Riding Around the West on a Sportster: Chapter 12.5

I was hoping that the snow would be gone for good…. Will I ever outrun this storm??

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  • @TacitusR
    @TacitusR17 күн бұрын

    "The force is strong with this one." Laura, that was a challenging ride. Any motorcyclist knows that riding in such conditions is no matter to be taken lightly. Your willingness to take on difficult challenges with grace and gratitude is one of your endearing qualities.

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much for your kind comment!

  • @MikeSmith-le2kq
    @MikeSmith-le2kq17 күн бұрын

    You are always focusing on what you are grateful for…..that’s one of the secrets for a fulfilling life. Wise young woman.

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    14 күн бұрын

    Thank you. 😊

  • @maximjohns
    @maximjohns17 күн бұрын

    Good day Laura!! You're great at traveling in this weather. Your hands are freezing and it's not very comfortable to travel. I wish you good luck!! The main thing is don't get sick!!☕☕☕🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you! I’ll try my best not to!

  • @tmw1955
    @tmw195517 күн бұрын

    Hi Laura another great video Thank you I feel bad your having such lousy weather on your trip but you are a true biker pushing through kudos for everything you do You are an amazing young lady strong & laid back & your positive grateful attitude makes you the special lady you are today Looking forward to your next video Always be safe out there Ridin in the Wind Take care 😎😎

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much! You take care too.

  • @coyotemauve1275
    @coyotemauve127515 күн бұрын

    Bravo Laura ! I admire your courage ! And I guess that a sporty is not the most confort ride … Again, bravo !

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you!😊

  • @backroadmax2344
    @backroadmax234416 күн бұрын

    Another great video. It was so inspirational to see you meet the challenge of riding in freezing temperatures and snow head-on! So glad you got through all that safely. You mentioned wanting to come back and visit the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, and Sedona. My wife and I visited those places in February; it was all wonderful. When you do that trip, please stay at the Cameron Trading Post in Cameron, AZ. It’s right in between the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley. It’s also got a motel, restaurant, gas station, post office, and gorgeous high desert scenery in every direction. Cheers!

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the tips! I’ve jotted them down- I appreciate it. 😊

  • @arthur4818
    @arthur481817 күн бұрын

    As a rider who has ridden in very cold temperatures, that ride was challenging. Great job, Laura

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    14 күн бұрын

    It sure was! Thank you. 😊

  • @DJPTEXAS
    @DJPTEXAS9 күн бұрын

    Hi Laura, Just stumbled upon your videos and as a long time cross country rider was instantly pulled in ( and subscribed ), your filming and the tempo , music choices and personality are spot on and intriguing to say the least.... keep this formula as it is so much different than most of the cycle vlogs out there that it stands out in my opinion and has me binge watching now ! The videos are very personal intimate feeling and I feel like I am along for the ride... great work. You are a unique woman and I wish you safe travels...

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    3 күн бұрын

    Thank you!! It’s comments like yours that motivate me to continue documenting them. 😌

  • @_Corsa
    @_Corsa17 күн бұрын

    Absolute soldier pushing through the white. I hit it last year, late snow in Colorado on the way home to Florida. Heated grips and seat on my BMW with a layered Klim Traverse suit, still froze my tail off. Riding in the cold sucks the life out of you.

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    You’ve got that right! It’s brutal.

  • @simaspavao3231
    @simaspavao323118 күн бұрын

    A real Canadian you are Laura 🇨🇦

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    17 күн бұрын

    Thank you! 🇨🇦

  • @barryhammond9839
    @barryhammond983918 күн бұрын

    Great video as always! As a dad, ( my two kids are close to your age), I couldn’t help but offer up a few prayers when I saw you riding on that cold icy highway! Glad you’re safe!

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    18 күн бұрын

    Thank you! 😊

  • @motormobilist

    @motormobilist

    18 күн бұрын

    You are not very lucky with the weather, but you're doing great. What an adventure !

  • @brucemorrison3563
    @brucemorrison356318 күн бұрын

    Bad weather.Great memories.

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    18 күн бұрын

    Perfectly put. 😃

  • @jimmcgill7575
    @jimmcgill757518 күн бұрын

    GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR VIDEOS,VERY POSITIVE. YOU ARE HARD CORE YET HUMBLE . EVEN RIDING IN SNOW, YOU SAY YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR THINGS,.....BE SAFE!

