Criss-Crossing the Great Continental Divide

We continued through Yellowstone to Edmonton over a period of four days, crossing the Great Divide 6 times. The route included hwy 287 north to Butte, Montana, camping the first night near Virginia City, where Bev saw the Green Eyed Monsters (see other post for details). We joined up with the I90 continuing north to Missoula, then route 93 through Polson and camped on the east side of Flat Head Lake. The campsite was quite rugged............sufficiently so, that Bev embarrassingly dropped her 750 lb bike. She managed to jump off into the bush as it went down. It was down a gulley, so far that she could see the whole undercarriage..........and where was that Dave?? signing in at the front office. Oh oh, the bike turned itself off, Bev hastily removed the 75 lbs of gear and then panicked. Fortunately she found three nice fellers who assisted her in pulling the beast up. NO major damage just one front light twisted in, the roll bars held and the baby remained beautiful. Bev hugged the guys, still no Dave to be seen. Was he lurking in the bushes because he was tired from the long haul day???
We continued north to route 2, stopped in the see the Hungry Horse Dam, going on toward Glacier Nat'l Park ("Going to the Sun" hwy.) stopping for lunch at Marais Pass. Unfortunately we had to avoid that hwy. due to construction and related weekday delays. From East Glacier, we went north through St. Mary and crossed the border into Canada on route 6. We spent the next night at Chain Lake Prov'l Park between Longview and Pincher Creek on route 22 (Bev chose the campsite this time, carefully placing her bike so that she could unload and load up in the morning using a "drive through" ability). The next day we took the magnificent route 40 through Kananaskis Hwy and joined the trans-canada just outside of Canmore, Alberta. Unfortunately we didn't have enough time to travel the Icefields Parkway due to service appointments for both bikes in Edmonton. We have done 7000 km so far and Dave needed new tires as well. We jumped on the superslab again. Fortunately we rode the Icefields in 2005 and so, though disappointed, that was something to remember.
ASIDE: for you Harley riders out there....Heritage Harley in Edmonton took my bike in right away knowing I was "on the road" as that is part of the Harley culture (to keep their riders on the road). Honda dealerships, on the other hand, were not as accommodating. We spent one hour on the phone, calling from Montana, trying to get Dave's bike in. We had to call three places, the others said Dave could book for the end of August!whaaatt. We said they could have the bikes for 2 days, Dave's for a 19000 km service and Bev's for a 24000 km service, but Honda had no sympathy. Riverside Honda in St. Albert, north of Edmonton, agreed to service Dave's bike. When we get home, we will write a nasty note to Honda suggesting that they adopt some of the excellent service practices for travellers provided by Harley.