CHAPTER 6
It is now down to one week before departure and final preparations are now on the way. Another trial pack has been done. It is now definately 3 pairs of socks instead of 4! Diana has weighed her clothing bag for the bike in at 4.7kg which me thinks is pretty impressive for 5 months. Perhaps I could put the rest of her clothes.......no, I won't go there!
A number of people have asked about our proposed route down through the grand old US of A. Well, that still seems a long way off at this stage but below is the tentative route from Calgary south to Los Angeles.
The aim is to incorporate as many of those iconic American National Parks as possible as we sort of zig zag down through the wider Rockies. As we know the Americans , bless them, are very keen on and indeed pioneered the drive thru concept. It seems as much the same sort thinking has gone into National Parks so as a result you get some wonderful roads meandering right though the middle of the parks which of course is heaven on wheels for motorcycles.
So here is a list of the probable National Parks we will go through. Ken and I have not really discussed the details of the route yet. No doubt some may get dropped and there will be a few modifications as we meander down to the "City of Angels."
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National Parks to be visited -
Glacier National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Tetons National Park
Craters of the Moon National Park
Rocky Mountains National Park
Mesa Verde National Park
Monument Valley
Canyonlands National Park
Arches National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
Zion National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Death Valley National Park
Yosemite National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
I feel tired just looking at the list and I strongly suspect we will not get to them all. In addition we are going to try to visit the Bonneville Salt Flats to see if we can do "The worlds slowest BMW!"
Bring it on Uncle Sam!
It is now down to one week before departure and final preparations are now on the way. Another trial pack has been done. It is now definately 3 pairs of socks instead of 4! Diana has weighed her clothing bag for the bike in at 4.7kg which me thinks is pretty impressive for 5 months. Perhaps I could put the rest of her clothes.......no, I won't go there!
A number of people have asked about our proposed route down through the grand old US of A. Well, that still seems a long way off at this stage but below is the tentative route from Calgary south to Los Angeles.
The aim is to incorporate as many of those iconic American National Parks as possible as we sort of zig zag down through the wider Rockies. As we know the Americans , bless them, are very keen on and indeed pioneered the drive thru concept. It seems as much the same sort thinking has gone into National Parks so as a result you get some wonderful roads meandering right though the middle of the parks which of course is heaven on wheels for motorcycles.
So here is a list of the probable National Parks we will go through. Ken and I have not really discussed the details of the route yet. No doubt some may get dropped and there will be a few modifications as we meander down to the "City of Angels."
View Larger Map
National Parks to be visited -
Glacier National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Tetons National Park
Craters of the Moon National Park
Rocky Mountains National Park
Mesa Verde National Park
Monument Valley
Canyonlands National Park
Arches National Park
Capitol Reef National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
Zion National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Death Valley National Park
Yosemite National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
I feel tired just looking at the list and I strongly suspect we will not get to them all. In addition we are going to try to visit the Bonneville Salt Flats to see if we can do "The worlds slowest BMW!"
Bring it on Uncle Sam!
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