Phenomenal day’s riding: grave…
Phenomenal day’s riding: gravel roads, 4000+ ft climb, 10,800 ft pass (Snoww Mtn, WY), 10 mile descent in 15 mins! Laughed lots 
Possible (white) wolf siting o…
Possible (white) wolf siting on road in distance nr Wyoming cattle ranch…may have been large feral poodle…probably Whitefang tho…
Popped to Jackson Hole – wow, …
Popped to Jackson Hole – wow, this place is ‘well heeled’
Can a man marry his pillow? I’…
Can a man marry his pillow? I’m loving my new one. Oh, made it to Yellowstone too
Pt 4 – Dawson Creek, BC, Canada to Helena, MT, USA (Aug 2009)
Nr Maligne Lake, Jasper Nat Pk, Alberta, Canada - Alvin gives us a turn...
Courtesy of www.SladeRide.com
(Gallery at bottom of post)
“What do you mean you ‘don’t take tents’? You’re advertised as a campsite and the road signs show a picture of A TENT!!!” say I, incredulous in the least.
“I’m sorry but we don’t take tents, we’ve had some trouble with vandalism from ‘tenters’. There’s a site which does take tents 15 km out of town, I can give you directions.”
I: “I’ve ridden 90 miles to get here on a loaded bicycle, I don’t think I can ride another ’15k’, can’t you make an exception as it’s just me on my own?”
(by ‘loaded bicycle’ did I mean ‘loaded’ like a gun?)
RV site lady: “I’m sorry there’s nothing I can do.”
Me: “I’m not happy, I’m really not happy, this is not on – you should take down the signs 5 MILES OUT OF TOWN WITH A PICTURE OF A TENT ON THEM!!!”
(in hindsight I realise – thanks Nancy – that at this juncture, with a queue of eager but undoubtedly somewhat embarrassed RV-ers building behind me that I was no doubt compounding the view held by ‘RV site lady’ that tenters were aggressive, surly vandals)
Newsflash: Down Sleeping Bags …
Newsflash: Down Sleeping Bags still rule. Synthetic one returned (so much for -29c rating!) & ‘old friend’ (-19c) back in use
Rain rain rain, then rain. Bit…
Rain rain rain, then rain. Bit wet. At 2700 miles so getting drivertrain overhaul. Down sleeping bag swapped-out 4 (warmer!) synthetic bag.
Back in the US(S)A!Montana, bi…
Back in the US(S)A!Montana, big skies but wet! Rain last 3 days. Chuffed tho
4 passes over 5000 ft in 4 day…
4 passes over 5000 ft in 4 days! (1 was 6700 ft!) Canadian Rockies staggeringly beautiful but autumn comes early here so heading south!
IN JASPER! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO…
IN JASPER! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Bit happy. Staying here for a few days to soak up atmos, yah.