Hot as f#*k in idaho

Stopped in sandpoint for a break from the sun. Almost into montana.

a couple more long exposure pics from campsight

camp spot - somewhere in washington state

fell about 80 miles short of spokane - got dark and we were tired. so,
we literally just got off highway and took a dirt road in and set up
camp. waking up early to go to spokane and possibly get new rear tire.
i think i'll need one for the rest of the trip anyways. from spokane
it's gonna be less than 300 miles to glacer national park.

trip through washington along the columbia river was amazing. then
headed north up into the high desert of washington. i always thought
all of washington state was lush and green...definitely not the case.
a lot of the state is actually brown.

Tad tackling a big ass miner burger!

Pit stop in yakima, wa. Trying to get to spokane by dark.

Googleville

Here's a sign by the dalles dam where google built its datacenter on the
hydroelectric dam

Stage 2 begins

This morning I said goodbye to geoff, kevin, and peter. Geoff was going on
to seattle and vancouver, bc and peter and kevin are going to bend, or and
then back to san francisco. To put it mildly, luck was definitely on my side
to run into those guys and for them to invite me along. New friends were
made and I hope to go riding with them again someday.

So, that brings me to the next stage of my journey. I really need to start
heading east as the 1000 miles that I have traveled have netted me about 11
miles closer to chicago.

In another unbelievable stroke of luck I talked last night with my friend
tad who lives with his wife in vancouver, wa (across the river from
portland). It turns out that he just finished a graduate program and doesn't
start work for a few weeks AND has a bmw 75s motorcycle set up for long
hauls. So, after a little "discussion" with his wife he's joining me for
about the next 600-700 miles and we're riding northeast to glacier national
park in northern montana. He and I are both super excited for this trip. He
knows all the best roads to take and we should be there by saturday...

Made it to Portland! and more pictures (from kevin's camera)

rolled into portland about 2:30 PST today. rainy and foggy ride at the beggining but got nicer as we got closer to portland

took a shower and that was the highlight of the day.

below are some great pics from kevin's camera

pics of us all meeting up in san francisco

you can see the pawprints on kevin's red triumph from the racoon attack on the first night.

a couple of gs'ers giving each other props

more pics from crater lake

lunch at manley's

view from campground on monday night

you may enjoy these pictures from peter and i getting pulled over
today outside of portland. they let me go, but accused peter of
standing up on his pegs when it was actually geoff that was the guilty party. you can see geoff

going back and confessing. they let us go.

all of our crap on bell boy's cart at portland hotel