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My wife and I are heading to the BMW Motorcycle Owners of America national rally in Great Falls next week. We are heading out from the Seattle area, over the North Cascades Highway, and through Glacier National Park, if the Going to the Sun Road is open. After the rally we hope to go over Bear Tooth Pass and through Yellowstone and then back through Lolo Pass to Washington State. The day rides we did during COVID just don't satisfy the way a multiday road trip does. |
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Did you get your reservation ticket?
Lee
2016 R1200RS Iowa, USA |
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Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:24 pm (Last edited: Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:26 pm)
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #2 I only did Going to the Sun on a motorcycle once during the day. Pretty much guaranteed to have view, air quality, and speed diminished by a bunch of Silver Suppositories (Air Streams) or the equivalent..., and especially if you are leaving Great Falls Sat. or Sunday. Actually - as I recall the current system, no ticket required before 06:00 AM and I believe after 17:00. Consider an early or late ride. Sunrise this time of year is around 05:30..., and it won't be 100 deg F. Sunset is around 21:45 h (9:45 PM). If you can't get up early, you can end the day with this ride without a ticket after 5 PM. You can find a link on the reservations page to a frequent question and answer page . “A good man always knows his limitations.” |
Happy Birthday Ray B!
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Zitat von BusBoy11 im Beitrag #5 Will keep an eye out for you. If you arrive early, I'll be hanging out at the first aid station Thursday AM helping out folks who met one or more of their limitations. Safe travels.
“A good man always knows his limitations.”
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No, I couldn't get the reservation yet. Apparently, 75% of the tickets are already sold and they will "release" the remaining 25% on the 21st. So, I won't know until then if we can actually ride over that road. |
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We're coming from Libby, MT that day - about 150 miles away. And I want to be sipping a cold one by 5 PM. Hopefully, we can get our reservations. |
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Here's the link that shows the progress of the snow plows opening the road.
Lee
2016 R1200RS Iowa, USA |
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Sat Jun 19, 2021 3:29 pm (Last edited: Sat Jun 19, 2021 3:33 pm)
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If we ever go back to Glacier I would like to do one of the half day Red Bus tours instead of riding. Lee |
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Zitat von Ray B im Beitrag #6Zitat von BusBoy11 im Beitrag #5 I won't be arriving until Friday, but I'm sure we'll bump into each other. Looking forward to it.
How do you expect for me to KNOW my limitations when I haven't even MET them yet?!
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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #10 No change in the progress. As of today it still shows 20 miles of the road closed. I did not find any articles that gave a guess on when it will be fully open. Not looking good for the road to open by the time the rally ends on Sunday.
Lee
2016 R1200RS Iowa, USA |
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Sat Jun 26, 2021 3:26 pm (Last edited: Sat Jun 26, 2021 3:28 pm)
Sat Jun 26, 2021 3:56 pm (Last edited: Sat Jun 26, 2021 4:04 pm)
Zitat von BusBoy11 im Beitrag #14 We're not attending this year. We have reservations for next year in Springfield Missouri. Good thing we did not plan on attending this year. Debbie can't ride very far right now due to foot pain when wearing any footwear other than sandals. She'll have surgery on one foot in July and the other foot after October. We canceled on a planned trip to Kentucky in August. Not a big disappointed to cancel the August trip because we were concerned about the heat. We take the bicycles to Mackinac Island in September and that's going to be iffy on being healed enough to ride the bicycle on the island. Lee |
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