We’ll be spending another day in Boise. The BMW dealer can work on the bike on Thursday morning to replace the fork seal. A big ‘thank you’ to Neil in the service department for fitting us into their busy schedule. No 6k service but we’ll worry about that later. A leaking fork seal is a safety hazard (bad handling, dripping fork oil on the brake rotor if it deteriorates more) and thus needs to be addressed.
Category: motorcycles
Day of Rest – sort of
You guessed it, laundry day 😉 as well as a rest day with some restocking errands around Boise. Traffic in the middle of the day was ferocious. Also did some route planning around the 6000 miles tune-up for Diane’s F650GS which is due in 400 miles. BMW motorcycle dealers are not as frequent as Honda or Kawasaki dealers so we try to ‘plan ahead’. Hah. Continue reading Day of Rest – sort of
Challis, ID to Boise, ID
Boise? Yes, another change in plans. After looking at the weather forecast for Missoula, MT (mid 60s F [15 C] and rain) we decide to alter our route and head south. Taking scenic route 75 and then 21 to Boise was the plan for the day.
Continue reading Challis, ID to Boise, ID
(Evil) Google Maps
For those of you that have been following along and are checking our route via the provided link no Google Maps, you get to thank Diane for all her hard work on putting them together. Not only that, but if you haven’t clicked on the blue pins, the links, or the 45 degree sloping line on the left, please do since Diane actually includes additional comments and information in them :-).
Why evil you ask? Well, let’s just say that Diane has uttered a few choice words when working with the program – case in point is a pop-up box that appears when clicking on the ‘send as e-mail’ button. The pop-up has a URL and two buttons that read ‘Create new map’ – WTF?? Diane has been patient and persistent in getting it all to work. Big ‘thank you’ to her :D.
P.S. Comments may not exist on all maps – so they are like easter eggs ;-).
Lava Hot Springs, ID to Challis, ID
Per our decision last night, we broke camp without making breakfast and headed to Pocatello for an Albertson’s supermarket that had a Starbucks inside which we had found last evening via the internet. Double duty – get coffee as well as some groceries for the next few days :-). Sunday morning in Pocatello was pretty slow so we took our time drinking coffee and shopping. Continue reading Lava Hot Springs, ID to Challis, ID
Manila, UT to Lava Hot Springs, ID
Overcast skies greeted us when we woke up. Not a good sign. While getting ready and breaking camp we kept a watchful eye on the weather. We got a few sprinkles but it dried out quickly.
Duchesne, UT ot Manila, UT
We left the state park around 9:30 heading for Vernal where we stopped at Super Wal-mart to pick up some groceries and odds & ends. Heading further north on US 191 we made our ascent into the mountains again, this time snaking our way up a long sloped mountain side. Continue reading Duchesne, UT ot Manila, UT
Moab, UT to Starvation State Park, UT
Slowly but surely working working our way north. Started the day with an amazing ride on state road 128, just outside of Moab, that takes you through a canyon along the river. The price we paid for that was forty odd miles on IH-70 :-(. Once off the freeway we headed north on US 191 towards Duchesne, UT. Continue reading Moab, UT to Starvation State Park, UT
Moab, UT
People started to avoid us, turning blue in the face when they talked to us. At first I thought it was because Diane forgot to put on deodorant but when we caught a whiff of ourselves [really, just me] we came to same conclusion: time to do laundry. Driving through the desert in protective clothing will get to your gear after a while no matter how high tech the gear is ;-).
Laundry was only one reason to stop. We also needed a mental break after riding for six days. That plus catching up on e-mail, the blog and the fact that Moab had two microbreweries was purely incidental ;-). We enjoyed the day and even took some pictures.
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- Lunch: a roll with cheese and cucumber, zuchinni, and tomato
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- Moab Brewery 😉
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- Playing with the point and shoot’s macro mode
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- Playing with the point and shoot’s macro mode
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- Playing with the point and shoot’s macro mode
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- Playing with the point and shoot’s macro mode
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- Playing with the point and shoot’s macro mode
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- Playing with the point and shoot’s macro mode
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- Playing with the point and shoot’s macro mode
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- Dane realllllly wanted this one 😉
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- No, I’m not in trouble. Police officer was patrolling the campground. He rides too so he stopped to chat. Asking us about our bikes. He actually stopped by the first night too.
Blanding, UT to Moab, UT
Getting ready for departure in the morning takes a while. No, not because we are surfing advrider.com but rather because we have to make breakfast, clean dishes and break everything down and pack all back up small so it will fit into the panniers and our blue duffle bags – unlike car camping where one can often loosely pack and just toss it all into the trunk. Today it took us a little over two hours before we were on the road.