Tuesday, September 8, 2020

Legendary


Considering what kind of a gong show the rest of the year turned out to be, summer 2020 has definitely been one for the books. I can't remember the last time (if ever??) I was on the go, nine consecutive weekends! That's right.... I looked back in my calendar and was quite shocked at the stats.

Round #9 took place out near Radium over the long weekend, where we camped and rode dirtbikes and had late-night dance parties and drinks around the fire, and in general had a spectacular time! The weather was unusually warm for September - in the high 20's - and through it all, I only had two wipeouts and came home with relatively minor scuffs on both myself and my bike. Success!









This is a snippit from the video.... I did
a teeny tiny wheelie! Woot!
And thank you Cara for your filming skills!











📷 courtesy of Jordan

📷 courtesy of Jordan








The whole crew!


The always gracious, super fun hosts!





A small ouchie…

The drive home on Monday was a bit white in places, which kind of reminded me of icing on the cake! What a great way to end the season. How lucky am I!

Cheers.


The drive west....

….and the drive back east.

Check out these two beauties!









Sunday, August 30, 2020

Dirt, or pavement?


That is the question! Wow, where to begin? We've been having so much fun on both the dirtbikes and on the cruisers, that I don't know which I like better!

A week after we got back from the lake, we loaded up and headed back to Bighorn for yet another weekend of brapping and campfires and blender drinks and of course a deep fry, with the coolest bunch of peeps!



















It was back to work to recover for a couple of days, and then I dragged Chris out to K-Country, where we put in several kilometers on two legs rather than two wheels. The first day we checked out a sweet lake, which we surprisingly had all to ourselves.











Rummel Lake




The next day's hiking adventure included being stopped in our tracks about a mile down the trail on the way to another set of lakes....

All smiles before the wildlife sighting.

….due to an encounter with a very large grizz and her two big cubs! No time for a pic - sorry! We slowly backed away, turned around, picked up the pace, and cleaned out our shorts when we got back to the parking lot.... LOL! Plan B was a success however, and we ended up having a lovely wander up a different valley.









Ribbon Falls







And, to round out the month, we hopped on the Harleys and took a day ride up to Pigeon Lake, and then cruised for three glorious days around the Canmore area.



In line for ice cream!






📷 courtesy of Gary















August has by far been the busiest month we've had, and even though it is almost over, things are not slowing down. The upcoming long weekend will see us camping and dirtbiking out in Brisco, and then I will have about 24 hours to recuperate and prepare for an outage at work. First world problems, hey?? Life is good!

Cheers.