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Wednesday, August 1, 2007

50th Birthday Ride

For my 50th birthday, I rode my FJR to Banff, AB, spent six wonderful days there with Carole, then rode to the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, Alaska, and back home.

  • Day 1 - Home to Ely, NV
  • Day 2 - Ely to Stanley, ID
  • Day 3 - Stanley, ID to Glacier National Park
  • Day 4 - Glacier National Park to Banff, Alberta
  • Day 5 - R&R in Banff with Carole
  • Day 6 - Radium Hot Springs, and a big moose
  • Day 7 - Birthday brunch at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
  • Day 8 - Kicking Horse Mountain Resort and Golden, BC
  • Day 9 - Banff to Grande Cache, AB
  • Day 10 - Grande Cache, AB to Fort Nelson, BC, by way of the Northwest Territories
  • Day 11 - Fort Nelson to Dease Lake, BC, by way of Watson Lake, YT and the Cassiar Highway
  • Day 12 - Dease Lake to Smithers, BC, by way of Hyder, Alaska
  • Day 13 - Smithers to Quesnel, BC
  • Day 14 - Quesnel, BC to Tumwater, WA
  • Day 15 - Tumwater, WA to Albany, OR, with a new set of tires along the way
  • Day 16 - Albany, OR to Williams, CA
  • Day 17 - Williams to Home, Sweet Home

5500 miles, in 13 days of riding, for a 425 mile per day average, through seven states, two provinces, and two territories.

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Posted by bnc at August 1, 2007 10:08 PM