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Location: Bear Lake, Utah/Idaho
Rider(s): buddy Ron, me
Date: 8-18 to 8-19, 2006
Ever since I first visited Bear Lake last year, I've been itching to get back there and tour the lake on a motorcycle. Bear Lake straddles the border of Utah and Idaho. So a couple of weekends ago, Ron and I agreed to meet up and ride around the lake and in the surrounding area.
We decided to meet at the Tabernacle in Logan, about 20 minutes from where he lives. This was about a 2 1/4 hour ride from my house in Sandy. Ron rolled up to the parking lot on his V-Twin 1100 Honda cruiser with tail pipe rumbling. We chatted for a bit and were on our way to Logan Canyon.
Logan Canyon is a fun place to ride with lots of twists, turns, and long straights. Traffic was the limiting factor - seemed like we had to slow down a lot to accomodate slow moving cars.
We stopped at Beaver Mountain for a bit to check out Alta's old Germania lift being installed:
Back on the road, we continued toward Bear Lake. There was a bit of a sketchy section of dirt/gravel road on the section of road just above Garden City where they had torn out the asphalt for road repaving. Never haven ridden a section of dirt road on my bike before, I slowed way down and grannied it in first gear. Ron went zipping along no problem - he has much more experience on that kind of surface.
We stopped at the overlook above the lake:
and then stopped for lunch just over the border in Idaho. The grill was firing: I had a tasty jerk chicken sandwich and Ron kept it real with a burger. Recharged, we headed south to ride around the perimeter of the lake. If you've never been there - go. Now. It's incredible - turquoise water surrounded by white sand beaches.
Utah or the Caribbean? You decide:
Rider(s): buddy Ron, me
Date: 8-18 to 8-19, 2006
Ever since I first visited Bear Lake last year, I've been itching to get back there and tour the lake on a motorcycle. Bear Lake straddles the border of Utah and Idaho. So a couple of weekends ago, Ron and I agreed to meet up and ride around the lake and in the surrounding area.
We decided to meet at the Tabernacle in Logan, about 20 minutes from where he lives. This was about a 2 1/4 hour ride from my house in Sandy. Ron rolled up to the parking lot on his V-Twin 1100 Honda cruiser with tail pipe rumbling. We chatted for a bit and were on our way to Logan Canyon.
Logan Canyon is a fun place to ride with lots of twists, turns, and long straights. Traffic was the limiting factor - seemed like we had to slow down a lot to accomodate slow moving cars.
We stopped at Beaver Mountain for a bit to check out Alta's old Germania lift being installed:
Back on the road, we continued toward Bear Lake. There was a bit of a sketchy section of dirt/gravel road on the section of road just above Garden City where they had torn out the asphalt for road repaving. Never haven ridden a section of dirt road on my bike before, I slowed way down and grannied it in first gear. Ron went zipping along no problem - he has much more experience on that kind of surface.
We stopped at the overlook above the lake:
and then stopped for lunch just over the border in Idaho. The grill was firing: I had a tasty jerk chicken sandwich and Ron kept it real with a burger. Recharged, we headed south to ride around the perimeter of the lake. If you've never been there - go. Now. It's incredible - turquoise water surrounded by white sand beaches.
Utah or the Caribbean? You decide:
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L.D's is one of those places that started up a long time ago - like the '40s or '50s - and hasn't changed much since - thank God. 
of your trip. I almost felt like I was riding right along side of you guys. Really...thanks again. Its great to see photos of how much beauty is out there in this great country of ours.
