Late start Since I didn’t have a long way to go, I could take a slow morning and have an extra cup of coffee. I was grateful, as the rain was still streaming from the sky. Packing up, I got soaked while loading my gear onto Kymani. I had a fourth cup of coffee, hoping […]
Attitude is everything I called the family that night and told them how tired I was of the weather. I was also tired, homesick, and sore from so much riding. At this moment, all I wanted was to come home. My biggest cheerleader, my BFG, told me that I couldn’t come home until I went
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t full day in Alaska I had gotten a great nights sleep right next to the river and woke up happy to finally be in Alaska. There was no need to hurry to take off this morning, as the post office wouldn’t open until 8, so I took my time and drank an extra cup
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Heart Lake Heart Lake campground was okay, but there was no water available. I had to get it from the lake. It doesn’t sound too bad, however there was only one campsite that had access to the lake and it wasn’t mine. Fortunately, a couple of nice guys from eastern Canada had it and told
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Hot Vernon, BC was hot! And, the enormity of what I was wanting to do had finally hit me as I had ridden into Canada the previous day. I didn’t sleep well and the anxiety was hitting me. I talked to my family and felt much better. I loaded up the bike and hit the
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Searching Looking for something that you really want can be so difficult. I was searching for a used BMW R1200 RT or R1250 RT. I could afford a new one, but the prospect of buying a brand new bike scared me, and I was hoping to save several thousand dollars. A new bike would be
Reality The first dose of reality surrounding this long distance trip that came to me once the euphoria of the thought of travel started to abate slightly, was thoughts of my bike. The motorcycle I was driving when I came up with this brilliant idea to see my own country was my 2007 Yamaha FJR,
