CoyoteBroad's Motorcycle Travel in 2017
Smokey Washington State:
Gifford Pinchot, Wenatchee, North Cascades, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie & Olympic National Forests
Mt. Rainier & Olympic National Parks, &... Humptulips
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Our big motorcycle travel trip for 2017 was 10
days in Washington State: a Smokey Motorcycle Adventure in August.
Our 2017 trip included Gifford Pinchot National Forest (our favorite), Mt.
Rainier National Park, Wenatchee National Forest (new for us), Lake Chelan
National Recreation Area (new for us), North Cascades National Forest (new
for us), Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (new for us), Olympic
National Forest (new for us), and Olympic National Park (new for us), as
well as Trout Lake and Packwood, which we've been to before, plus these
new cities for us in Washington state: Naches, Ellensburg, Leavenworth,
Methow, Chelan, Winthrop, Newhalem, Marblemount, Concrete, Oak Harbor,
Amanda Park, Humptulips and Aberdeen.
As a result of our Washington state trip, of August 30, 2017, I have ridden 23,496 miles (37,813 km) on my KLR (Kawasaki). I've ridden 34,496 (55,516 km) overall on motorcycles (my previous bike was a Honda Nighthawk).
But what's even more fun to think about is not the number of miles or kilometers, but the things I've seen. And that's why I write travelogues:
In 2015, our motorcycle trips included two weeks mostly in British Columbia, but including Hydar, Alaska (Stewart-Cassiar Highway and the Alaska Highway). We went all the way up to the Yukon and back. Lots of bears, which was awesome. The wind almost ruined the trip at the end.
For our Motorcycle Travel & Rally Activities for 2014, we went to Moab, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Goblin Valley, Farewell Bend Oregon State Park, Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, and Camping in a cow pasture in the deserts of Nevada. And I had my first motorcycle wreck!
Our Motorcycle Travel & Rally Activities in 2013 (a sad year when we bought a house instead of doing a two-week trip)
Our Motorcycle Travel & Rally Activities in 2012, including camping in Antelope amid the ghosts of the Rajneesh colony, seeing the Alvord Desert for the first time, amd a big Motorcycle Journey in Northern California, Nevada & Southeastern Oregon.
In 2011, we went to Yellowstone, Western Montana, Wyoming & more :15 days, 2680 miles. The trip ended at the legendary Burning Moto Man 2011, in Westfir, Oregon. We also spent one week in Washington state, September 2011 to celebrate my husband's 40th birthday, visiting Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, Ape Cave, ice cave and lava tubes, Gifford Pinchot National Forest and a bit of Mt. Hood.
Our Motorcycle Travel & Rally Activities in 2010, my first long-distance motorcycle trips! Acutally, we took two! One to the "Lost Coast" of California, and another to Canada (Alberta and British Columbia, Jasper, Banff & Kootenay National Parks) and Glacier National Park.
Before I started riding my own bike, and before we moved to the USA, I went on a few trips on the back of my soon-to-be husband's bike.
We hope to also continue to enjoy our local scenic routes near the greater PDX metro (Portland, Oregon).
Have a suggestion for a trip? Drop me a line. I like paved, winding back roads most. I like gravel roads if they are scenic, in good condition, have good sight-lines (not tons of blind corners), and will get me somewhere that I would love to be (like a ghost town or historic town or fantastic camp site in a national park).
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More about me:
Number of US & Canadian states I've been to on a motorcycle of my own: 7
Number of countries I've toured on a motorcycle of my own: 2
Number of countries I've toured on the back of a motorcycle: 17
Trips riding my own motorcycle
California ("Lost
Coast" and gold
country), Idaho,
Montana
(Glacier NP), Nevada,
Oregon,
Washington
(state), Wyoming
(Yellowstone), Canada
(Alberta and British Columbia, Jasper, Banff & Kootenay).
International trips by motorcycle
Albania,
Austria, Belgium,
Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Canada,
Croatia,
Northern
England & Scotland, France,
Hungary,
Italy,
Luxembourg, Macedonia
(the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Montenegro,
Norway,
Poland,
Romania,
Serbia,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Sweden
Photos
of Me & My KLR
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the TravelAdvisor map of where I've been (not just by motorcycle).
My other motorcycle resources:
For Women Who Travel By Motorcycle (or want to)
Advice for Women Motorcycle Travelers: Transportation and Accommodations Choices
Advice for Women Motorcycle Travelers: Suggested Books and Web Sites
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