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Re: Small World The only Pelican Brew Pub I found was back in OR...we're heading south from here where the weather is warm ;). We missed that section as we came in from Portland along route 22 into Lincoln City. The comfort level was unchanged with the tire and so was fuel economy. I took it...

Small World We also picked up a brand new rear tire for Tigger with the intent of having it installed at the Horizons meeting we were now heading to in Mariposa, California. Grant Johnson does an excellent tire change presentation at every meeting that he attends, so I volunteered our bike and...

Small World Following the Destination Highways map, we found a pretty fun road, NF-26, to take us towards Mt St Helens. Although paved, it’s essentially a single lane road that winds it’s way through the Cascades towards NF-99. It had a very remote feeling as we only passed 1 vehicle the...

Haha! When I said b-line, I meant in a direct-like fashion down the coast. Big Sur, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo are all on the list. Especially when there's roads like this along the way: Say hello to ma-leetle friend. At the moment we're still in the SF area enjoying some down time. As for...

Got back to San Francisco yesterday after our 2 week Thanksgiving hiatus at home. Just discussing what's next. Got a week in the area, then...? Lori has cast her vote to make a b-line for Baja, so we'll see.

Re: Close Encounters with Bush-Bears Hope you didn't misunderstand my (poor?) attempt at humour. To say that this is the most extraordinary journey we've ever taken would be an understatement. I know this may sound strange, but the trip seems to be taking on a life of its own. Each morning we...

Re: Close Encounters with Bush-Bears Luckily we missed the info centre, not sure we need extra jewelry heading into Mexico. Besides, the bike is full ;). Forget about it - you probably wouldn't like it. It's cold, it's wet, it's hot, it's sunny, your a-s-s gets sore, there's a lot of...

Re: Close Encounters with Bush-Bears In the morning we left the bush-bears behind and headed to Mt Rainier. It was easy to get excited, for me at least. Lori was quick to point out that there wasn’t any ocean around here. Look honey, there's an ocean-like body of water... Quite a...

Close Encounters with Bush-Bears In contrast to the previous day, we awoke to clear skies and sunshine, birds were singing, the tank was clean…THE TANK WAS CLEAN?! Brekky was at the waterfront Breakwater Cafe & Bistro. Real potatoes tossed in rosemary & sage, real bacon and eggs - delicious...

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British Columbia Continued We managed to ride a whopping 92.1km upon leaving Nakusp and ended up camping in Kaslo that night. Hey that’s quite a bit considering our post-5pm departure. It’s officially our smallest mileage day to date, our smallest mileage week for that matter. Yup, I think...

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Re: Horizons Unlimited, here we come Oh I dunno, about a month behind. Was trying hard to catch up but at this point I may never get there ;). Lori finds it easier to stay more up to date on Facebook though. You can click on our SPOT in my sig to see where we are. Check and check. We did...

Horizons Unlimited, here we come Lori making new friends. Meet Ducati, he's riding down to Argentina with a couple on two Suzuki DR650's. You can read about his side of the story on their blog SMBoilerworks here. If you're thinking motorcycle travel may be in your future, I highly recommend...

Horizons Unlimited, here we come We arrived in Prince Rupert somewhat refreshed from our mini vacation on board the Taku ferry. Our next destination? The Horizons Unlimited (HU) meeting in Nakusp. We were also super excited about having upgraded our accommodations to something waterproof as...

Re: Alaska's Marine Highway Us too. The ferry was quite the highlight actually. We met another couple (from the UK) travelling on a Tiger 800 that ended up missing the coast in Alaska due to all the rain.

This was most of the scenery today. We actually decided to put the camera away and enjoy the rest of the day just hanging out. Later, Lori took an afternoon nap while I caught up on the blog a bit. Of all the port stops the ferry made, Petersburg was the most entertaining. The sun had set...

Alaska's Marine Highway We ended up skipping some of the spots we were hoping on visiting due to the record rainfalls along the coast in Alaska this summer. Valdez, Seward, Homer, all will have to wait for another trip. Haines was also a wet experience, from the time we arrived to boarding...

Alaska II When checking out, the lady at the campground said she would normally charge us the full rate since we camped in an RV spot but if I didn't say anything she would cut me a break. Not only did she not charge us for the RV rate, she also gave us the Good Sam discount which was a couple...

18k and it doesn't turn any more? You should definitely go get your money back ;). Why would you be looking for anything else if you can get that many clicks from those tires btw? The Omni is actually one of the stoves I was thinking about above. At this point I'm going to stick with the alky...