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @ericgardner3020
    @ericgardner302017 күн бұрын

    We are in the middle of a Heat Wave in Puget Sound.. your video helped cool me down! 😊 Poisonous Snakes and Insects well the cold probably was a Plus there! Great video

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    You’re right- all the poisonous things were hiding! 😂

  • @mikebarron5805
    @mikebarron580516 күн бұрын

    @lauradanielle1991 Hello Laura Danielle, Surprisingly I enjoyed this video as much as one from a good weather day. It's 90°F (32.2°C) at 9am with the humidity climbing towards 90%. The thermostat in the house is set at 78°F (25.5°C) but my fingers and toes still felt the cold. I live in LA (Lower Alabama) and ride all year. ☕ Wishing you all the best. Enjoy what's around you today. When you get to 70 years old it gets a bit harder.

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Your comment put a smile on my face. Thank you! And keep cool in that warm weather! 😊

  • @jake6618
    @jake661818 күн бұрын

    I wish for better and warmer weather for you. Be safe and enjoy your trip.

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    18 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @darrellkinkade9205
    @darrellkinkade920518 күн бұрын

    Toooooo cooool, no pun intended! Being from Az, I have done this ride many times in all kinds of weather. Parked for the summer, as it is 110 degrees here in Tucson today...

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Wow, 110! That’s wild!

  • @evensteven0254
    @evensteven025418 күн бұрын

    That looked pretty brutal riding through. Much respect

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    17 күн бұрын

    It was, haha!

  • @ipdjbt
    @ipdjbt18 күн бұрын

    Just watching the video made me feel colder in the warmth of my home, lol. My latest bike purchase I rode home in March, just above freezing temperatures. The 12 mile ride was not pleasant, even on a exciting new bike. I can't imagine all the miles you did!

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Yikes!

  • @garryshirreffs9645
    @garryshirreffs964518 күн бұрын

    Great vid as always, knowing when to pull over is always a good thing always best to have short legs and pull over to warm up, your doing great :)))

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you! I appreciate it.

  • @kimellis8340
    @kimellis834018 күн бұрын

    I love your videos. You are so genuine in all that you do. My daughter and I just finished a New England tour starting in Georgia. We got in about 4000 miles and that makes it 45 states on each of our older bikes my sons and I will do a 14 day tour including the Blue Ridge Parkway, Kentucky and Missouri before returning to Georgia in a couple of weeks and my wife and I will go from the mountains of North Georgia to Key West Florida in October. December will see me cross fromTybee Island Georgia to San Diego California and that’s as far out as I have anything planned. I say all this to let you know that someone of experience really enjoys and understands what you’re doing and I am a bit jealous because I am not artsy enough to make good videos. Keep riding and keep posting videos. Again, I think you’re doing a wonderful job.

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    17 күн бұрын

    Those sound like incredible tours- you’re really living… I admire that so much! Thank you for your comment. It means a lot to me!

  • @patclarke80
    @patclarke8018 күн бұрын

    Still smiling that great snile as you tough it out in big sky country on your trusty steed. Good on ya miss Laura. Happy trails and hot showers ahead. 😉

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @dklang
    @dklang18 күн бұрын

    Can't out run all the storms. Nice ride. New Mex and Az have a lot to see. Still got the dishwashing gloves? They would help on a wet day. Stay Safe and Happy Trails. DK

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    You betcha I do! Those dishwashing gloves really worked out great. 😃

  • @MALTSEV-hf9sz
    @MALTSEV-hf9sz18 күн бұрын

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    18 күн бұрын

    💜

  • @louisianawildman
    @louisianawildman18 күн бұрын

    Hey Laura!! Awesome video again!! I so look forward to Fridays knowing a new Awesome Laura video is coming to make my weekend happy! As always be safe!

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much!!

  • @donpet8258
    @donpet825818 күн бұрын

    If ya dont get elect gloves (heat wires top of hands) to go with your heated grips. Make a single layer leather glove for palm & insulated top of glove. Then you absorb more heat from the grip while insulating from the elements on the top side. Or ….ride where its warm :)

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Noted! Particularly the “ride where it’s warm” 😂

  • @BobbyMiller3
    @BobbyMiller317 күн бұрын

    Need some wind blocking hand guards 😂 I hate riding in those temps eventually my fingers cramp and get stuck

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Oh man, it sucks!

  • @RicoAero-dd3ji
    @RicoAero-dd3ji18 күн бұрын

    So excited for this one laura

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    18 күн бұрын

    I’m happy to hear! :)

  • @richardmourdock2719
    @richardmourdock271918 күн бұрын

    Ohhhh Laura, I feel terrible for you. I've been on a bike through snow too and it is miserable. You had to chuckle in those cold temps at the sign that warned you of snakes and tarantulas.... Still, very glad you got to see the mountains without snow. Hopefully next year the vaca will be a few weeks later. A question for you. In your opening you show the cover of your passport, everything is in English. Does Canada also issue a French covered passport for the people of Quebec? When I was riding across Quebec a few years ago, I met a couple bikers who told me their parents did not speak any English and refused to learn. . . I was shocked by that. Love, love. love your videos. Honest, not needing dialogue or monologue. You truly connect with your viewers.

