Jasper to Radium Hot Springs

Jul 21 2017

We woke up not knowing what today would bring, but boy did we have a variety of serendipitous things happen througout the day. We first drove to Maligne Canyon, and on the way there we saw a group of 12 or so female and young elk, including what we thought were twins. They were grazing along the side of the road eating the grass and flowers. They were really taking their time, so we got to enjoy them peacefully moving about for quite a while. We continued on and soon learned that Maligne, which means means evil or wicked, is[…]

Jul 20 2017

The to do list for today was a long one. Our ride would be from Golden to Jasper, in Jasper National park. I have to admit that today was not a good day. I was pretty much miserably cold all day until about 3pm. A major cold front had come down and even with many layers on I was freezing. I thought we would warm up as the day went on, but that didn’t happen. We stopped at one point to dig out my heavy winter gloves and our rain jackets. That helped a bit. I even rode with my[…]

Jul 18 2017

“I knew we could always count on bikers!!” The title of today’s post is Canadream because summer vacation season is in full swing, and everywhere we go there are rental RV’s that say Canadream. So you too can rent an RV and take your dream trip across Canada. The other reason Frank got the idea to travel Canada this year is because it is the 150th Anniversary of Canada and they are celebrating with free admission to all Canada Parks. The only unfortunate thing is there are major wild fires in multiple locations in the area so the visibility and[…]

Jul 17 2017

It has been a year since out epic cross country trip with the Sister’s Centennial Ride. Frank has spent some time scheming to take us on a trip in Canada. We know the kids won’t stay small forever, so if we are going to do another big trip it is now or never. We flew into Seattle to save two days of driving and had the bikes shipped up. Frank found a guy that delivers motorcycles from various cities between Seattle and San Diego a couple of times a week, so it worked out great. Our delivery guy meets us[…]

Apr 10 2017

Once again the Ride for Kids Dual Sport Ride was a huge success. We had not planned on going because we had the highly coveted camping reservations in Yosemite National Park. But the forecast for the park was to be 20 degrees and snowing, so we decided to skip it for this year. Unfortunately none of our LABiker friends could join us so it would just be Frank and I riding. The weather was perfect: not too hot and not too cold. After the all important pancakes, raffles and Honda giveaways, there was also the Celebration of Life and the[…]

Super Bloom hits Anza Borrego

Mar 25 2017

With the epic amount of rain that we finally got for the first time in over 5 yrs here in Southern California, there was no question that we would be taking a trip to the desert to see the flowers. The question was where… We packed up the kids and headed to Anza Borrego Desert State Park. We decided to head out on a Friday night (in traffic of course, this is LA) so we could stay near the park and avoid early crowds in case there was no parking. That paid off in spades because we were able to[…]

Archive - 2017

Jasper to Radium Hot Springs

Jasper National Park

Canadream

O, Canada

Ride For Kids Dual Sport 2017

Super Bloom hits Anza Borrego