And now into Idaho, 21 June 2011

The plan was to head west as far as 500 miles would take us, in the direction of Grand Teton National Park. We got off to an early and brisk start, made more brisk as we crossed two 6000 ft mountain passes. I was chilly but not cold. More important than the cold was the fact that my bike is starting to run bad at low rpm's. It will not idle below about 1750, which means that it quits every time I roll off the throttle. I tried to figure it out, even called Dave Lillard, but the solution escapes me.






We got to Lakeview for breakfast and had the pleasure of meeting the waitress who must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed...no, she was worse than that! I mention this because everyone else we have met has been so nice. After lake view we got on US395. This road is both resolute and beautiful in that it goes through territory where you find almost no sign of life...120 miles between gas stations...but every vista is






memorable. At one point we were going across a valley when a F16 came streaking across the desert floor at about 500 ft. He rocked the plane on a wingtip to make a tight turn for the next ridge and was gone, only to make another pass from the opposite direction. Awesome! Next we stopped for road construction, met a couple in an Audi, and talked cars until the 'follow me' car led us to the other end of the construction zone. At that point the Audi passed us and we then followed him for about an hour...at 90mph. He had a radar detector.






By the time we got to Vail my bike was becoming a real problem at slow speed. I called the only Ducati shop in Bosie only to find that they no longer handle Ducati. The next closest dealer is in Salt Lake City, about 6 hours out of our way. Well, we have little choice so that is now the way we are headed. We stopped for the night in Twin Falls and will blast to Salt Lake in the morning.


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Location:Twin falls Idaho