Chasing the New Year with Rain

Jan 05 2018

It rained all night at Franz Josef Glacier. We checked out the weather forecast and it was going to be heavy rain all day. We decided to just hang out and try to wait it out. The normal checkout time was 10am, so we asked the manager if we could stay till 11 or 12, and he gave us the OK. He said as long as we left before his cleaning staff at 2pm, because he did not want to clean the room himself! We took advantage of the the hotel having a laundry room, and after I bothered the[…]

Jul 28 2017

Our time in Western Canada had come to an end, and it was time to cross border and head back into the US. We headed to the border crossing at Babb, and were soon in Montana. We stopped for a quick picture in front of a unique sculpture of horses made out of car parts, and sign for the Blackfoot Indian Nation. Hwy 89 would take us south through Babb and St. Mary, and the entrance to Glacier National Park, also called the Crown of the Continent. This would be the first time to Glacier for all of us, and the[…]

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[…]

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Chasing the New Year with Rain

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