I think I need to clarify a couple of things. The rate for the campsite was $25.00 US. Add the reservation fee which was tagged on whether or not you used booked online or in person was $5.80 US. Like every state, federal, provincial or federal park in North America, the reservation system is owned by an outside private company and they have get their pound and a half of flesh. I thought I would get around the booking fee. NOT! What did piss me off was the $7.00 x 2 for a daily vehicle pass. If you are going to camp, you have to bring a vwhicle. that double charge was the insult.
@@OldGuyonaBike I used stay in Banff alot. Never paid an online fee in person.There is ofcourse the fee to overnight in the park which is separate from camping fee. I now stay just outside the park around Canmore. Much less expensive.
@@johnlinn I usually get the seniors yearly pass for all Canadian Parks and historic sites. It pays for itself in the end. I'm spoiled in Newfoundland by our provincial parks. With the senior's discount, the all parks pass is about $35 and my nightly camping fees are about $18/night. Down to about $15/night if I book for a week. I have slow;y learned where all the cheap or no fee community campsites are on the island. Not as easy to find when you are passing through unknown territory after a full day of riding.
Hey there Jim, thanks for sharing another part of your journey. Always nice to follow along and check out the areas you travel to. Catch you on the next one.
Hi Old Guy! Enjoying your series here. I'm an old guy, too who used to own a Goldwing. There is a book by Neil Peart, called Ghost Rider. It documents his ride from Ontario, across Canada, up to Alaska, back down the West Coast, all the way to Belize and back to Ontario. It was a journey he took after the death of his teenage daughter in a car wreck and the loss of his wife from a broken heart, all in the span of less than a year. He too enjoyed some whiskey each night after a day of driving...The Macallan was his favorite. He was the the drummer and lyricist for the Canadian band, RUSH. His books are fantastic. I hope you'll check them out.
I will mention Ghost Rider at some point in the series I am editing now. It is a great journey about dealing with loss. I know he spent some time riding newfoundland well before this and bent a rim up the coast from where I live.
@OldGuyonaBike the world lost one of the good guys, way to soon, on January 7, 2020. I'll look forward to your coming thoughts on Ghost Rider. Happy New Year!
Beautiful series I'm hooked please update the playlist.Joah from South Africa. I'm 43 but I want to get a goldwing a trailer and travel the southern Africa.
To help keep cool I have a vest that is designed to be soaked in water then it dries as you cover the miles. I wear a mesh jacket over top and it works great.
I see you're at McDonald's in Minot, this is where I live on the east side of town. Too bad I didn't know you were coming through. I've been watching for a couple months watched quite a few of your old videos. I am no young feller either but I sure do enjoy riding. Two years ago went to the east coast Plymouth Rock Maine New Hampshire Vermont Niagara falls beautiful country great trip. This summer went to Chicago got on route 66 made it to Oklahoma then headed north back home our intention was to take 2 years to complete it. Enjoy your videos stay safe my friend.
It's so hard to know in real time when and where someone will be even with a well planned route. I've been a day behind and/or 6 hours ahead of "planned " meet ups. Sounds like you had a great ride out east and I would love to do as much of Rte. 66 as possible,
When traveling my choice for campspots is the small town campgrounds. They are usually pretty cheap, decently set up and close to amenities. Most small towns out west have them. Not worth the money to stay at the big commercial or national/provincial parks unless you are staying multiple days.
Awesome! I wanted to do this, I bought a Voyager 12 wich is Kawasakis version of a Gold Wing, but it was too heavy and after it tried to kill me a couple of times I sold it.😢
I live just west of where you crossed the border. I cross into Saskatchewan all the time. The closest place for me to get something decent to eat is in Canada, a little town called Carrievale. There are 3 differences I have noticed depending on which side of the border you’re on. The obvious one the US we use MPH and gallons and in Canada it’s KPH and liters. And it took me a little while to notice, but in Saskatchewan there aren’t mailboxes at every driveway, I think the rural areas have central locations where people go to get their mail. One other thing I learned about Saskatchewan and Canada in general is that there are no plastic shopping bags, I was told by a checkout lady that they are illegal. At first I thought that was weird and of course being a red-blooded American it seemed like obvious tyranny and probably a good reason to stage a revolution. But after thousands of miles (so probably a billions of kilometers) driving across Canada it occurred to me that I didn’t see a single plastic bag stuck in a fence, drifting around a parking lot, or decorating a tree. I gotta admit, I wouldn’t mind seeing those damn bags disappear from here too. At least a paper bag rots away relatively quickly if it gets loose. Anyways thanks for the video.
