Mt. Rainier Rd Trip "Taste of Mt. Rainier" Official Thread

Awesome ride boyz :thumbsup: I was thinking of you guys all weekend and wishing I was a part of it, so what was your favorite sections???

 

I think my favorite section was Canyon Road (Hwy 821) between Ellensburg and Yakima. Nice road in a canyon that followed along a river. Good line of sight around most of the corners, etc. plus some real pretty scenery. I had been through that area many times in the cage, but had never been on that road before. It would be a really nice drive even in the car.

 

The woman on the left was Monica, a friend of Elevation from VFRD and vrombc.com. Those three (Elevation, Paul, and Monica) were a hoot...a very spirited bunch and I mean that in a very good way. They kept the party lively!

Here's the link from VFRD about the ride:

Bc Riders Heading To Seattle - VFRD

 

:biggrin:Jonesing for some Mexican food, headed out one morning on the BMW for Yakima. Found a neat beanery. Very hot that day. I pay up and leave and there are some folks looking at my bike. One guy says he has a BMW too. He's a retired doctor.
"Where are you off to?", he says. I tell him 821 to Ellensburg and then home on I-90. He cautions me to be very careful on 821. I tell him I ride carefully and I know about the cops who patrol that section from the air.

He tells me he assumed that but on hot days sometimes the chicas tube the river sans tops..

 

Her's a few video clips from the tank cam

SANY0401.flv video by bdk1961 - Photobucket

SANY0402.flv video by bdk1961 - Photobucket

SANY0405.flv video by bdk1961 - Photobucket

 

Yep, that last one looks very familiar, Nice job. LOL don't ya just love bugs?

 

great pictures JS i dont think ill bother with mine.
Bryan great videos i got get one of those cameras. how come i never saw any of me in those clips

 

Very nice vids Bryan, especially the one when your following me :wink:

 

Rdubb we missed ya buddy. I even thought of you a couple times... actually I was swearing at you for moving away :tongue:

Honestly there were so many cool roads that it was kinda hard to keep track. I would have to agree with hootch though the canyon road was awesome aside from the wasp that was making the inside of my helmet home It was the highlight of day 2 IMO (not the wasp but the road). The scenery was fantastic. Having the contrast of the desert to the greens of the mountains was a real treat. I love WA!!!

chomper did an awesome job of leading. His efforts let us followers take in the sites.

 

Jeff lets trade cd's then. I need all the memories I can get. I can make cd's for all of you fine fellers if you like...

Maybe put up some pics of Falls if ya can. They were pretty cool.

 

Ask, and you shall receive - my friend

Look carefully on the right near the end of this one!

chompersbreak.flv video by bdk1961 - Photobucket

 

Now that is hilarious. Bryan...you are and ashat.:laugh::caked::lol::rofl:

 

That was awesome Bryan. I even had my wife watching... Thanks Jeff :tongue:

 

Here's a slow shot of us rolling into Chelan, so you can see more riders (please excuse the smudge on the lens - just left of center) it looks like JS and elevation are behind me, at this point.

I have tons of video, I'll have to burn it to dvd for you guys. There is probably 1.5 hours of it (lot's of it is being stuck behind cars though!) which is about 6GB, so uploading would take a lifetime. My free photobucket only allows 100 mb files, which is roughly 1.5 min. at high res. The camera was recording at 1280 x 720p.

Got to figure a better way, youtube maybe. I tried to reduce to .avi file, it was a lot smaller, but looks like :bs:

SANY0345_part_1.flv video by bdk1961 - Photobucket

 

:mod: thats not what i had in mind LOL. i cant believe u got that on video:flip:
to funny

 

Used to live in Tacoma. Would love to join you all. However, its a long drive from Germany. I also dont have floaties for my bike. Take lots of pics for me.

 

Love the pics chomp. At least you got the lake in the background which I failed to do. Were all going to have to exchange cd's etc. Randy your turn, lets see em.

 

As you can see from the pics Phoenix we were in Germany, surprised we didn't see you there... :biggrin: kiddin...

One day if ya make it back maybe you can borrow a VFR from someplace and come out with us. I great neck of the woods you use to have there. I have a whole new appreciation for WA now.

 

Got here in Germany in may. Was in Korea the past year without my bike. Now that I am here, many rides and pics to come as long as I can stay out of the sand box.