Now that I know what a Pie Run is maybe I will eat some soon.
I will try to finish this tonight
Its June 24th and we crossed back into the US at Sumas Washington.
We headed east through the Cascade Mountains towards Spokane.
As we traveled along the North Cascades Highway we came upon Diablo reservoir.
Dave and Aaron have almost completed this trip together. Dave has run out of sons to take up to Alaska on the back of his bike. If he and his wife got started now he could do it again in 2025 while collecting social security.
I'm sure Raul will be up for another trip.
Its the Skagit River that feeds this reservoir.
Riding through northern Washington was surprisingly pretty. It was as good as anything else we have seen on this trip. Put this on your must do list.
As we traveled east the terrain really changed and became more arid. Almost desert like. At the end of the day we came to Coulee Dam where we spent the night.
The next day we continued East into Idaho and then back into Montana.
and we had lunch at a neat little town called Winthrop at Jacks Saloon.
I'm not going to tell ya what I drank with my burger.
Later that night we camped in Bozeman, Montana.
The next morning we off toward Wyoming by way of Bear Tooth Pass. This is an awesome motorcycle road. If ever you are in the area don't miss this ride on Montana highway 212.
View heading up toward the pass.
This is also called the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
View from the top
I think Aaron is thinking about how he will be home in 2 days and he can finally get off the back of this thing.
This is on the Wyoming side of the pass. Wow
After getting out of this mountain range we were the Wyoming plains. We decided to get back over to I25 and Bonsai back to Austin.
This is our dumpy motel in Wheatland Wyoming.
The next day puts us into Colorado. Tony's tires are really bad. He is not going to be able to make it home on them. We stop at the BMW dealer in Loveland, Colorado. This is a very nice dealership. Dave and Raul keep going while we get the tires. We are now all in I just wana get home mode. Tony and I actually caught back up with them in the Panhandle.
Our last night was in a cheap motel in Leveland.
Its June 28. I come all this way without a single problem and just outside Mason Texas I ran out of gas. The GPS shows I have only gone 195 miles on this tank. I know that I should be able to go 225 to 235 before going empty. Whatever, Tony has to go on and bring some fuel back for me. After I got back on the road I remembered reading about how gas sometimes gets stuck over on the left side of the hump in the tank. All I had to do was lean the bike over to the right and let that fuel slip over the hump and I would have been all right. I'll remember that next time.
Man......was I ever glad to be back home and see Denise and Amy.
Starting mileage 7139
Ending mileage 17646
Total 10,507
in 26 days
Average per day 404
That’s it.........Thanks for taking the time to let me share our trip with all those who view it. I have enjoyed telling you about it.
Dave, Tony, and Raul, I am still waiting to here your side of this report.