We've all gotten used to carrying our own reusable grocery bags. I literally cringe when I am picking stuff up at a US Walmart and they start putting only two or three items in a plastic bag. It might be a small thing in the overall consumption of plastic and creation of waste, but it does make us aware. Thanks for coming along.
Travelled that same route from the Canadian border back down to Minot. I wanted to enter Canada, but couldn't because I was carrying my firearm. Had a nice conversation with the border agents before turning around and heading back south.
Theere are some things that you just don't cross the border with. Had to eat an orange once in a holding area in Maine as citrus fruit were not allowed into the US even though it was grown in Florida.
Another great, laid back presentation. Love the ride shots from the bike and trailer. Too many vids face the camera at themselves. I think their ego comes before content. You are quite the opposite.
The trailer is a very stable camera platform and I too like the shot of the bike in the landscape. I'm trying to create a video I will enjoy in 10-15 years when I am no longer traveling as much. I do know what I look like lol. Thanks for coming along.
Between the cost of the campground, the expense of the trailer and the extra fuel cost, I no longer camp. A reasonably nice hotel comes with a shower, nice bed and usually breakfast. No long walk to the shower, fresh towels included. No walk in the middle of the night when an old guy (myself) has to go pee. Not much to setup in the evening, not much to tear down in the morning. Good WiFi and electricty to charge phone/batteries. Thanks for bringing us along
I’ve been reworking my email account, which means also resubscribing to my favorite channels. Been meaning to ask, where did the v-6 emblem on your trunk come from . The 1500 has a flat 6 style engine. As always keep em coming
The previous owner liked all things chrome. He found those badges and stuck 3 of them on really well. I find that they are conversation starters with people who do know and for those that don't I tell them it's the rare experimental hybred of the ST1300 engine and a Goldwing.
Hi old friend. What is your appreciation on the Goldwing compared with the ST? Pros and cons. I just might buy a GW1500. Thanks and see you on the next video. Cheers
I really loved my ST1300. Was the perfect bike for me for over a decade. Once I started hauling a trailer, it did it fine but I don't think I liked it lol. The GL1500 is lower geared, pulls from a stop easier and has been what I need at this point in my travels. They are both fantasic Honda products. Used GL1500s will be my goto for a few years.
Why do state parks charge so much? Because they can. $60 us really ridiculous. But at 15:35 when the helmet cam showed Knob Creek on the shelf, at least one can assume you got a fine, fine bourbon to help prepare you for the evening!
I admit I like watching your videos. One thing I notice about how you start from a stop is that you seem to drag your feet. One of the first things they teach in motorcycle courses is to get your feet up on the pegs the instant you beginning moving. It really does help with your balance. I noticed you even have your feet down when stopping. Not a good idea either. Just my opinion as I've been riding for decades. I'm 70 years old in March and I just thought I'd pass on this info. Keep the shiny side up friend. Cheers.
Thanks. I am well aware that I have a bad habit of my feet, especially the left one being down. It seems that if I am in first gear, the left foot is down. I do think about it sometimes. In 50+ years I may have just been lucky to have it above the surface.
Yes, I'm a 68 year old rider and once I was slow turning and the bike started to drop and I put my left foot down to stop the fall while I was moving and my heel went right under either the rear footrest or the bag, not sure buy boy I was bruised for some time after that. Luckily I didn't break anything. (didn't drop the bike though) I ride a 2004 gold wing. I keep noticing this in the videos and I cringe everytime I see it.
thank you for your videos Speaking as a 72 year old biker myself.When your on a trip do you have a method to protect yourself if attacked? That is my main concerned,staying safe
I carry a perfectly legal walking stick with a brass handle. I never intend to need it. I also have a 7" cast iron frying pan. There are places I will not go but for the most part I never worry about confrontations or being attacked. Mosy people do not want to tangle with a 6' 3" grumpy old man riding a old dirty Goldwing hauling a beat up trailer. I have been around the block a few times and don't look like an easy mark or that I am carrying much of value. People know that we don't always get old by being nice. I do try to stay out of grizzly country. I fear the 18 year old on their cell phone much more than I fear that anyone would wish to do me wrong or rob me.
The cameras are all capable of time stamping. I try to never use it and that camera was showing the factory set time. They sometimes reset their time if there has been no battery in them for a while. Anyway, I had not caught that on this camera this summer and it is not possible to strip it out in post. The dates I put in are the right dates.
A shot or two keeps the blood flowing and the heart stimulated. Maybe I should stop having them at night and just add them to my oatmeal in the morning.
Jim I think that is ridiculous to have to pay $ 45 USD for a camp site. I do not think I have ever heard of one over $ 20 USD. I do not know how they sleep at night.
