Moab Utah 2012

Once we arrived in Moab, we toured along the 17 mile canyon route of the Colorado River. The impressive formation of canyon boulders that form these canyon walls were awe inspiring!

Speaking of mountain boulders.....look at these puppies!

Don and Sue cruising the Colorado river canyon, through a fisheye lens.

The scenery was spectacular even if the photos don't do it justice.

Bonnieville Salt Flats

Here we are at the Bonnieville Salt Flats and Sue says "You know when I asked you to pass the salt I didn't mean this much.  This is the race track and there is nothing here other than a sign.

This is the best hotel in Eureka, thats not in California or Montana but Utah.  It was the only motel there were only 5 rooms in the motel in Eureka and there were still 3 left at the end of the night.  Why were we the lucky ones.  At least it was clean although it had a funny smell.  There was only one cafe in town that served breakfast but not until 11 am.  so we left.

Day 3 of 2012 Trip

We missed blogging on Wednesday as there wasn't much to say except if we thought there was a lot of smoke on Tuesday well the was more on Wednesday.

These photos were taken at the White bird Battlefield south of Grangeville Id.   3 Indians were wounded and 35 Soldiers were killed.













We Spent the night in Mountain Home Id. after a long day but good day of riding.












On Thursday morning we road about one hour to Twin Falls Id. were Sharron had her Trike serviced.  While this was being done we went to Shoshone Falls, which is on the north east edge of Twin Falls and is Known as the Niagara Falls of the west (so some say) even though the water flow was very low it was a spectacular site to see.

Once Sharrons bike was finished we went on to Jackpot Nv. were we are spending the night.

On the road again Sept. 2012

Off on another adventure.  Here is three of the crew (I'm taking the photo) at the start of a 19 day trip.  The trip so far was uneventful other than we missed the rain that was supposed to get us.  Smoke, did I say there was smoke in the air today.  in the second photo we were above Lewiston Id. but you can't see it because of smoke.  Off to Boise tomorrow.

18 Sept On the Road Again

I was unable to publish on the 17th do to a very poor internet connection.  I am adding to the blogg today from home.  On the 17th we Left Jerome Ut. at 630 am.  and continued west on I 84 past Boise and north on Hwy 95 up through New Meadows, Riggins and Grangeville to Lewiston were we spent the night at the Sweetgrass Casino and Resort.  It was warm but comfortable riding.  Left the following morning and the weather was warm until we got to the top of the hill on the north side of Lewiston then it got cold.  Had to put on leather coats and later rain gear.  It was cold all the way home but luckily no rain until about 10 minutes after we arrived home.  All in all we had a great trip.  It the 2 weeks of travel we spent 66 hrs riding our bikes a total of 3534 miles (5688Km)  One day only of no bike riding.  

Sept 16 On the Road Again

Sharron and I thought that we'd be smart and miss some hot weather and make up some time by leaving Richfield at 6 am this morning.  Well we got away on time but damn it was a cold 36 degrees F.   We traveled on Hwy 89 to 24 then onto the I15  to Tremonton, Ut.   These Hwy's were straight, fast and well straight.  At Tremonton we turned west on I84 then drove to Jerome, Ut.  Straight and fast.  Were we stopped for the night having traveled 660km, we were tired and had wanted to get to Boise but felt it would be not a good idea.
We didn't take any pictures today but thought we would put some of the one's we took in Bryce Canyon as it was pretty incredible.  Tomorrow we hope to get at least to Lewiston.

Sept 15 On the Road Again

Sharron and were lucky enough to find someone to take this photo of us at Bryce canyon.



We left Mesquite at 6:30 am and it was just a little cool by the time we got to Cedar City it was down right cold.  Had to put our leathers on.  Turned east on hwy 14 and had a great ride on a twisty road through a narrow canyon that even Sharron liked.  Great views.  We made it to Bryce Canyon, the ride was not through a canyon but along a ridge that followed the canyon which gave spectacular views of the vistas showing the red rocks of the canyon.  Shut down at 6 pm Mt time as we were a little tired.  Drove 512 km today, hope to get another early start tomorrow.