Learning Curves Blog

• Seven national parks.
• 3000 miles of scenic byways.
• Bear, moose, elk, big horn sheep, mountain goats at your fingertips.
• Glaciers, lakes and rivers around every bend of the road.
• Great CE and new friendships for a lifetime.

This is just a taste of what our international ride from Provo, Utah, through the majestic western US and Canadian Rockies (to our turning point in Jasper, Alberta) and back will put on your plate.

Our kick-off is in Provo, Utah, and from there to famous Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for the first night. The next day takes us through the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone, just in time for lunch in West Yellowstone, Montana. Heading northwest to Ennis, Montana, the fly-fishing capitol of the US, we stay on the bank of the Madison River.

Next day, we find ourselves riding our Harley’s through "Big Sky Country", staying next to Flathead Lake in Big Fork, Montana. A leisure tour of Glacier National Park with plenty of time to enjoy its unique beauty before our overnight in East Glacier. Enjoy the view out your hotel window of glaciers, lakes and glacier-fed rivers.

Next day we cross the border into Canada (passport required) and we are immediately in Waterton National Park. After lunch on the road, we wind our way along the "Cowboy Trail" in southern Alberta for our stay in the unbelievable Banff National Park. An amazing journey up the Icefields Parkway (180 miles) to the 5-Star Jasper Lake Lodge is our dream ride the following day. This is where we make the turn to head back south for an early arrival at Lake Louise at the famous (or infamous) Deer Lodge.

Then, it is back across the border through southern British Columbia and into the panhandle area of Idaho, enjoying the lakeside lodge at Sand Point. South to Salmon, Idaho, and high mountain passes, alpine valleys, and beautiful ranch land gets us back across the Tetons to Jackson Hole, where we will spend our final night together.

Our Saturday morning departure from Jackson takes us back to Provo by early afternoon where you turn in your iron horse and get back on four wheels.

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Our May ride through the Grand Canyon, Zions, and Bryce Canyon National Parks is sold out. This is the ride we have designated in 2010 to be our Smiles for Life Benefit Ride with the Crown Council. We are grateful and most appreciative to member dentists of that organization who have joined with us to support Smiles for Life and the hundreds of charities around the globe that support kids.

One final note: All of our rides have a limited number of bikes available. So register now for one of our other 5 great 2010 adventures.

What a great way to start a great summer of riding! May 19-22. We gather on Wednesday afternoon at the magnificent Ritz Carlton Lake Las Vegas, meeting and greeting at our kick-off with introductions, dinner and our first CE session.

On Thursday we follow the shore line of Lake Mead, enjoying Lake Mead National Recreation Area, and on into St. George, Utah for lunch. Arriving in Springdale, the entrance of Zion National Park, in the afternoon, we have time for a bus tour of Zion Park, completing our first full day of riding with CE, dinner and fellowship.

Friday, we ride through Zion Park, exit into Kanab, Utah and head south for the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. We traverse the one of a kind Kaibab Forest, enjoying the pine, meadows and remaining snow as we head for our lunch stop at the North Rim. Following our lunch, at 8,000 ft., we head south through the Vermillion Cliffs, Marble Canyon and Lees Ferry (3,000 ft.). Passing by the well-known Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell, we ride back into Kanab for our CE, dinner rest and networking.

Saturday takes us north to Bryce Canyon National Park and its unique sandstone formations found nowhere else in the world. Lunch again at the famous Ruby’s Inn, and we head back to Lake Las Vegas through Cedar Breaks National Monument, Cedar City and St. George. The Ritz Carlton is again our place for our farewell dinner and CE.

All this plus 10 hours of CE credit and new friends for a lifetime! Register Now Sorry, sold out! Catch another of our rides.