I have too much trouble getting up off the ground these days. The base price was fine, it was the extra charges that got me and once I was already at the park, I just wasn't going looking elsewhere. There was a time when I sleath camped. Not so much anymore.
Me again from North Dakota that price is disgusting. A friend they camp a lot he contacted the director of parks he basically told them if you don't like it camp somewhere else. Like I said disgusting. Oh and I and the friend we both work for the state of North Dakota it's getting real disgusting Glad I'm close to retirement.
The base fee was in line with many state and provincial parks. Not being able to get around the reservation fee and being double charged for the daily vehicle fee was really what ticked me off. I used the agrument that one days was 24 hours and I wouldn't even be on the site for more than 16. The system would not acknowledge.
I think I need to clarify a couple of things. The rate for the campsite was $25.00 US. Add the reservation fee which was tagged on whether or not you used booked online or in person was $5.80 US. Like every state, federal, provincial or federal park in North America, the reservation system is owned by an outside private company and they have get their pound and a half of flesh. I thought I would get around the booking fee. NOT! What did piss me off was the $7.00 x 2 for a daily vehicle pass. If you are going to camp, you have to bring a vwhicle. that double charge was the insult.
True
Yeah, that double daily fee is unacceptable, and even $5.80 to book online, that’s excessive also!
@@OldGuyonaBike I used stay in Banff alot. Never paid an online fee in person.There is ofcourse the fee to overnight in the park which is separate from camping fee. I now stay just outside the park around Canmore. Much less expensive.
@@johnlinn I usually get the seniors yearly pass for all Canadian Parks and historic sites. It pays for itself in the end. I'm spoiled in Newfoundland by our provincial parks. With the senior's discount, the all parks pass is about $35 and my nightly camping fees are about $18/night. Down to about $15/night if I book for a week. I have slow;y learned where all the cheap or no fee community campsites are on the island. Not as easy to find when you are passing through unknown territory after a full day of riding.
That cost was ridiculous!!
Hey there Jim, thanks for sharing another part of your journey. Always nice to follow along and check out the areas you travel to. Catch you on the next one.
Always good to relive the hot days while dealing with cold days of no riding.
Hi Old Guy! Enjoying your series here. I'm an old guy, too who used to own a Goldwing. There is a book by Neil Peart, called Ghost Rider. It documents his ride from Ontario, across Canada, up to Alaska, back down the West Coast, all the way to Belize and back to Ontario. It was a journey he took after the death of his teenage daughter in a car wreck and the loss of his wife from a broken heart, all in the span of less than a year. He too enjoyed some whiskey each night after a day of driving...The Macallan was his favorite. He was the the drummer and lyricist for the Canadian band, RUSH. His books are fantastic. I hope you'll check them out.
I will mention Ghost Rider at some point in the series I am editing now. It is a great journey about dealing with loss. I know he spent some time riding newfoundland well before this and bent a rim up the coast from where I live.
@OldGuyonaBike the world lost one of the good guys, way to soon, on January 7, 2020. I'll look forward to your coming thoughts on Ghost Rider.
Happy New Year!
A greatifull Old Guy on a bike. Enjoy victor from South Africa.
Thanks Victor.
Good video Jim!! Gets you another day closer to here!! haha God Bless safe ridin rubber down
Still have a ways to go, Johnny!
Those big splats on the windshield look like you were running into some very large bugs!!! Enjoyed the video. Thanks
It is surprising how few insects I actually ran into on this trip. But there were a few and they tended to be big.
Thanks for sharing bud that was a great day nice ride take care see you on the next video hope your having a great weekend
Thanks Tom.
North Dakota welcomes you ‼️👍🏻💯
Beautiful series I'm hooked please update the playlist.Joah from South Africa.
I'm 43 but I want to get a goldwing a trailer and travel the southern Africa.
That would be an awesome trip. I'm editing last summer as quickly as I can lol... only another 8Tb of video to go through.
To help keep cool I have a vest that is designed to be soaked in water then it dries as you cover the miles. I wear a mesh jacket over top and it works great.
I almost picked up a cooling vest. Might yet. The soaked shirt worked well for me.
Nice flat ride Jim!! Thanks for sharing.
Flat, yes, they could see me leaving the farm for close to 6 hours.
Thanks for the advice # 10:10
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I see you're at McDonald's in Minot, this is where I live on the east side of town. Too bad I didn't know you were coming through. I've been watching for a couple months watched quite a few of your old videos. I am no young feller either but I sure do enjoy riding. Two years ago went to the east coast Plymouth Rock Maine New Hampshire Vermont Niagara falls beautiful country great trip. This summer went to Chicago got on route 66 made it to Oklahoma then headed north back home our intention was to take 2 years to complete it. Enjoy your videos stay safe my friend.
