Bye Bye Canada, Hello USA!!

Rained so hard last night that the thunder almost shook us out of bed......scarey.  Wet bikes, wet roads but BLUE SKY'S, YEA!!  Time to head back to the USA.....but before we leave Canada we must take a pic of the Canola Fields......amazing color of yellow that go forever and then another field and another.  I smell them before I see them.  Fabulous!

We had to pick some to bring with us......just one for Rosey and one for Lynda Lu........put mine in the saddlebag and Lynda Lu put hers in a slot behind backrest.  Then when we went thru customs at the border they saw hers and made her give it up.......I actually had forgotten about mine till she told me they took hers.  No matter, mine is so wilted it's garbage now too.

This house was in the middle of the field way off the road.  Rooster had to use his Zoom lens just to get this close for a pic.  What a way of life. 








Once we hit the USA again we had nothing but prairie land to look at as we rode along.  Very boring but I started to notice to fields of wheat and maze growing.  It may not be as vibrant in color as Canola but there's a lot of it being grown here. 

We had perfect weather for most of the day.  Once we saw a Thunder Boomer in the far distance to the right of us and it was coming our way.......we out ran that one.  Then we saw another and decided to ride thru it without suiting up in raingear and that was a good call, in and out in no time, barely got wet.  Then just as we were on our last little bit of the trip to Billings, we turned toward a Thunder Boomer that we knew was gonna get us forsure.  We pulled over to suit up, but just partially because we could see blue under it.  I decided to not put my helmet on.........Bad Bad BAD call.........gusting winds 40 to 50 mph with HUGE rain drops pounding on my head and ear so hard I thought for a minute it was hail.  Rooster was scrunched to one side of his bike where he found a sweet spot, no rain hitting his face at all and Lynda Lu had on her full face helmet listening to Brad Paisley sing "Rain is a good thing". 

Pulled into Billings with  the sun shining and we are now safe in our hotel room, fed, showered and ready for beddy bye.  Sturgis tomorrow!!  Yea!  It's the week before the rally so this will be a first for us all.  Will be nice to enjoy the Black Hills without all the crazy riders.  Can't wait to see my best friend in Sturgis, Peggy!!   I'm gonna give her a big Squish!! (aka hug) =)

Big Texas Hugs,
Rosey, Rooster and Lynda Lu