August
3, 2014 I decided to take the motorcycle out for a good run. I ran Highway 2
from Airdrie, Alberta to the Carway border crossing into Montana. I made it as
far as St. Mary, Montana. My original plan was to take the Going-To-The-Sun
Highway, loop around the other side and come back into Canada via the Roosville
border crossing. Somehow I missed taking my American money with me and I
doubled back to Canada. I love travelling to the US though. In my experience Americans have always been friendly and helpful.
From Fort MacLeod to
St. Mary, Montana the highway is excruciatingly boring. There is lots of
nothing to see and little traffic. I have traveled a little through Montana before and my experience has been a lot of empty spaces and driving for what seems forever before you see another person. The photo was taken near Babb, Montana. The
highway just started to be an interesting ride near St. Mary which made it more irritating to head back. After more than
eight hours on the Suzuki Burgman it was still a comfortable ride. The closer to Calgary I got the filthier the clouds looked. I got to Calgary and from there to Airdrie the skies opened up and pounded me
with wind, rain, and hail. As an aside, don’t believe that something is going
to keep you dry if it says it is waterproof.
Good thing you turned back. Those plains indians can be cranky, and when they get cranky, they get a bit scalpy.
ReplyDeleteI have driven through Browning once a few years back. That is one place I am glad I did not have to stop in and I will avoid it in the future.
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