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
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
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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Photography If you don’t know me well, you may not know that I love ghost towns. I also love photography, though I’m just a beginner. Now that you know these things, you’ll understand why I decided to plan a short trip to Bodie State Park and Mono Lake. I’ve recently upgraded my camera set up
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Late start I decided to leave a bit later than usual. Syracuse was going to be my destination now and the phone said it would be about 7 hours to get there. In the cold and wet, there was nowhere I would want to stop. The rain and cold was supposed to last all day.
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Worst night ever After crawling in bed to get warm and falling asleep, the rain started coming down about 0100. It wasn’t a pouring rain, as it has been, but a steady, constant rain. In about 20 minutes, the tent started leaking. I quickly put my sleeping bag in its dry bag. It was freezing
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Clean bill of health With her clean bill of health, Lucille and I were ready to head to Maine. I was really looking forward to Acadia National Park and Stephen King’s house. Plus, Acadia would mark the furthest east I would go before turning west to head home. This would be a milestone. Cold! I
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Secret Being that I’ve had serious doubts about being able to actually complete this trip, I felt if I made it for two days, I would be somewhat successful. But, I’ve come this far, so I feel awesome about how things have gone. Today though, I was done. Plan vs reality My original plan did
