Day 9 - June 23, 2012

Today we head home for Calgary.  We left Libby MO under overcast skies but it cleared up later and it looked like we were going to dodge the rain......NOT.  We crossed back into Canada at Rooseville and decided to come back up Hwy 22 through Black Diamond because the the weather looked better.  Unfortunately, it rained on us for a few hours from Hwy 22 to almost Calgary.

Total distance for the trip was about 5130 km over 9 days.  This was a real whirlwind trip as we had to put on a lotta of day mileage to make it to northern California and back in 9 days.

 Heading through Montana

 At Roosville border crossing...still no rain.

 Ominous dark skies up ahead.

Here comes the rain.

Day 8 - June 22, 2012

Today we rode from Clarkston WA to Libby MO.  The forecasted rain never came; thank you Mother Nature.  Nothing spectacular on the ride but we got into Libby by 3pm so we planned on something else to do.  We went to a shooting range.  Shot some skeets and then target shooting with hand guns.  It was a lotta fun.

 Spiral Highway in Clarkston, WA. Very twisty road.

 Another Smalltown USA

 Getting closer to the mountains

 Got no idea what this is in Libby.

 At the shooting range.

Day 7 - June 21, 2012

Ahgggg!!!!  I'm melting, I'm melting!!!!  The word for the day was hot.  We left The Dalles at 8 am and it was already 22C.  By the time we got to Clarkston WA, it was  37C.  We rode east on Interstate 84 (I hate Interstates) to Heppner Junction then SE down Hwy 74 and 53 to Ukiah then Hwy 244 and 82 to Enterprise, then north on Hwy 3/129 through Rattlesnake Pass to Clarkston WA for the night.  Today was a fun day with a lot of twisty roads especially over Rattlesnake Pass.

 Another construction zone (have I mentioned how much I hate Construction Zones).

 Riding through Smalltown USA.

Riding down into Rattlesnake Canyon.

 Road down Rattlesnake Canyon

 Going down canyon

 At bottom of canyon.

 Going up canyon.

Day 6 - June 20, 2012

We went back over to Chuck and Sue's for breakfast before heading out; very nice people.  We headed north out of Klamath Falls for Crater Lake.  It was very impressive and a lot bigger than I thought it was.  Then continued north to Madras and finally to The Dalles for the night.  We had quite a variation in temperature from 12C on top of Crater Lake to a blistering 32C towards Hood  River.

 Back into the forest of F\Douglas Fir

 Riding up to Crater Lake.  I thought winter was over.

 Lunch break

 One of the twisty roads.

 Breakfast at Chuck and Sue's

 Shovelling snow at Crater Lake

 Me and Crater Lake

Day 5 - June 19, 2012

Today we will finish our run down south the Pacific coast and started our turn north for home.  We left Crescent City CA and continue heading south down Hwy 101 to McKinleyville  CA; our most southerly point,  We turn east to Willow Creek (Hwy 299) and north  Hwy 96 to Interstate 5 to Ashland, east on Hwy 66 to Klamath Falls OR for the nite.  We had dinner with Rods friends, Chuck and Sue.  Wonderful people and they fed us well.

More forest

 A little foggy  in the morning

 Back inland and back to the desert

 Coffee break somewhere.................

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