asmithusa

"Young riders pick a destination and go. Old riders pick a direction and go."

Allen Smith

71 / Male

Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

About asmithusa

Member since 26th Apr 07

Citizenship: USA
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Retired
About asmithusa:

Retired - well almost - currently provide computer and motorcycle safety training to newbies

Hobbies:

Motorcycle Touring

Favourite places:

Western North America

Activity : photos (132) forum (0) guide (0) blog (27) diary (0) trips (0)

Latest Blog Entry

Where is Allen_5

Posted by asmithusa | 18th June 2007

It is July 10. I arrived home late last night. I left Rapid City, South Dakota two days ago. The first night I stayed at Sturgis, South Dakota, and the home of the famous Harley Davidson rally. Luckily the rally was not going on. The week of the rally, there are over 500M people crowed into a town that normally has a population of a few thousand folks. Too many people and too much noise for this old dog. At least I have the “bragging rights” to say “I stayed in Sturgis.” (for what it’s worth).

After leaving Sturgis I headed for Bozeman, Montana. Did not see much of the town, but being a college town, it had a nice “feel” about it. Downtown is old and well maintained. Seemed a very vibrant community.
I left the next morning for home, a 700-mile journey, on the way I took a side trip. Starting from the interstate at Anaconda, Montana is the Pintler Scenic Highway. I started on it and then took highway 38 across the mountain. The pass is named Skalkaho Highway. That was a 50-mile tri

Continued | 2007 MOTORCYCLE TOUR