Here is an excerpt from Bill's final entry. So today I was on my own and it's not near as much fun as riding with Lou but I made the 700+KM home in 8 hours as I was focused on the goal as opposed to the journey. I tried to have that delicious smelling steak last night that I caught a whiff of on the highway into Valleyview, the tantalising scent literally pulled me off the highway and into the mo'tel parking lot. Sadly the physical manifestation of that meal fe...

Our original destination today was Dawson Creek, BC, only about 475 kms away so we made our morning departure a little more casual starting at the A&W across the street for a Crack of Bill breakfast. I should have been capitalizing & acronymizing CoB all along. Seeing CoB all spelled out now is a bit awkward, but the acronym is *****in'! After some B&E's were were off headed south on a beautiful blue sky sunshiney day. I almost said out loud to Bill ...

Welcome again, my faithful Blog followers to the 2016 version of my motorcycle adventure. As per usual, we'll start with a lengthy diatribe that is the pre-amble to the trip. It also makes the first pin on that little map above here start in Edmonton. We had a very mild Fall & Winter due to an El Nino and as such I rode into late November of 2015 and was out again in mid-March having spent exactly 112 days out of the saddle. The Rocket was not the bike I ...

So after a very long hot shower and with a full tummy and more than a few medicinal beverages I struggled to stay awake past 10 o'clock. I was also looking forward to sleeping in my own bed, which when compared against normal beds is absolutely top-notch, but when compared against mo'tel beds, is in a league of its own. I was also missing our bidet, The Brondell Swash 1000, more info here: http://brondell.com/swash/swash-1000-bi det-seat.html If you have never e...

This morning I was up fairly early to do some writing, and I was watching the Weather Channel on TV. The 'cooling trend' mentioned yesterday was now a huge low pressure system stretching from northern Montana all the way to past Edmonton. There was no escaping that today. There is a saying in the Motorcycle world, and I am sure it applies to many other activities, just fill in the blanks, The Worst Day on a Motorcycle, is Better Than the Best Day at Work. I find...