Bike Trip '08

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="043c8c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> <B>  Back in the days before I bought my first airplane, I used to spend my summer vacations riding around the Northern Rockies on my motorcycle.  Although I continued to ride, I quit making those long riding/cammping trips.  </B></div> <div> <B>Since I had plenty of time off this summer, I decided to revive the tradition.  In August  I made a 3,800 mile jaunt through AZ, CO, UT, WY, MT and ID.  Here are a few pics from the trip.</B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>John Galban's Flying Site</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Galbans Flying Site"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="16"><B>     </B><A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Salmon River 08"><U><B><IMG SRC="04910100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="West Yellowstone 09"><U><B><IMG SRC="04a10100.gif" border=0 width="16" height="16" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="John Galbans Flying Site"><U><B><IMG SRC="04b100e0.gif" border=0 width="16" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B></div> <div> Bike Trip '08</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="307b1330.jpg" border=0 width="433" height="307" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="30895300.jpg" border=0 width="405" height="304" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Some things never change.  On the left is a pic from my 1989 road trip on my Kaw 750 twin. On the right is my 2008 trip on my Honda Nighthawk.</div> <div> Note the smaller orange pack and the big blue pack in both pics.  My motto is, "If it works, why mess with it."</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="30933660.jpg" border=0 width="819" height="614" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> One of the many passes topping 10,000 ft. on the Million Dollar Highway in Colorado.  This road twists and turns on the Western Slope of the</div> <div> Rockies from Durango to Silverton, to Ouray and on down to Montrose.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="30a35680.jpg" border=0 width="821" height="616" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The west side of Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area in Utah.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="30b3e6f0.jpg" border=0 width="830" height="623" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> In my opinion, the finest motorcycle road in the country is this stretch of U.S. 12 across Idaho.  In addition to the twists and turns, the entire length</div> <div> runs through mostly uninhabited forest, which means there is very little traffic to get in your way.  This sign now reads "Winding Road Next 99 Miles"</div> <div>  Click <A HREF="http://members.cox.net/jgalban/id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.cox.net/jgalban/id66.htm"><U>HERE</U></A> to see an aerial view of this road.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="30c41710.jpg" border=0 width="833" height="625" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Payette river runs along state highway 55 from McCall to Boise, ID.  It has miles of continuous whitewater that few rafters dare to attempt.</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>