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Début du voyage
21 août 2023
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Luggage packed? ✅
20 août 2023, Allemagne ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Voyageurrealy? already the next travel? how long? where will you go? take care of you both 😎
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2haraldsFor the grand finale of Haukur's sabbatical, we're picking up our bike in Seattle and driving it down to my hometown Austin to see family and friends. Added bonus, we can then use our own bike for the group Mexico trip in April. 😍
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Messaging
21 août 2023, Allemagne ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We've got a new shirt in our "Life is a ride" series. 🤩
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VoyageurI like the shirts…. and the big box with the tires 🤣
22/08/2023RépondreTraduire
2haralds😍
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2haraldsYeah. As if one can't buy motorcycle tires in the USA. 😆
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And we're off to the airport!
21 août 2023, Allemagne ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
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Headed back to Seattle
21 août 2023, Allemagne ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
For the grand finale of Haukur's sabbatical, we're picking up our bike and riding down to my hometown Austin to see family and friends. Added bonus, we will be able to take our own bike to join the BMW GS Club Mexico trip in the spring. 😍En savoir plus
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VoyageurHave fun and be safe!
21/08/2023RépondreTraduire
2haralds😍
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VoyageurYou have friends everywhere :). Where have you the bike parked? Washington state must be very very nice for riding.
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2haraldsIt's okay. The only negative is that there are so many trees, one doesn't get the breathtaking views as we had in the desert and plains.
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VoyageurHave fun ….. and looking forward to our joint Mex tour next April!
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I spy with my little eye ...
21 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in Washington State (14,417 ft / 4,394 m)
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VoyageurWow. Awesome.
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VoyageurGorgeous
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VoyageurWow, what a view
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Made it to the cottage
21 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Thank you Joan and Ed for letting us use your bungalow.
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On a mission
22 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Haukur's got an early morning appointment to see a man about some tires.
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VoyageurVery important after All the miles you guys have!!
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Morning chores
22 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
While Haukur is in Seattle having the bike serviced and new tires put on, I ate breakfast from Joan and Ed's garden.
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Voyageurmmm Stachelbeeren. findet man nur noch selten. schon lange keine mehr gesehen 🍈
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2haraldsSorry, Rainer. Kirschtomaten. But you are quite right, one doesn't see stachelbeeren very often. 💕
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Prototype of a 15-minute city
22 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Redmond, Washington of Microsoft fame. Very few historical buildings left to see. Everything's been torn down and replaced with 6-story condos and the new "downtown" is an open air shopping mall.

One of the few old timers left was this nice hamburger joint, which had some pictures of Redmond's historical past on display.En savoir plus
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Goodbye, Seattle
22 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Until we meet again.
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On the other side of the tracks 😉
22 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
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Headed east for the first time
22 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
With the sun setting behind us, it's the first time I've seen our shadow leading the way.
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The mighty Columbia River
22 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
This is our second crossing of the Columbia River as we rode across the Vantage Bridge and up to the Wild Horses Monument overview. If you missed seeing the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, you'll get a chance to see one here at the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park, but in a more relaxed setting. Plus it has petrographs that are quite stunning.

A friend of mine tells me she and her family always sing "Roll on, Columbia" whenever they cross the Columbia River. I think that is a great tradition

For those of you who don't know it, take a listen to the late, great Woody Guthrie.

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VoyageurWhenever our family crosses, the Columbia, we sing the song “Role on Columbia!” https://youtu.be/2sH6CcsTafw?feature=shared
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2haralds😍
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Quincy, Washington
22 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
It's old downtown is just one block long, but you have the feeling it's like the "Little Engine That Could".

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Engine_That_…
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Scenes along the way
22 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
This was a standard transfer day, but there was still plenty to see along the way.
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Voyageur 🧚🏻‍♀️☀️
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2haralds💕
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VoyageurSo beautiful 😊
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Ephrata, Washington
23 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
For a town of 8,477 souls, I was surprised at what a long main street it has. Almost as though they decided to emulate their airport, which in 1939, had one of the longest runways in the state.
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Spraying the crop
23 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
VoyageurYikes what kind of crop was that?
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VoyageurHopefully not spraying harmful pesticides
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2haraldsProbably 🙈
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Bake sale
23 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Driving through small-town Odessa, Washington, Haukur spotted a bake sale on Main Street.

A bake sale is a wonderful bit of Americana, when women join efforts to raise money to help their fellow man or support some other need in the town by baking cakes, cookies, muffins or such.

In this case, it was for a family whose father had been out of work due to health reasons and wasn't able to buy school supplies for his kids.

Certainly, his needs are greater than what will be gathered by the bake sale, but it is a moment for neighbours to come together and say, "we are family".En savoir plus
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VoyageurGreat👍👋
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Voyageur 🎗️🫶🏻
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Quick stop to tank up
23 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
... on coffee, that is. Washington State, home to Starbucks, is where Americans learned the fine art coffee. It took years to wean us off Folgers, but the Turks gift to Vienna now has deep roots in the new world.En savoir plus
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Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
23 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Extremely picturesque, vibrant town, which Trip Advisor lists as a great place to visit. That wasn't our raison d'être, however. Haukur read about a great family-owned hamburger joint called Hudson's, which has been cooking burgers for five generations.

While Haukur was parking the bike, I went in and was greeted by a local at the diner's bar who gave me the skinny. "They don't serve French fries, order a double hamburger because if not, you're gonna to want a second."

Simple menu: hamburger, cheeseburger, double hamburger, double cheeseburger with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and pickles, and drinks.

The burgers were indeed scrumptious. The meat was incredibly tasty and people were lining up to get in.

Later on, Haukur realized why the meat was so good. He thinks the meat was "seasoned" with monosodium glutamate. Having eaten one, I started to wonder why MSG gets such a bad rap.

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Center of the universe
23 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
In case you didn't know, a manhole located on the corner of Bank Street and Sixth Street in the mining town of Wallace, Idaho is the Center of the Universe.

"In 2004, the mayor declared the town to be the center of the universe. Today, a manhole cover represents the exact spot of the Center of the Universe, and it is celebrated yearly by the citizens of Wallace. The entire town of Wallace is on the National Register of Historic Places, and it has the notable distinction of being officially declared the Center of the Universe. Two pristine mountains, Silver Mountain and Lookout Mountain, are both within 10 miles of Wallace." Atlas Obscura

And all this time I thought I was the center of the universe. 😂En savoir plus
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Day is done. God is nigh.
23 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Quincy, WA-Odessa-Spokane-Coeur d'Alene, Idaho-Fourth of July Summit-Lookout Pass-Wallace-Missoula. Montana

597 km / 370 miles
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VoyageurIhr geht ja ganz schôn Gas 😏
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2haraldsYes. Haukur is amazing.
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Good morning, Missoula!!
24 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
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Day is done. God is nigh.
24 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Missoula-Bitterroot Valley-Hamilton-Darby-
Salmon-Challis

394 km / 245 miles
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VoyageurWow!! That must have been fun!
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2haraldsReally was! The drive along the Salmon River is spectacular.
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Day is done. God is nigh.
25 août 2023, États Unis ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Challis-Custer Ghost Town-Salmon River Scenic Byway-Stanley-Sawtooth Wilderness-Galena Summit-Ketchum -Sun Valley-Crators of the Moon National Monument-Arco

387 km / 240 miles
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VoyageurHow long will you be touring in USA? Wisconsin is beautiful this time of year!
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Voyageur904 Princeton road Janesville WI there will always be a beautiful space for you both to stay at our home
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2haralds😍
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