Where We’ve Been
After we left Glacier National Park we headed back west towards Kalispell so we could spend a few days soaking up the atmosphere in both Kalispell and Whitefish. There are some great motorcycle rides in the area that we wanted to take advantage of and just explore the region. Kalispell is a fairly large city with a population of approximately …
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Two Medicine is a region of Glacier National Park which is in the southeastern portion of the park. The area has its own park entrance, a campground, two lakes, and a number of hiking trails. This area used to be one of the most popular areas of the park before the “Going To The Sun” Road was completed in 1932. …
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The “Going to the Sun” road is the main route through Glacier National Park and the most popular route for tourists. It is an approximately 52-mile road running east and west that tourists can drive in their own personal vehicle or in one of the popular Red Jammer tour cars. There is also a free shuttle allowing tourists various stopping …
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Time for our motorcycle trip. Off we go to Glacier National Park! We booked a room at the Apgar Village Inn months ago taking the chance that the “Going To The Sun” road may not be completely opened by then. But it opened about two days before we departed. Off we went on a beautiful day, blue skies, and …
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Another beautiful day for a motorcycle ride. Can you say “School’s Out for Summer.”? Today is the last day of school for many kids in this area so we thought we should take advantage of peace and quiet before the roar of summer! We decided to head out to Post Falls, Idaho south of the Spokane River and head on …
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What a great day for a motorcycle ride, warm and sunny. It is that time of the year when the pines smell so wonderful. Nothing better than pine trees in May! A beautiful day. Link to Map in “Where We’ve Been”
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While staying at Elephant Butte State Park we decided to take the motorcycle and go visit some Ghost Towns. We had read about a group of towns out on Hwy 52 and Hwy 142, towns such as Cuchillo, Winston, and Chloride on or near Hwy 52 and Placita and Monticello on Hwy 142, so off we went. Hwy 142 leads …
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The Bosque Birding on a motorcycle, really? Read on. Being a photographer and loving birding I have always wanted to visit Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge to see the flocks and flocks and flocks of Sandhill Cranes, Snow Geese, and many other migrating birds. In the winter months, between November and February there can be over 14,000 Sandhill Cranes …
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While staying at City of Rocks State Park we decided to take a motorcycle ride, the long way around, to Silver City. We had heard so much about this town we wanted to visit it and see for ourselves. We headed the opposite direction when we departed from City of Rocks so that we could ride Hwy 152 over Emory …
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Another day to take a motorcycle ride and do some hiking. We decided to head to the southern portion of Anza Borrego State Park down by the Carrizo Badlands to Mountain Palm Springs. It was a beautiful warm day. On the way south on S2 we decided to check out a few other campgrounds for future reference. We stopped first …
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