It's so hard to know in real time when and where someone will be even with a well planned route. I've been a day behind and/or 6 hours ahead of "planned " meet ups. Sounds like you had a great ride out east and I would love to do as much of Rte. 66 as possible,
I was trying to figure out if that was Minot. I live NW of Minot near Sherwood.
@@Rem700R5MN Yes, that would have been Minot.
When traveling my choice for campspots is the small town campgrounds. They are usually pretty cheap, decently set up and close to amenities. Most small towns out west have them. Not worth the money to stay at the big commercial or national/provincial parks unless you are staying multiple days.
I should have been modifying my travel days. I found state/provincial parks the easiest to find and plan my routes around.
Awesome! I wanted to do this, I bought a Voyager 12 wich is Kawasakis version of a Gold Wing, but it was too heavy and after it tried to kill me a couple of times I sold it.😢
You can probably find something that will suit you and let you ride and camp.
Hi just joined your channel.Sk. 🇨🇦
Thanks for joining me on my travels.
I live just west of where you crossed the border. I cross into Saskatchewan all the time. The closest place for me to get something decent to eat is in Canada, a little town called Carrievale.
There are 3 differences I have noticed depending on which side of the border you’re on. The obvious one the US we use MPH and gallons and in Canada it’s KPH and liters. And it took me a little while to notice, but in Saskatchewan there aren’t mailboxes at every driveway, I think the rural areas have central locations where people go to get their mail. One other thing I learned about Saskatchewan and Canada in general is that there are no plastic shopping bags, I was told by a checkout lady that they are illegal. At first I thought that was weird and of course being a red-blooded American it seemed like obvious tyranny and probably a good reason to stage a revolution. But after thousands of miles (so probably a billions of kilometers) driving across Canada it occurred to me that I didn’t see a single plastic bag stuck in a fence, drifting around a parking lot, or decorating a tree. I gotta admit, I wouldn’t mind seeing those damn bags disappear from here too. At least a paper bag rots away relatively quickly if it gets loose.
Anyways thanks for the video.
We've all gotten used to carrying our own reusable grocery bags. I literally cringe when I am picking stuff up at a US Walmart and they start putting only two or three items in a plastic bag. It might be a small thing in the overall consumption of plastic and creation of waste, but it does make us aware. Thanks for coming along.
Travelled that same route from the Canadian border back down to Minot. I wanted to enter Canada, but couldn't because I was carrying my firearm. Had a nice conversation with the border agents before turning around and heading back south.
Theere are some things that you just don't cross the border with. Had to eat an orange once in a holding area in Maine as citrus fruit were not allowed into the US even though it was grown in Florida.
Same here, in Florida I stay away from bike week ...Still riding my 2003 Honda ST1300
ST1300 are definately awesome. Loved mine.
@@OldGuyonaBike it’s a great bike indeed might be selling it, thinking of going to a CanAm Spyder. Of course used 2015 ish
Another great, laid back presentation. Love the ride shots from the bike and trailer. Too many vids face the camera at themselves. I think their ego comes before content. You are quite the opposite.
The trailer is a very stable camera platform and I too like the shot of the bike in the landscape. I'm trying to create a video I will enjoy in 10-15 years when I am no longer traveling as much. I do know what I look like lol. Thanks for coming along.
Between the cost of the campground, the expense of the trailer and the extra fuel cost, I no longer camp. A reasonably nice hotel comes with a shower, nice bed and usually breakfast. No long walk to the shower, fresh towels included. No walk in the middle of the night when an old guy (myself) has to go pee. Not much to setup in the evening, not much to tear down in the morning. Good WiFi and electricty to charge phone/batteries.
Thanks for bringing us along
I usually do trips where I stay multiple nights. 95% of the time I do prefer to camp.
$45 to rent a little patch of dirt for a day is obscene.
@@bradboustead1682especially when you are in the very close vicinity to free camping all along the lake.
I’ve been reworking my email account, which means also resubscribing to my favorite channels. Been meaning to ask, where did the v-6 emblem on your trunk come from . The 1500 has a flat 6 style engine. As always keep em coming
The previous owner liked all things chrome. He found those badges and stuck 3 of them on really well. I find that they are conversation starters with people who do know and for those that don't I tell them it's the rare experimental hybred of the ST1300 engine and a Goldwing.
