The final leg Things went awry with the boat straightaway. We were supposed to load up about 1400, but there was no sign of the boat at that time. I overheard the ticket agents talking about how they were going to deal with the delay. When I went up and asked them what was going […]
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The last Canada and Alaska ride I had a decent night’s sleep in the tent, particularly when I added a second comforter. It had rained all night and was pretty cold. I packed up and loaded Kymani in the rain. I checked the weather and it didn’t look like it was going to let up
I left Denali National Park on the way to Palmer. The scenery in Alaska just really never quits! It was beautiful. A bit down the road, I got a great view of Denali! She really is a gorgeous mountain. My words to describe the exquisiteness of Alaska are far to small to adequately express it,
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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
Santa Claus Since I was ahead of schedule due to skipped stops, I decided to stay a couple of days in North Pole since the camping was free. I thought I’d go see the Santa house and check the place out. I’m no fan of Christmas, but my daughter is, so I could potentially get
Sunshine! I took my time getting ready in the morning because, though cold and windy, the sun was shining and I didn’t have far to go today, about 180 miles. And, did I mention the sun was shining?! I had an extra cup of coffee and slowly packed up Kymani. Today I was headed to
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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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A new plan After a night of thinking of ways to make my gas stretch, the consequences of running out of gas on a remote (Alaska remote, not continental US remote), and if I wanted to spend my vacation from work worrying about silly things, I decided to skip McCarthy. The reward was just not
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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Final Canada day If all goes well, I’ll be in Alaska today! My 50th state. If I make it to Alaska it will be the result of much riding on my own to visit so many places and see so many things. I’m awfully excited. Yukon has the worst roads I had said I was
