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Day 14: Minneapolis to Chicago Route:  South on 52 to Rochester and the following 14 to Chicago Staying on 14 and crossing the Mississippi River at La Crosse and the Wisconsin at Helena. Continuing on 14 and then taking a detour through downtown Madison (bad idea) before linking up with...

Day13: Marshall to Minneapolis Route: 23 to Granite Falls/Wilmar/Spicer/Paynesville/Cold Spring.  Interstate 94 to Rogers 101/169 to Elk River, 94 to 494 to Minneapolis. Today will be our last day of riding together.  We will drop Vaughn’s bike at EagleRider in Elk River where his wife will...

Day12: Pierre to Marshall Route: 14E to Florence the 23 to Lynd and Marshall.   We will leave South Dakota and enter Minnesota today and looking at the map we can expect lots of twisties today. Well, actually no twisties but plenty of cross winds. :) It is cold and we stop to fill up, this...

“Baai-baai Bokkie” Elke aand het ek ‘n vaste ritueel.  Enige toer het ‘n ritueel. Indien jy nie ‘n vaste ritueel het nie veroorsaak dit net frustrasie.  Of miskien pla dit jou nie.  Vir my pla dit wel.  My ritueel begin deur seker te maak die fiets se tenk is vol petrol voordat ek by my...

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Day11: Deadwood to Pierre Route: 385 to 16 (Keystone), 244 to Mt Rushmore.   Today I will experience the last of the places on my “To See” list, Mt Rushmore.  I’m not sure when exactly my fascination with Mt Rushmore started.  I’m sure it featured in one of the trailers that I used to see in...

(Day 10: Continued: Sturgis to Deadwood) Route:  Sturgis to Deadwood via Alt14 and 85. In one of our discussions with a fellow biker along the way we confuse the towns of “Spearfish” and “Deadwood” and say that we plan to stay over in “Deadfish”.  He laughs and corrects us.  “Great place...

Day 10: Gillette to Deadwood Route:  East on Interstate 90 to Moorcroft, 14 north to 24 and 34 to north on 85 to Belle Fourche ,  Interstate 90 to Sturgis via Spearfish. We make the decision to skip the conventional “donuts and coffee” breakfast at the hotel and head towards Moorcroft for...

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Day 9: Cody to Gillette Route: East on 14 and joining Interstate 90 at Ranchester and on to Gillette via Sheridan. There is just no way that today’s route will rival yesterday’s riding experience.  The beauty of Yellowstone Park combined with the curves of Beartooth and Chief Joseph Scenic...

As promised in the RR of Day 4, I am posting another "story" that I wrote to Elmarie about an incident that happened when I took the photo at Mt Rainier.  It links to a scene that I saw 2 weeks later in Michaux State Park. “Still Pretty” Ek volg Paradise Road wat Stevens Canyon Road word en...

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(Day 8 Continued) Route: Cody to Belfry via 120 and 72.  From Belfry to Red Lodge on 308. Then from Red Lodge to Beartooth Pass (212) and then via 296 (a.k.a. Crandall Rd, Dead Indian Hill Rd) but also referred to as Chief Joseph Scenic Hwy back to Cody. Entering Cody we pass a massive Rodeo...

Day 8: West Yellowstone to Cody and then Beartooth Pass and Chief Joseph Scenic Hwy Route:  West Yellowstone to the East Entrance via 191, 89, Norris Canyon Rd, Grand Loop Rd joining 14/16/20 to Cody via Wapiti. I am still in pain about the cost of the previous night’s accommodation but...

Day 7: Missoula to West Yellowstone Route:  I90 East to Cardwell, 359 to Harrison, 287 via Ennis to West Yellowstone via 191 Last night we stayed over at the Howard Johnson in Missoula. (We are staying over at cheap motels that we book on short notice…go figure).  As we strap our bags onto...

Day6: Walla-Walla to Missoula Route: Route 12 (see Pat’s description below) A message from a friend, Pat: “Rosie gave me your itinerary because she thought that I could give you some advice. Overall, it looks great but I think that you would like it better with some changes. I rode my bike...

Day 5: Moses Lake to Walla Walla Route: Moses Lake to Warden on 17 and 170 to Lind to Washtucna on 261 to Palouse Falls, Starbuck on 261 to Dayton on 12 and on to Walla Walla. Tonight I will meet up with an American friend, Vaughn, in Walla Walla.  He will pick up a rental bike in Portland...

As a way of sharing my experiences with my wife I wrote her a couple of short stories while on the trip.  Some are funny, some are sad, others just describe what I saw on a particular day.  Below is one that I wrote about checking into the Motel in Aberdeen on Day 1. “Hmmm” Ek glo mens kan in...

Day4: Ashford to Moses Lake Route: Paradise Road to Stevens Canyon Road past Lake Louise.   North on 123 and then East on 410 linking up with 12 all the way to Yakima.  Canyon Rd (821) north to 90E to Moses Lake The temperature drops to  3 degrees Celsius as I head up Paradise Road but my...