June 4, 2007
Posted by: Dick Wilson
Posted by: Dick Wilson
Start: Boise, ID
Destination: Baker City, OR
My riding buddy, Steve Larrabee, and I were good friends and partners in crime during high school but lost track of one another for nearly 40 years until a recent high school reunion. It 
turns out we evolved with a common addiction–motorcycles. Steve rode from his home in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia three years ago to visit his daughter in Salt Lake City and to tour Southern Canada. He visited with us in Boise on that trip at which time we spawned the idea of a Great Alaska motorcycle caper. After three years of planning, months of motorcycle and gear preparation, and Steve’s ride out again out from Virginia to Boise, we are finally on the road.
As we pulled out of the driveway, the thermometer hit 90 degrees. With a cool breeze, we remained comfortable on the motorcycles as we traveled north to McCall, south to Cambridge
, and then west crossing the Snake River at Brownlee Dam. As we traveled north along Oxbow Reservoir, the trip was enhanced by a large variety of wild life. We saw goats in the rocks on the Idaho hillside, big horn sheep, and several generous coveys of chukars shared the road with us, scampering away as we passed by. The ride from Oxbow Reservoir to Baker City, Oregon, was majestic in the early evening with the foothills still quite green and numerous wild flowers along the roadside. Upon arrival in Baker City, we found a motel, ate dinner, organized gear for the following day, and then crashed. This was the end of a perfect first day on our long-awaited trip.
turns out we evolved with a common addiction–motorcycles. Steve rode from his home in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia three years ago to visit his daughter in Salt Lake City and to tour Southern Canada. He visited with us in Boise on that trip at which time we spawned the idea of a Great Alaska motorcycle caper. After three years of planning, months of motorcycle and gear preparation, and Steve’s ride out again out from Virginia to Boise, we are finally on the road.As we pulled out of the driveway, the thermometer hit 90 degrees. With a cool breeze, we remained comfortable on the motorcycles as we traveled north to McCall, south to Cambridge
, and then west crossing the Snake River at Brownlee Dam. As we traveled north along Oxbow Reservoir, the trip was enhanced by a large variety of wild life. We saw goats in the rocks on the Idaho hillside, big horn sheep, and several generous coveys of chukars shared the road with us, scampering away as we passed by. The ride from Oxbow Reservoir to Baker City, Oregon, was majestic in the early evening with the foothills still quite green and numerous wild flowers along the roadside. Upon arrival in Baker City, we found a motel, ate dinner, organized gear for the following day, and then crashed. This was the end of a perfect first day on our long-awaited trip.
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