags. Then being the rebellious motorcyclists we are, we left our bulky airbag vests at camp, put on our protective one piece suits, gloves, CE level 2 boots (no socks, but don’t tell anyone), and full-faced helmets to ride 2-up to
Hi friends and family, apologies about the double post on Wednesday. That was an accident, we’re still learning how to best manage this blog. The post are scheduled a day in advance so that we have time to edit and fix typos. The emails are also sent from a
Rode 380 miles through the Idaho gust from The Dalles, Oregon to Rathdrum, Idaho. The day started with a nice corkscrew road up to a vista of the Columbia river. We learned that the Columbia river looks much wider in person than it did when playing The Oregon Trail. We
We woke up made some eggs and sausage on our camp stove. Then made our way 30 miles south to crater lake. We learned a few fun facts. Crater lake was created 7700 years ago as the result of a volcanic eruption and it’s the deepest lake in the
The final stretch to Day 0 was more chaotic than we thought it’d be, but we eventually made it all the way to Diamond Lake, Oregon. Day -9 6/22/2024 Helen was jet lagged and took a nap in our garage while I changed the coolant on the