The boys had trouble engaging with the planet earth this morning after closing down the local boozing establishment in Havre, Montana last night. Energy drinks and tylenol on the morning menu for fuzzy head relief. Jenn the bartender showed no mercy, serving Jack Daniels a-plenty to the brothers and dark rums to Ian well into the wee hours...Patron tequila shots for a warm up. An easy riding day today over mixed prarie, foothill, mountain and valley roads (520 km)....elk, deer and coyote sightings. I've converted Ian into a train buff....had him waving at the conductors and keeping pace (90 mph) with trains running the Burlington Northern Santa Fea line that has come and gone along the side of Hwy 2 for a thousand km. Warm temps got us into shirt sleeves and digging deep in the bags for sun screen this afternoon. After a couple of great days in the plains we were all struck with an anticipation when we stopped to take in our first view of the rockies (40 miles away). The high pass in Glacier Nat. Park is still being plowed so we skirted the big peaks to the south. We are staying in Eureka, Mont. tonight (6 miles from the BC border). News flash....Ian's growing some kind of road kill on his face that he's attempting to pass off as a gote.
Check out the pic of Ian on the ST alongside the ST prototype (taken in Rugby, ND) Neil
Hi Guys,
ReplyDeleteLooks like your having a great time and enjoying yourselves! Glad the weather is nice hopefully it will stay that way. Ian got your txt that you were a mile high, I think Stephen misunderstood and said that you should be careful especially on a bike! LOL
Here's a tip for the road:
A rookie police officer pulled a biker over for speeding and had the following exchange:
Officer: May I see your driver's license?
Biker: I don't have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.
Officer: May I see the owner's card for this vehicle?
Biker: It's not my bike. I stole it.
Officer: The motorcycle is stolen?
Biker: That's right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owner's card in the tool bag when I was putting my gun in there.
Officer: There's a gun in the tool bag?
Biker: Yes sir. That's where I put it after I shot and killed the dude who owns this bike and stuffed his dope in the saddle bags.
Officer: There's drugs in the saddle bags too!?
Biker: Yes, sir.
Hearing this, the rookie immediately called his captain. The biker was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the biker to handle the tense situation:
Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Biker: Sure. Here it is.
It was valid.
Captain: Who's motorcycle is this?
Biker: It's mine, officer. Here's the registration.
Captain: Could you slowly open your tool bag so I can see if there's a gun in it?
Biker: Yes, sir, but there's no gun in it.
Sure enough, there was nothing in the tool bag.
Captain: Would you mind opening your saddle bags? I was told you said there's drugs in them.
Biker: No problem.
The saddle bags were opened; no drugs.
Captain: I don't understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didn't have a license, stole this motorcycle, had a gun in the tool bag, and that there were drugs in the saddle bags.
Biker: Yeah, I'll bet he told you I was speeding, too.
Nice, Meagan! I’ll take one for the team and be the first to follow-up after that great joke... I might use that one on my commute home tonight...
ReplyDeleteSo I just hopped on this blog for the first time – sounds like you’re all having a blast! It has been cool catching up on the last 5 or so days. Way to use “the Internet”, Dad. Not just a hat rack.
Anyway, I really didn’t know where “Havre, Montana” was... so I’ve looked it up and see two things:
1 – It’s just south of the Canadian Border (at the intersection of Alberta and Saskatchewan) and from the satellite shots, it looks like Hwy 2 would have been a sweet ride along a river valley into town from the East, and
2 – When you zoom in on the town, I see that there is a place called “Saddle Butte” just to the South.
Any significance after 5 days of riding?
Have fun!
Tim (Ian’s Son)
Haha Thanks, I'd give you some more but I'll save them for here when the time is right, but the one above is one of my favourites! Should go well on the commute =)
ReplyDeleteMeagan (Jacquie's Daughter)
Sounds like the three of you are having a great ride. Reading the blogs each morning at work is the perfect way to start the day. Ian, I'm sure Jenn the bartender didn't have to twist your arm when she kept serving you that "one" more dark rum !! As a matter of fact, it sounds a lot like those hot tub martini's on Brooksbank !
ReplyDeleteLarry
Can't wait to see pics from up in the mtns. Looks like this has been the trip of a lifetime.
ReplyDeleteHere's my Motorcycle joke contribution...
A gynecologist was getting sick of his job and decided that he needed a career change. He'd always enjoyed tinkering with motorcycle engines so thought he'd become a motorcycle mechanic. The good doctor went along to the American Institute of Motorcycling, the best motorcycle mechanics school in the country, and completed the training class. The final exam was to strip a bike engine completely and reassemble it - obviously back into perfect working order. So our gynecologist friend did the test and anxiously awaited the result. The day he received the results he got quite a surprise, he got 150%! He quickly phoned the instructor and queried the mark. The instructor said, "No, no that's right. First I gave you 50% for stripping down the engine -- a very thorough job. Next I gave you 50% for reassembling it - a fantastic job really. Then I gave you a 50% bonus for doing it all through the muffler."