bigjohnsd
2021 BMW R1250GSA
I'm going to join Festar on part of his North West Odyssey.
Current plan is as follows:
July 1st Departing Cody via the Chief Joseph Highway, over the Beartooth Pass and into Red Lodge MT for lunch. Departing Red Lodge and heading North West to Great Falls MT for the night. 432 miles 7 hr 10 min in the saddle.
July 2nd Departing Great Falls and riding to St Mary MT then riding the Highway to the Sun through Glacier Park and into West Glacier MT. Continuing to Lolo MT for the night of July 2nd. 353 miles + or – and 7 hours in the saddle.
July 3rd Depart Lolo and ride the pass to Kooskia ID, then South on US 95 to New Meadows ID then onto ID 55 to Lowman ID. From Lowman East on ID 21 to Stanley ID (this is an absolute awesome road which we will see again going the other way) and then over a pass to Ketchum and Hailey ID where I have a friend that will have cold beers and warm beds for us.
July 4th Depart Hailey for Prineville OR. We will go back Down ID 21 all the way to Boise. We want to do this early as we don’t want to encounter a lot of traffic. This may be the best road of the trip! Especially the portion of ID 21 between Lowman and Boise. Overnight in Prineville OR – this is an almost 9 hour day and right close to 500 miles, the fun stuff is in the morning,
July 5th Prineville to Mt Rainier via Mt St Helens. Haven’t figured out where to stay yet. 383 miles and 8 hours in the Saddle to get to Mt Rainier Park Entrance
July 6th Mt Rainier to Coos Bay OR via Long View WA, West Union OR, OR 47 to Forest Grove OR continuing to McMinnville OR, then OR 18 to Willimina OR then continuing on OR 18 to Otis OR and the junction with the Coast Highway US 101 and South to Coos Bay. 360 miles in 8 hours.
July 7th Coos Bay OR to Ft Bragg CA Right down the Coast, Ocean at your feet for 350 Miles and all day (6 hours20 min)
July 8th Ft Bragg CA to San Francisco CA 175 Miles – 4 Hours then time to do a little sightseeing in San Francisco
July 9th Depart San Francisco, ride up through the Napa Valley (Wine Country) and then to Calistoga CA and over the hill on a great road to Clear Lake and then to Yuba City CA via CA 20. Spend the night in Yuba City while I visit my Dad. Should get to Yuba City in the early Afternoon. It will be hot! < 200 miles 6 hours with stops along the way.
July 10th Depart Yuba City early and head for Sparks and the Western FJR Roundup. We will ride an absolutely awesome road to Quincy and should arrive in Sparks at lunch time.
July 10-13 at the FJR Roundup
July 14th Leave Sparks early to get across Nevada in the morning before it gets too hot, take an overnight break in Wendover Utah, home of the Bonneville Salt Flats, Speed museum, lots of Casinos. 465 Miles 7.5 hours via the Loneliest Road in America, US 50 from Fallon Nevada to Ely NV then North to Wendover UT, Lots of Water and Wet Shirts under a mesh Jacket!
July 15th Get up early in the morning and head across the Utah Salt flats to Salt Lake City then there are some interesting roads in Utah North of Salt lake and South of Yellowstone Nat’l Park. Lots of Options here.
July 16th head up through Wyoming going through the Bighorn Mountains over either US 14 or US 16 to Buffalo or Sheridan WY then it is only 3 hours to Spearfish.
Looking for comments, input recommendations, observations etc........
Thanks,
John
Current plan is as follows:
July 1st Departing Cody via the Chief Joseph Highway, over the Beartooth Pass and into Red Lodge MT for lunch. Departing Red Lodge and heading North West to Great Falls MT for the night. 432 miles 7 hr 10 min in the saddle.
July 2nd Departing Great Falls and riding to St Mary MT then riding the Highway to the Sun through Glacier Park and into West Glacier MT. Continuing to Lolo MT for the night of July 2nd. 353 miles + or – and 7 hours in the saddle.
July 3rd Depart Lolo and ride the pass to Kooskia ID, then South on US 95 to New Meadows ID then onto ID 55 to Lowman ID. From Lowman East on ID 21 to Stanley ID (this is an absolute awesome road which we will see again going the other way) and then over a pass to Ketchum and Hailey ID where I have a friend that will have cold beers and warm beds for us.
July 4th Depart Hailey for Prineville OR. We will go back Down ID 21 all the way to Boise. We want to do this early as we don’t want to encounter a lot of traffic. This may be the best road of the trip! Especially the portion of ID 21 between Lowman and Boise. Overnight in Prineville OR – this is an almost 9 hour day and right close to 500 miles, the fun stuff is in the morning,
July 5th Prineville to Mt Rainier via Mt St Helens. Haven’t figured out where to stay yet. 383 miles and 8 hours in the Saddle to get to Mt Rainier Park Entrance
July 6th Mt Rainier to Coos Bay OR via Long View WA, West Union OR, OR 47 to Forest Grove OR continuing to McMinnville OR, then OR 18 to Willimina OR then continuing on OR 18 to Otis OR and the junction with the Coast Highway US 101 and South to Coos Bay. 360 miles in 8 hours.
July 7th Coos Bay OR to Ft Bragg CA Right down the Coast, Ocean at your feet for 350 Miles and all day (6 hours20 min)
July 8th Ft Bragg CA to San Francisco CA 175 Miles – 4 Hours then time to do a little sightseeing in San Francisco
July 9th Depart San Francisco, ride up through the Napa Valley (Wine Country) and then to Calistoga CA and over the hill on a great road to Clear Lake and then to Yuba City CA via CA 20. Spend the night in Yuba City while I visit my Dad. Should get to Yuba City in the early Afternoon. It will be hot! < 200 miles 6 hours with stops along the way.
July 10th Depart Yuba City early and head for Sparks and the Western FJR Roundup. We will ride an absolutely awesome road to Quincy and should arrive in Sparks at lunch time.
July 10-13 at the FJR Roundup
July 14th Leave Sparks early to get across Nevada in the morning before it gets too hot, take an overnight break in Wendover Utah, home of the Bonneville Salt Flats, Speed museum, lots of Casinos. 465 Miles 7.5 hours via the Loneliest Road in America, US 50 from Fallon Nevada to Ely NV then North to Wendover UT, Lots of Water and Wet Shirts under a mesh Jacket!
July 15th Get up early in the morning and head across the Utah Salt flats to Salt Lake City then there are some interesting roads in Utah North of Salt lake and South of Yellowstone Nat’l Park. Lots of Options here.
July 16th head up through Wyoming going through the Bighorn Mountains over either US 14 or US 16 to Buffalo or Sheridan WY then it is only 3 hours to Spearfish.
Looking for comments, input recommendations, observations etc........
Thanks,
John