Hi old friend. What is your appreciation on the Goldwing compared with the ST? Pros and cons. I just might buy a GW1500. Thanks and see you on the next video. Cheers
I really loved my ST1300. Was the perfect bike for me for over a decade. Once I started hauling a trailer, it did it fine but I don't think I liked it lol. The GL1500 is lower geared, pulls from a stop easier and has been what I need at this point in my travels. They are both fantasic Honda products. Used GL1500s will be my goto for a few years.
@ thank you very much. Have a nice day. I really enjoy your adventures. Keep on riding!
Why do state parks charge so much? Because they can. $60 us really ridiculous. But at 15:35 when the helmet cam showed Knob Creek on the shelf, at least one can assume you got a fine, fine bourbon to help prepare you for the evening!
I did, Richard, I did. It helped.
I admit I like watching your videos. One thing I notice about how you start from a stop is that you seem to drag your feet. One of the first things they teach in motorcycle courses is to get your feet up on the pegs the instant you beginning moving. It really does help with your balance. I noticed you even have your feet down when stopping. Not a good idea either. Just my opinion as I've been riding for decades. I'm 70 years old in March and I just thought I'd pass on this info. Keep the shiny side up friend. Cheers.
Thanks. I am well aware that I have a bad habit of my feet, especially the left one being down. It seems that if I am in first gear, the left foot is down. I do think about it sometimes. In 50+ years I may have just been lucky to have it above the surface.
Yes, I'm a 68 year old rider and once I was slow turning and the bike started to drop and I put my left foot down to stop the fall while I was moving and my heel went right under either the rear footrest or the bag, not sure buy boy I was bruised for some time after that. Luckily I didn't break anything. (didn't drop the bike though) I ride a 2004 gold wing. I keep noticing this in the videos and I cringe everytime I see it.
Welcome to Saskatchewan
Hard to spell
Easy to draw
I had to use spell check everytime I wrote it lol.
thank you for your videos Speaking as a 72 year old biker myself.When your on a trip do you have a method to protect yourself if attacked? That is my main concerned,staying safe
I carry a perfectly legal walking stick with a brass handle. I never intend to need it. I also have a 7" cast iron frying pan. There are places I will not go but for the most part I never worry about confrontations or being attacked. Mosy people do not want to tangle with a 6' 3" grumpy old man riding a old dirty Goldwing hauling a beat up trailer. I have been around the block a few times and don't look like an easy mark or that I am carrying much of value. People know that we don't always get old by being nice. I do try to stay out of grizzly country. I fear the 18 year old on their cell phone much more than I fear that anyone would wish to do me wrong or rob me.
Any maple bourbon?
I wasn't looking. I tend to look for that flavour in the fall and I think I will wait until I get to Vermont.
The opening shots indicate this was July of 2024, Jim. Why is there “2023/01/02” in the top left corner of the screen?
The cameras are all capable of time stamping. I try to never use it and that camera was showing the factory set time. They sometimes reset their time if there has been no battery in them for a while. Anyway, I had not caught that on this camera this summer and it is not possible to strip it out in post. The dates I put in are the right dates.
your cool. I too like a few shots of whisky at night.
A shot or two keeps the blood flowing and the heart stimulated. Maybe I should stop having them at night and just add them to my oatmeal in the morning.
Come back this year when Teddy Roosevelt presidential library opens up in Medora North Dakota ‼️👍🏻
Might be '26 or '27 before I am back that way.
Jim I think that is ridiculous to have to pay $ 45 USD for a camp site. I do not think I have ever heard of one over $ 20 USD. I do not know how they sleep at night.
It’s a democrat world. 🤑
$25-30 is common for state and federal parks. It is the added fees that bother me.
Sorry but North Dakota is run by republicans.
$45 for camping that’s why I stealth camp every day on my Honda trike No reverse gear
Sleep in a tent in freezing weather
I have too much trouble getting up off the ground these days. The base price was fine, it was the extra charges that got me and once I was already at the park, I just wasn't going looking elsewhere. There was a time when I sleath camped. Not so much anymore.
Me again from North Dakota that price is disgusting. A friend they camp a lot he contacted the director of parks he basically told them if you don't like it camp somewhere else. Like I said disgusting. Oh and I and the friend we both work for the state of North Dakota it's getting real disgusting Glad I'm close to retirement.
The base fee was in line with many state and provincial parks. Not being able to get around the reservation fee and being double charged for the daily vehicle fee was really what ticked me off. I used the agrument that one days was 24 hours and I wouldn't even be on the site for more than 16. The system would not acknowledge.
Well, crossing North Dakota off the list. $45 For That? Nope.
I am sure there were cheaper solutions but the ND state parks are not one of them.