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1684969200 Europe 1474758000 South America 1456012800 Oceania 1441839600 Asia 1198368000 -
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1275865200 Florida 1231891200 Prince Edward Island 1198454400 Washington 1198368000 South Carolina 1198368000 Colorado 1198368000 Hawaii 1198368000 - Longview
Left Malta, Montana after sleeping in until 0630am. Rode 2W to Shelby, north on Rt 15 to Canadian Immigration. This old "cougar" got the most handsome young immigration agent I've ever seen! Yahoooo - welcome to Canada, Sandi!
Headed to Lethbridge to the Harley shop to try to find some waterproof glove liners - they didn't have any but gave me some plastic proctology gloves. Larry bought me a bell for the rental bike to ward off the road demons (after 1500 miles!). Stopped in Fort Maclead for lunch, in sight of the Rocky Mountains. Met an old coot (and I mean OLD) on a bike at the A&W Root Beer stand. He had some riding stories to tell! Very grizzled old guy.
Gorgeous weather, sunny and about 75. Saw my first real range-working cowboy on horseback with a herd. Also saw some antelope and some buffalo. From Shelby all the way north to Longview - HIGH WINDS. I was exhausted from holding onto the bike.
Headed north to try to get to Canmore where we had a hotel reservation...BUT...we stopped in Longview to get gas, and put our rain gear on because the sky was black and the temperature dropped to about 45 degrees!
Headed out and promptly hit a hail storm, small but painful. We were trying to get to Rt 40 via Hwy 541, but Rt 40 was still closed due to winter weather. So, we headed back to Longview to see if we could get a hotel room. Good thing about that little jaunt was that we saw a Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep in the road! We actually got to see him twice, once going and once coming back. Very cool! Also saw a small deer. Fortunately we were able to cancel the hotel reservation in Canmore.
Right now I am having a few well-deserved drinks in the Twin Cities Cafe and Cowboy Bar. Full of real, live working cowboys.....Wranglers, hats, boots, and all. And all very ruggedly good-looking!!! I'm in HEAVEN! One of them just came up to me and told me I was doing something illegal - typing with 10 fingers! Nice guy - raunchy humor, I love it! And he posed for a picture with me!
Headed to Lethbridge to the Harley shop to try to find some waterproof glove liners - they didn't have any but gave me some plastic proctology gloves. Larry bought me a bell for the rental bike to ward off the road demons (after 1500 miles!). Stopped in Fort Maclead for lunch, in sight of the Rocky Mountains. Met an old coot (and I mean OLD) on a bike at the A&W Root Beer stand. He had some riding stories to tell! Very grizzled old guy.
Gorgeous weather, sunny and about 75. Saw my first real range-working cowboy on horseback with a herd. Also saw some antelope and some buffalo. From Shelby all the way north to Longview - HIGH WINDS. I was exhausted from holding onto the bike.
Headed north to try to get to Canmore where we had a hotel reservation...BUT...we stopped in Longview to get gas, and put our rain gear on because the sky was black and the temperature dropped to about 45 degrees!
Headed out and promptly hit a hail storm, small but painful. We were trying to get to Rt 40 via Hwy 541, but Rt 40 was still closed due to winter weather. So, we headed back to Longview to see if we could get a hotel room. Good thing about that little jaunt was that we saw a Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep in the road! We actually got to see him twice, once going and once coming back. Very cool! Also saw a small deer. Fortunately we were able to cancel the hotel reservation in Canmore.
Right now I am having a few well-deserved drinks in the Twin Cities Cafe and Cowboy Bar. Full of real, live working cowboys.....Wranglers, hats, boots, and all. And all very ruggedly good-looking!!! I'm in HEAVEN! One of them just came up to me and told me I was doing something illegal - typing with 10 fingers! Nice guy - raunchy humor, I love it! And he posed for a picture with me!
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Peggy Halverson Love it, Sandi! Wish I were there! I sure love me some cowboys!! Keep the posts coming!
Sandi Valois LOL! I still love cowboys; hold-over from the good ole days in Texas! I will begin posting some pictures when I am not so exhausted, and have some more time.
Bill Heckler - LEHD Sandi: Sounds like a wonderful journey! We are eagerly following your travels. Hope all is fundamentally well with you, your group and the bike!