2008 SPAMS Ride May 31 to June 7
2869 mile route over 8 days. Your actual mileage may vary!
Pictures from everyone, narrative by John
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Actual Miles 2687
Best Dinner , Viva Mexico Lewiston, Id
Best Breakfast, Mountain Lodge Stanley, Id
Favorite gas stations, Shell
Best Hot Tub, Mountain Lodge Stanley, Id "hot spring tub w/view"
Best Bartender Petee at Bear Lake Lodge Burgess Junction, WY
Best Greasy spoon lunch cafe Renee's in Idaho Falls
Complete Route - 2869 miles - May 31 to June 7, 2008
Day 1, May 31 - Seattle, Wa to Lewiston, ID - 451 miles
Day 2, June 1 - Lewiston, ID to Dillon, MT- 381 miles. Update: We actually ended
up spending the night in Missoula
after Paul's bike ended up with a couple of sheared off header bolts.
Day 3, June 2 - Dillon, MT to Redlodge, MT - 340 miles. Beartooth Pass
Conditions (HWY 212)
here. Update: Day 3
ended up being a ride from Missoula to Redlodge on I-90 for Greg, Allan and
myself. John and Paul rode from Missoula
to Bozeman after Paul's bike was repaired.
Day 4, June 3 - Redlodge, MT to Burgess Junction, WY - 287 miles. Nice
photo up the climb out of Redlodge up Beartooth.
Beartooth Pass was closed. :( We ended up riding east from Redlodge and doing
and "up and back" on Chief Joseph bypass.
We then rode on to Burgess junction where we waiting for John and Paul to catch
up. They did ride through Yellowstone.
Day 5, June 4 - Burgess Junction, WY to Jackson, WY - 426 miles
Day 6, June 5 - Jackson, WY to Stanley, ID - 305 miles (Dinner at Redfish
Lake Lodge)
Day 7, June 6 - Stanley, ID to Baker City, OR - 313 miles
Day 8, June 7 - Baker City, OR to Seattle, WA - 379 miles