Pacific Northwest trip

[HawkGTRider]

While I've blanketed the eastern US during my 40ish years of riding, I'm looking very forward to experiencing the eastern half of Canada once I get back to riding. And the PNW is very much on my list as well. I think I could spend more than a few months just visiting the National Parks in California.

Just a reminder...check those rear view mirrors every time you slow down. There might be someone there ready to hurt you.

[NinjaBob]

While I've blanketed the eastern US during my 40ish years of riding, I'm looking very forward to experiencing the eastern half of Canada once I get back to riding. And the PNW is very much on my list as well. I think I could spend more than a few months just visiting the National Parks in California.

Just a reminder...check those rear view mirrors every time you slow down. There might be someone there ready to hurt you.

Thanks for the reminder Geoffrey. I have been rear-ended while stopped twice in the last few years so the rear view mirrors are always on my mind.
I hope your rehab is going well. Hers's to many  future great road trips to you!

[NinjaBob]

On August 22 we had a 292 mile ride from Glasgow to Dickinson, ND. North Dakota is one of only four states I had not ridden on a motorcycle and it was good to check that off my bucket list. Also the weather was much improved from the previous day. The highlight of the day was a tour of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. I must admit I had never even heard of it before this trip!

We headed south out of Glasgow on MT 24 to MT 200 and then on east on I-94 to Theodore Roosevelt NP South Unit. The park has a 22 mile loop with beutiful scenery and wildlife along the way but there was a road closer near the end so we about 17 miles and then backtracked. At a couple of pint the road was literally block by a few dozen Bison, requiring a ranger to herd them off the road with his truck. We slowly rode past several huge beasts within a few feet of our machines! The park is also home to a herd of wild horses but they kept thir distance.

[Ride4MS]

Dickenson, ND is less than 300 miles from International Peace Gardens, Dunseith, ND. We were there in mid- July, 2023. After reading about it, we had wanted to go there for a few years and finally made it there this year. It is very peaceful and heart warming. It covers over 3,000 acres with camping available, lakes and many memorials and museums as well as part of the towers from 9-11 attack.
There were not a lot of people making for a great visit, without the crowds. As someone said, if this was located near New York, there would be a lot more people, but ND just does not get that many visitors.
If you go, take your passport or other ID as listed on their website. It is located half in the USA, and half in Canada.
They also have a sense of humor in the rest rooms. See photos below.

[HawkGTRider]

While I've blanketed the eastern US during my 40ish years of riding, I'm looking very forward to experiencing the eastern half of Canada once I get back to riding. And the PNW is very much on my list as well. I think I could spend more than a few months just visiting the National Parks in California.

Just a reminder...check those rear view mirrors every time you slow down. There might be someone there ready to hurt you.

Thanks for the reminder Geoffrey. I have been rear-ended while stopped twice in the last few years so the rear view mirrors are always on my mind.
I hope your rehab is going well. Hers's to many  future great road trips to you!

Prior to this incident, I had only been bumped from the rear one time (at a traffic light) in nearly 40 years of riding. The lady that hit me this time, per the accident report, slowed from 35 to near 30 while the estimate for me on that report was slowing from 35 to near 10 mph. I was unconscious for an extended period of time after the impact, so I can't even guess why I was slowing (especially to a speed as slow as 10 mph) and I don't remember the impact at all. But if she really hit me with a closing speed near 25 mph, it's no wonder I've suffered the injuries involved. That's a substantial impact!
I don't know how fast the guy that hit Brick recently was traveling, but seeing the pictures of the front of that car tells me he hit Brick at a substantial speed.

I go in a couple of weeks for another exam by the orthopedic surgeon who did my pelvic reconstruction. If he says my pelvis is healed enough that I can be weight-bearing, maybe I can start more rigorous therapy for walking and balancing (leading eventually to maybe riding), and more. My fingers are crossed. I've been in a wheel chair or bed for nearly 2 1/2 months. Others have had worse injuries, but this is by far the worst thing that's ever happened to me.

[Ride4MS]

We are praying and hoping that you get much better soon. And, be able to walk easily, maybe even run soon, and back on a cycle. The hope is what will help you get better also.