The final day of my trip was certainly mixed with a variety of emotions. I had been feeling for the past few days the relief to come back to my own home, my own bed, the people close to me, and my crazy dog. At the same time, it felt almost unreal that I would not wake up in the morning and go through my usual motions- pack the bag, set it up on the bike, map the route, blog a bit – ride, discover, repeat.

I said this earlier in the trip and it holds true – I feel incredibly grateful to have had this opportunity, and to see these areas of the country, and to meet interesting people along the way. Seeing it between the handlebars of my motorcycle has been an extraordinary experience for me and I feel incredibly blessed.

Enough of the mushy stuff, gotta keep moving forward!

The final day comprised of approx 3 hours of riding from Missoula to Coeur D’Alene Idaho. This is a fantastic area to ride as the freeway has some great curves along the pass and the scenery includes towering evergreens and the road itself runs along the Clark Fork river. In July everything is green and bright and a joy to see.

Here is some footage of the ride through the last bit of Montana:

And a quick stop at the Idaho border:

Lastly I made my way into Coeur D’Alene and saw the lake in the afternoon sun. From there its a short ride through downtown and back to my humble abode:

I had completed 4054 miles in the past 20 days, through 9 states, on the back of a cafe racer:

I was greeted eagerly by Mister my crazy wire fox terrier. This guy had to get a whiff of every smell I brought with me:

It was good to be home! A special thank you to everyone who covered for me while I was gone from work, house sat and Mister-sat 🙂 …  encouraged me on the way, liked the posts and pictures here and on FB and Instagram, and to those who just read and enjoyed these entries.

Coming up on the blog Ill recap the ride including lessons learned. Thanks everyone for reading!

Travis