Wicksie's Adventure Touring

28/07/2022

My Dad always said “Why do you live all the way out there?” Referring to my adopted home of Alberta. He usually said that after I was complaining about -40C temperatures. I rarely had an answer.

Well Dad, here is the answer.

18/07/2022

A few shots from the RAT Raid in Nelson, BC.

18/06/2022

6 Days
3100 kms
3 states
2 provinces
2 great friends
1 tired guy.

A good trip but didn’t get to do everything I set out to do.

Planning the next one….

15/06/2022

Settled in for the night.

14/06/2022

A few pics of my machine. 126,000 kms and still going strong.

14/06/2022

Due to all the flooding and road closures, I wasn't able to make it to Beartooth Pass today. But I was able to ride Chief Joseph Hwy and what a ride it was.

Could have done without the 3 hours of snow and +1 temps!

14/06/2022

Some of the devastating flooding at Red Lodge, MT. Heavy rain and snow pack causing major flooding and essentially closing the area.

https://youtu.be/IgTngijou-Q

Large amount of rain Coming down in the bear tooth mountains with mountain snow run off, swelling of all local creeks and Yellowstone river in surrounding ar...

14/06/2022

Well this it’s not the trip that I had planned. Heavy rains in the mountains have washed out roads and bridges and caused mudslides in Yellowstone national park. They have closed the park. Ended up driving an extra 400 km today to get to a park that I was not able to get into.

I ended up in Columbus Montana with the hopes of getting to Beartooth pass for tomorrow. Apparently red Lodge Montana has been flooded and all the roads are closed. In light of this plus our own flood concerns back home I am going to return to home tomorrow.

Pretty disappointed. 

13/06/2022

Funny looking campsite in Helena Montana.
Not the start to the trip that I was hoping for……ran into heavy rain the last two hours of the day.
I couldn’t bring myself to setting up a tent in the pouring rain so I opted to stay dry in a hotel for the night. 

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It’s looking good enough to ride!!

10/06/2022

From the Wyoming dept of highways. Beartooth pass received 6 feet on May long weekend.

10/06/2022

I haven’t posted on this page for two years. A little thing called Covid kinda put a damper on my travels along with a very serious car accident in 2021 that gave me a back injury that limited my time on a bike.

The purpose of this page was to share my experiences while on motorcycle adventures around Canada and the US.

Well…. Now that things are better with the pandemic and my back pain has been reduced, it’s time to ride.

For those who don’t know about Beartooth Pass in Wyoming and Montana, it’s definitely on my bucket list. it was doubtful that I was going to make the trip starting Sunday due to 6 feet of show that fell on the pass at 10,000 feet closing a good portion of the highway. It looks like the Wyoming dept of highway kicked ass and the pass was reopened today!

So a few days to prep and pack and I’ll be on the road.

Stay tuned for pics and stories from the road.

10/06/2022