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you! There’s French and English on the inside of the passport. As for the people you met whose parents refused to learn English- there’s some politics with that in areas of Quebec (Quebecois Nationalism). I’ve come across it too!

  • @charmontravel
    @charmontravel18 күн бұрын

    So much snow! I love that you pushed enough and know that you have nothing left to prove. Awesome vid as always!

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    18 күн бұрын

    Thank you!!

  • @smilingbiter
    @smilingbiter18 күн бұрын

    I really felt for you riding in the snow and in that awfull cold. Great show Laura.😍

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    18 күн бұрын

    Thank you!😊

  • @OldGuyonaBike
    @OldGuyonaBike18 күн бұрын

    We always have to adapt to the weather. Great following your ride.

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    You got that right!

  • @stevebonner9108
    @stevebonner910817 күн бұрын

    Great video Laura, i dont know how you do it. You are riding in crap weather and conditions without proper gear. But i bet you are really glad of that screen and your engine being air cooled. Would love to help you out with some decent gear. Perhaps start a patreon or something and put money to gear and more rides, just a idea. I know a lot of people wont do it because it seems like begging. Know matter what you do i will always watch your videos. Ride safe ❤

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your kind words! I’m hesitant to start a patreon for that very reason. But I’ve got a piggy bank going for better gear. 🤓

  • @stevebonner9108

    @stevebonner9108

    13 күн бұрын

    @@lauradanielle1991 It will make your trips a lot more enjoyable trust me, especially the time of year you ride ❤️

  • @salorjim1000
    @salorjim100018 күн бұрын

    So impressed Laura. Especially with a naked. I have always had touring bikes with windshields and some sort of fairing or tank shape that acts like a faring. My Triumph is a naked like yours but with a wind shield so that is a bit new to me. Seems like you were taking your turns onto the highway as upright as you can and from seeing that truck ahead of you for a long time you were staying in a nice safe place for those conditions. I am thinking about a trip from Southern California to the Reno/Tahoe area soon but concerned with the opposite of your trip, dealing with 100+ F conditions which can also be unsafe if you don't hydrate often. Can't wait for the next leg of your trip.

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    Oh wow, that sounds like a great trip, but a scorcher for sure! Thank you for your comment :)

  • @Eds_PanAm
    @Eds_PanAm18 күн бұрын

    did you go "stand on a corner in Winslow Arizona"???? i wouldn't have missed that opportunity! lol. some of the views were gorgeous with the snow, but you looked kinda miserable at times....atleast you got that kind of riding under your belt now and you have some good stories to tell about riding through that kind of stuff!!

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    I didn’t! 😫 Does this mean I need to redo the trip (but in warmer weather? 😝)

  • @Eds_PanAm

    @Eds_PanAm

    12 күн бұрын

    @@lauradanielle1991 uhhhhhh yep! LOL

  • @michaelturano7522
    @michaelturano752218 күн бұрын

    Do they make like handle shields to protect hands from cold weather days?

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    18 күн бұрын

    They do, but I didn’t consider them pre-trip! 😅

  • @benderbender1233
    @benderbender123318 күн бұрын

    🖖😘

  • @benderbender1233

    @benderbender1233

    18 күн бұрын

    brutal!! 🥶

  • @benderbender1233

    @benderbender1233

    18 күн бұрын

    u r sucha tr00per!! 🤗

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    17 күн бұрын

    Thank you! It sure was rough.

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    17 күн бұрын

    ✌️😃

  • @benderbender1233

    @benderbender1233

    17 күн бұрын

    @@lauradanielle1991 eye wud hav f0lded early. me 0ld ir0nhead ch0ppa d0esnt hava fr0nt fender s0 wet r0ads r enuf t0 st0ps meeee. 😊

  • @michaelturano7522
    @michaelturano752218 күн бұрын

    You didn’t stand on the famous corner in Winslow Arizona😳

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    13 күн бұрын

    I didn’t. :(

  • @michaelturano7522

    @michaelturano7522

    13 күн бұрын

    @@lauradanielle1991 A reason to go back

  • @walterelmore1017
    @walterelmore101718 күн бұрын

    yr vids are exc

  • @lauradanielle1991

    @lauradanielle1991

    17 күн бұрын

    Thank you! 😃