Ramblings of Reuben

I had me first real experience with GPS while on a trip. I had the opportunity to take along both a TomTom ONE XL and a Garmin nüvi 265W. The TomTom was lent to me at the last moment, I had already planned to use the Garmin. Both are USB powered so I was able to use one cord for both devices plugged into a USB lighter plug attachment.

I started out the trip with the TomTom in my tank bag. There was no mount included with this version. It’s rounded back made the fit in the pouch of the tank bag a bit aquard. It’s touch screen was a little rough to use with gloves but honestly I didn’t think it would be very good to begin with. The keyboard was touch but it was not QWERTY so slowed me down. I didn’t have time to try any software so I was using on the fly route planning on the device.

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Sunday was a great day for a Motorcycle ride!

PB&J on his ultra, me on my Sabre and a new member of the riding clan JN on his Beeeeemer!

We had a great lunch at JN’s place and then headed out. First into Cheney and through the Turnbull reservation. We headed south to St John. We took a short break in Colfax before heading to highway 272 over to Potlatch, Idaho.

Now 272 was not a road I had taken before. This is where the ride really started to get fun! The twisty rolling hills were great and it was a nice quick jaunt over to Potlatch where we merged onto Highway 95 and headed north.

We stayed on 95 until the casino where we jumped the border and went through Rockford. Valley Chapel road was open, after being closed most of last year. I forgot how much fun that road is. The twisties are fun and that switchback is a nice addition to any ride.

We ended our trip at PB&J’s place on Brown Mountain. Something like 220 miles and a bit over 5 hours. It was a fun ride with a few friends!

This post is just going to be a general summary of the trip.

I plan on making a post fir each leg of the journey, but im finding it dificult to find all the words to describe the beauty of the trip.

The bike trip ended up being around 1700 miles in 5 full days of riding.

We were planning on leaving Monday the 25th but the rain in town made us change out minds, boy are we glad we did, the rain would have followed us all the way to our first stop. Because we chose to stay home mondya that meant we needed to change the trip around a little bit to stay on course.  We moved staying at Grandmas to the last night instead of the first.

Tuesday morning we rode to Bozeman, Montana.

Wednesday was the ride from Bozeman to Jackson Hole, Wy. We went through Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons.

Thursday was our ride back from Jackson Hole to Bozeman. Again through The Tetons and Yellowstone.

Friday we rested, rode around some local Bozeman Roads and visited the Harley shop in Belgrade. We also partied hard with Rylan that night. Montana Gentlemens clubs are much better than the ones in Washington.

Saturday we left bozeman and Headed to grandmas in Kooskie, Id. We rode the Lolo pass that day. My favorite road sign of the trip was on this road – “Winding Roads Next 77 Miles”

Sunday – My Birthday – We road from Kooskie back to spokane. We hit the Old Spiral highway and Hells Gate in Lewiston.

That was the schedule. We had one hell of a fun time riding.

I’ll post more on each leg of the journey in the coming days.

TTFN.

Today were taking a break from the ride to chill in Bozeman. Going to hit a couple bike shops and have lunch and dinner with Ry.

Going to hit a few of the local roads around Bozeman and see what we can find.

The trip is amazing so far. I’ll post lots more when im home. I have lots to go on about..

For now im out…
Time to get lost…………………………………………………..

Headed out on the open road.

Starting our ride. Will be back monday. First leg is to Ry’s in Bozeman.

TTFN

What a day for it to rain. This blows but better safe than sorry when on the motorcycle.

So we are putting the trip off by 1day.

Tomorrow we will be leaving early but switching the direction. We will blast over to bozeman and spend the evening with Ry. Then head to Jackson on day 2 and camp in the teatons. Then back to Ry’s for a night. From there to Grandmas and then onto home Sunday or Monday.

Can’t wait for the weather to get better. Looks like we will be following this storm across and may hit a little one on the way back. Weather looks like it will be in the upper 70′s in yellowstone and the teatons. Super!

TTFN.
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