Our next adventure took us to Calgary in Canada. We met our motorcycle group from Sacramento in Yakima, WA and started on the road to the Blue Knights West Coast Conference that was being held in Canada. Since we were already in WA we decided to ride the 4.5 hours to Yakima on the 11th and spend the night at Karl's former Lt. from Topponish, WA (where Karl was Chief of Police) and who is now the deputy chief of Yakima. On the 12th we met up with our group at lunch and started on our trip.
Mike Martin is a fantastic ride leader/coordinator and he put together a great ride up to Calgary. Never in a straight line from point A to point B because we love to meander. He always finds great places to ride to, through, by, near, etc. This time we were able to ride through Jasper National Park and Banff National Park both of which are in Alberta, Canada.
As we entered Jasper Park we were greeted by Mt. Robson. What a great backdrop for a picture of our motorcycles on the road. We tried to find wildlife whenever we were in a park, but did
n't have a great deal of luck. EXCEPT when we were driving along and spotted a young male elk grazing along the roadside in Jasper. We stopped the bikes and were able to snap pictures of him. Then he decided that the grass was better on the other side and slowly walked right behind our bike! At first I thought he was going to come a lot closer to us, but he changed directions at the last minute.
n't have a great deal of luck. EXCEPT when we were driving along and spotted a young male elk grazing along the roadside in Jasper. We stopped the bikes and were able to snap pictures of him. Then he decided that the grass was better on the other side and slowly walked right behind our bike! At first I thought he was going to come a lot closer to us, but he changed directions at the last minute.When we 
arrived in the town of Jasper for lunch we discovered that they were having a rodeo that weekend and the RCMP were escorting the rodeo queen through town on horseback. I love a man in uniform!!! The town was very crowded, but it was fun looking at the shops and having a great lunch at a Greek/American restaurant.
arrived in the town of Jasper for lunch we discovered that they were having a rodeo that weekend and the RCMP were escorting the rodeo queen through town on horseback. I love a man in uniform!!! The town was very crowded, but it was fun looking at the shops and having a great lunch at a Greek/American restaurant.Our next adventure was going through Banff National Park. What
an awesome place. If you ever get up there you will see scenes that will blow your mind! It seems that every bend in the road provided us with another fantastic photo opportunity. Glacier capped mountains, gorgeous mountain streams, turquoise waters, waterfalls at the edge of the road, etc. Unfortunately no wildlife was spotted by our group. We stayed in the town of Banff and had a great soup and salad dinner at the edge of town.
an awesome place. If you ever get up there you will see scenes that will blow your mind! It seems that every bend in the road provided us with another fantastic photo opportunity. Glacier capped mountains, gorgeous mountain streams, turquoise waters, waterfalls at the edge of the road, etc. Unfortunately no wildlife was spotted by our group. We stayed in the town of Banff and had a great soup and salad dinner at the edge of town.We arrived in Calgary on the 16th for the beginning of our conference and stayed right downtown. Not a real great place for a motorcycle conference, but we worked it out. It was a great time to see those that we haven't seen in a year and meet new members. Calgary will be another place we go back to see things that we didn't have time for this trip. During the conference the host chapter always puts on trips around the area for us to ride to. This time we rode about 90 miles to the town of Drumheller where they have a great dinosaur museum. The town really plays this up because they have found a lot of fossils in the area and have the
m on display. The museum was a great place and we got to see some pretty complete fossils. If you take a good look at this picture you can see why I couldn't pass up snapping it!!!! Mmmmm--tastes like chicken!
m on display. The museum was a great place and we got to see some pretty complete fossils. If you take a good look at this picture you can see why I couldn't pass up snapping it!!!! Mmmmm--tastes like chicken!We are now back at the farm until the 5th of September when we will leave for New Mexico and stay rooted until the first part of November.
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