Into Banff

We are in Banff and relaxing for a couple of days before we head south towards Glacier National Park and head in the general direction of home.

Overall for the trip it has been a great one with sooooo much to see that I cannot accurately describe it all.

The trip into Valemount was Interesting. The construction up here is not motorcycle friendly. In fact, they make the motorcycles follow right behind the flag car so they can keep an eye on them. The sections that are being worked on are pretty bad off camber and a lot of loose gravel so it wears on your nerves trying to keep the bikes from sliding sideways.

I did learn that running a darkside tire on loose gravel is one the few drawbacks to it. It is like trying to walk on a board over a sea of marbles. It moves under you without warning and you don’t know which way it is going to go next. There were a couple of times I was sideways. Not a fun time.

I was real proud of Lori as she made it through about 30 miles of gravel, which she hates, and didn’t stop, or complain, and kept the bike under control.

We made it into Valemount with only one little mishap. We were headed down a steep grade when  a car coming at us hit a deer. It just so happened that at the exact same spot there was chunks of rubber from a semi tire that had come apart all over the road. So we were dodging rubber pieces, deer parts and bumper parts from the car that hit the dear. It was an exiting few seconds, but we all made it through.

Gina was at this point about ready to just head for home. She said that if another thing would have happened that would be it.

We checked into the Ramada in Valemount and relaxed in the pool and got caught up on some laundry chores.  

The next morning we slept in a little and then headed south towards Jasper. We would be spending most of the day running through National Parks on the way into Banff. All I can say is, It is beautiful. 

I am going to try and put together a slide show of some of the pictures of Canada. With the scenery and the mile after mile of sweeping curves and all the people are so friendly, it is no wonder that the people here are so proud of it.

We just got back from shopping. After dragging the girls on a full circle tour of British Columbia, I guess they deserve a little shopping time. The great part for John and I, is we are on motorcycles, not a whole lot more can fit. (I am glad they didn’t think of the shipping it home option… LOL)

I will try and write some more when we get back into the states.