Kootenay Canada USA

[bubba zanetti]

.How is the border crossing south of Newgate?

There is no border crosstng south of Newgate.    The map DD posted is a bit misleading.  The border crossing is at Roosville on 93. You will want to take Highway 3 and turn onto 93 from there turn onto 37 as Sputnik mentioned and cross the bridge.  The border has seen improvements over the last couple of years and is a fairly quick crossing.  Never had an issue there. Hell, I even crossed with a bottle of Cuban Rum in my saddlebag that I had completely forgotten about.  I imagine that could have been interesting ...  

[Mrs. DantesDame]

There is no border crosstng south of Newgate.    The map DD posted is a bit misleading.  

   Sorry - I didn't pay attention to the names and just assumed "the nearest border crossing"

[bubba zanetti]

   Sorry - I didn't pay attention to the names and just assumed "the nearest border crossing"

As I recall, it was pretty wet that day I parted with you three on 93. No doubt your visor was fogged .. eh?  

[Burners]

   Sorry - I didn't pay attention to the names and just assumed "the nearest border crossing"

This is why we don't let women navigate...  

Thanks for the clarification Bubba.  

[bubba zanetti]

This is why we don't let women navigate...  

Thanks for the clarification Bubba.  

I would follow her to the end of the world and maybe even round the Antares Maelstrom ...  

[Burners]

I would follow her to the end of the world and maybe even round the Antares Maelstrom ...  

Yeah, me too. But we have an obligation to point out her one allowed mistake for the year, don't we?  

[Mrs. DantesDame]

Yeah, me too. But we have an obligation to point out her one allowed mistake for the year, don't we?  

 


And I'd love to have either/both of you guys with me on the way to ends of the earth  

[Burners]

 


And I'd love to have either/both of you guys with me on the way to ends of the earth  

I've heard that may be as early as Saturday...I was thinking of going for a ride. Wanna come?  

[Kootenanny]

I've heard that may be as early as Saturday...

Actually, the world will end in October--at least, for us sinners left behind.  Only the "saved" gotta be packed for tomorrow.

[ST1300Rider]

Actually, the world will end in October--at least, for us sinners left behind.  Only the "saved" gotta be packed for tomorrow.

I've been watching the news from Australia, it's already Saturday there  . No reports of anything out of the ordinary.......

[KLRchickie]

Actually, the world will end in October--at least, for us sinners left behind.  Only the "saved" gotta be packed for tomorrow.

Sounds much better for it all to be over after the riding season

[Kootenanny]

Sounds much better for it all to be over after the riding season

Yeah, and the summer should be warm (what with all the fire and brimstone raining down)--just keep a wary eye out for wayward corpses

[Canuck]

The world still exists, but it is only 5:00 pm.

[Burners]

Well I went and checked it out. Left work early on Friday and ran for the border. Great fun road...did both the east and west side. The 14 loved the sweepers on the east side! Strangely enough, the closest incident with a deer would have been a collision if I had been going slower!  

The west side still has some winter debris, so there were no heroics. Actually that was a good thing, since its the first time I've had the beast on a challenging road, and my first lengthy ride of the year. Good practice for line and throttle control, and I got a good feel for how out of sorts the stock suspension settings are.  

I was going to take the forestry road over to Yaak and come back to Calgary via Creston, but the road was still covered with snow over 4000 ft. Be nice if they put a sign up or something...

The bad news is the world is definitely coming to an end. That's the only reason I can think of for making it through this little adventure without a single performance award!   Did I mention the 14 loves to run?  

All in all, a good way to start the long weekend! Two good days of riding, and I still have two days to do yard work.  

[Canuck]

Phew. It's 12:30 a.m. and all seems normal. I lived. I lived.  

[Hayabillybusa]

Hey all,
Just got back from the 2011 States trip, went as far down as Redding California. 6 days and 4200 km. Did the scenic route of Koocanusa on the return to Canada, this is the road were the Bandit in 2008 became an of road motorcycle due to a squirrel that took my attention away from the road,   near the apex of the corner about 5k north of the dam heading south towards the dam. 25mi corner and to tall of a gear and to green to that twisty of a road. Well glad to say this year that we survived it. The road seemed to be worse now from back then. Tar snakes galore, not as smooth as before, shat on the road in the corners, rocks(good sized ones), some sort of sand/lime? maybe... that was really fun! Any who, was strange to see the lake soooo low.