Panman
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Yesterday, Friday mourning 3:30 get up didn't sound so good, and with eight days of sick leave to use or burn so where or what do I do????????????/
The night before the wife tells me that she was running low on Aspirin so I thought I would duplicate Hudson's ride up to the Costco just across the boarder. So me thinks I'll take a run up 9 to Sumas get the wife her goodies.
So off I go to be a hero and by the time I get to Smokey Point to get some cash at the machine it starts raining so after getting the cash I just run up I-5 to Bellingham and take the Sunset drive over to 9 then to Sumas. It quit raining so took a couple of shots as I was headed up 9.
I filled up in Sumas crossed the boarder and did my Drug buy at Costco and was thinking to myself what next? I knew Canada's 1 was just down the street and thought let's do a Can Am Cascade Loup
So off I go on on 1 headed for Hope. 1 isn't to bad as the view's are nice.
The rain came back on 3 for a while so had to stop and cover the tank bag so no camara for a while.
It cleared up a bit so some more shots headed east.
Getting to the dry side.
Little town of Hedly
I could have taken more photo's but I got into a few groups of these and did some sprited chasing.
These two could push those old bath tub's hard thru the corners it was fun being in their play ground!
I crossed the boarder at Nighthawk a little crossing with very little traffic in the middle of nowhere.
After I got my usual lecture about only bringing 50 of the Asprin tablets back they said I could go.
I pulled away and looked back and thought what a Patriotic picture this would make.
I turned the bike a bit so I could snap a shot of the nice looking boarder patrol building with the flags and this back drop.
The guards came running out yelling at me took my camara, and now I'm a real bad guy not only a drug runner but a real live terrorist.
That went on for a few and after they looked at my picture's and made me delete the one and scared the crap out of me they lead me around back told me to watch for snakes and let me take that picture.
Badly shaken I take off thinking I'll ride around Palmer Lk thru Loomis and on to Tonasket, oh and by this time the blinky light came on telling me to get fuel! Oh well I decide that I can make Tonasket via Loomis.
I get to Tonasket take 5.6 gallons and head down 97.
Eat here like I always do.
Cool looking rock Church.
Now headed for Twisp from Okanogan.
Still a little snow on Lo Lo.
Headed into Twisp.
Here's my flag I guess.
Fueled up in Twisp thinking I wouldn't get off the bike again till home.
I shot this picture while at the Chevron I always use, waste of a good truck.
Now headed for the North Cascade highway.
Watch the weather change.
I'm getting cold time to stop and put on the heated liner.
No more pic's as I got one of the cleanest runs I've ever had coming down and really all the way to Darrington.
It started raining pretty hard when I hit Darrington but all in all a great 550 miles in about thirteen hours.
When I got home I changed the oil in the motor and the rear drive. So now I'm ready for the next run.
The night before the wife tells me that she was running low on Aspirin so I thought I would duplicate Hudson's ride up to the Costco just across the boarder. So me thinks I'll take a run up 9 to Sumas get the wife her goodies.
So off I go to be a hero and by the time I get to Smokey Point to get some cash at the machine it starts raining so after getting the cash I just run up I-5 to Bellingham and take the Sunset drive over to 9 then to Sumas. It quit raining so took a couple of shots as I was headed up 9.
I filled up in Sumas crossed the boarder and did my Drug buy at Costco and was thinking to myself what next? I knew Canada's 1 was just down the street and thought let's do a Can Am Cascade Loup
So off I go on on 1 headed for Hope. 1 isn't to bad as the view's are nice.
The rain came back on 3 for a while so had to stop and cover the tank bag so no camara for a while.
It cleared up a bit so some more shots headed east.
Getting to the dry side.
Little town of Hedly
I could have taken more photo's but I got into a few groups of these and did some sprited chasing.
These two could push those old bath tub's hard thru the corners it was fun being in their play ground!
I crossed the boarder at Nighthawk a little crossing with very little traffic in the middle of nowhere.
After I got my usual lecture about only bringing 50 of the Asprin tablets back they said I could go.
I pulled away and looked back and thought what a Patriotic picture this would make.
I turned the bike a bit so I could snap a shot of the nice looking boarder patrol building with the flags and this back drop.
The guards came running out yelling at me took my camara, and now I'm a real bad guy not only a drug runner but a real live terrorist.
That went on for a few and after they looked at my picture's and made me delete the one and scared the crap out of me they lead me around back told me to watch for snakes and let me take that picture.
Badly shaken I take off thinking I'll ride around Palmer Lk thru Loomis and on to Tonasket, oh and by this time the blinky light came on telling me to get fuel! Oh well I decide that I can make Tonasket via Loomis.
I get to Tonasket take 5.6 gallons and head down 97.
Eat here like I always do.
Cool looking rock Church.
Now headed for Twisp from Okanogan.
Still a little snow on Lo Lo.
Headed into Twisp.
Here's my flag I guess.
Fueled up in Twisp thinking I wouldn't get off the bike again till home.
I shot this picture while at the Chevron I always use, waste of a good truck.
Now headed for the North Cascade highway.
Watch the weather change.
I'm getting cold time to stop and put on the heated liner.
No more pic's as I got one of the cleanest runs I've ever had coming down and really all the way to Darrington.
It started raining pretty hard when I hit Darrington but all in all a great 550 miles in about thirteen hours.
When I got home I changed the oil in the motor and the rear drive. So now I'm ready for the next run.
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Gonna have to make that loop one of these days!
