The Great White North - Well, Not Exactly.

I did a motorcycle ride from Calgary to Canmore and back again today.  Nice news at any time, but when you're riding a motorcycle into the Canadian Rocky
Mountains on January 8th it's pretty sweet!

I hooked up with Conrad at his place and we agreed to try to get to Canmore.  The ultimate destination being The Grizzly Paw restaurant and microbrewery. If things didn't work out then we'd turn around and evaluate our options at the time.  As it turned out, with the exception of a couple of wet spots in the shade (and a very ice packed parking lot at a gas station) the road conditions were bare and dry! 

We saw some guys riding on the ice at Ghost Reservoir, and stopped to watch them make a few laps; would be fun to try some day!  Other than that, we saw maybe three or four other bikes out on the roads. 

The weather afforded us the chance to make it all the way to the Grizzly Paw for a beer and a bite.  The snow started to fly as we made our exit from Canmore, but it wasn't long before we were kissed with sunshine as we hit the foothills.

View from the Grizzly Paw - Never seen the patio empty before!

 All-in-all, it is was a fantastic start to the 2012 riding season!