Day 6 - June 19
Bonners Ferry Idaho to Lake Louise.

Our hosts in Bonners Ferry, Kathy and Quentin Harden joined us but traveled by car. They will travel with us tomorrow too but then we will  part ways in Jasper.
It was 30 miles to the Canadian Border crossing. After a five or six questions he handed us back our passports with a yellow card and told us to pull around to the inspection area.

I thought he was hard to hear, but Shawn say she could hear him. I guess my failing hearing and having a helmet on is my excuse.
I pictured them tearing apart the bike that took two weeks to carefully pack. We went into the building and another border guard asked mostly the same questions and then said enjoy your trip. I guess I am glad I didn't get a red card!
We rode to Cranbrook, BC to hit up the bank for some Canadian money. Then continued north towards Radium Hot Springs. The ride was cool but sunny most of the way with a short downpour as we entered Radium. After lunch we went a few miles up to the Hot Springs and did what Quentin calls a soak. I didn't take pictures but you can check it out on the web. It was amazing. You pay for entry, a towel and a locker; put your suit on and go in the giant hot springs fed pool and soak.
http://www.pc.gc.ca/voyage-travel/sources-springs/index/radium/radium.aspx

The hot springs are in Banff National Forest so we had to pay to drive through. The road from Radium to Castle Junction was amazing. High speed flowing twisties for 80 miles!

Perfect weather, dry pavement

Oh boy, this doesn't look good

Not so good weather, wet road

We saw lots of wildlife in the 80 mile stretch. Mountain goats, big horn sheep, a moose, huge elk, black bear, and the craziest was a grizzly bear! When we stopped to see what all the commotion was we were about 80 feet away. He was eating flowers growing along the road. Yes I was ready to drop the bike in gear and speed away if he charged us. Quentin says it was definitely was a grizzly.

Thanks for following us on this great trip. It inspires us to keep it up. It is more time consuming than I thought but I am getting better at it. I don't think we will have wireless internet tonight so it may be a day or so before you hear from us.
See ya down the road, Icefields Hwy to Jasper and McBride today