About the ride and who we are....

The trip is now complete. Total mileage for the 14 day trip was 3400 miles. On this trip we crossed into 7 different states, visited 3 National Parks, 3 National Monuments, and numerous State parks. We departed Las Vegas, NV at 0530 on August 24th, 2009 and returned into Las Vegas, NV at 1605 on September 6th, 2009. We rode thru the states of Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana, and Idaho. Main stopping points of interest were the Black Hills of South Dakota, Custer State Park, Mt Rushmore National Monument, Crazy Horse Memorial, cities of Sturgis, Deadwood, Hill and Custer, SD, as well as Devil's Tower National Monument, Yellowstone National Park, and Grand Teton National Park.

Partipants on the ride were Ron Doig, Tom Donaldson, and Walt "Butkus" Willetts. Initially we had hoped for more and at one point probably had at least 8 riders expressing interest but life happens and it was down to this fearsome threesome.

Ron and Tom met up with Walt in Custer, South Dakota on August 25th, a day earlier than planned. Walt rode with us for 3 days before having to leave us but it was a fun filled couple of days.

We updated fotos and route maps every night except when inside Yellowstone National Park due to lack of any internet capability. We hope all who followed us along our journey enjoyed the site. Please feel free to post comments.

Ron Doig / Tom Donaldson


Friday, September 4, 2009

Heading South

It's Friday and we're back in civilization. Three days in Yellowstone with no internet..........now that's roughing it ladies and gentlemen.

Yellowstone was really interesting with all the geothermal activity and the wildlife.

Leaving Yellowstone today was "an experience". Heading south out of the park, just outside the gate we hit some road construction, There was no pavement, just hard packed dirt and some gravel. Just to make it a little more interesting for those of us on motorcycles they wet down the road surface giving it a nice slick layer of mud. I'm here to tell you it was slicker than snot! It gets real exciting when the 900 lb cycle your riding starts to fishtail in the mud and ruts. It lasted about five miles but seemed like fifty! When it was over it felt like I had been rode hard and put away wet! I never saw so much mud on a bike that was not intended for off road use. If I knew that was coming I would have bought a set of Knobby tires. Picture that, a Goldwing with Knobbies! I'm really glad I wasn't on the Hoss.

The Grand Tetons were just that........GRAND! They are magnificant.

In Jackson we had lunch at the "Million Dollar Cowboy Bar". It was really something. All of the bar stools are saddles....complete with stirrups in case you get a bit tipsy you won't fall off!

We're in Evanston, WY tonight, right back where we were on the first night of our journey. Two more days and we'll be back to reality, the good lord willing and the creek don't rise.

Ron's hard at work uploading all the pics, videos and maps from the last three days. We hope you enjoy them as much as we did taking them.

Tom D.
Alive and well in Evanston-Wyoming.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Sitting in a rocking chair waiting for Old Faithful to blow.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Arrived in Yellowstone. Cant wait to explore the park tomorrow. No internet anywhere in the park. Guess we will have to rough it.