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 […]
The trip In thinking over what I should say about the trip, I become overwhelmed. There is so much including how far I went, how long I travelled, what it cost, the gear, if my time researching was wasted, what I felt through the whole thing, just a lot to think about. I’ll try to
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Sleeping I was so excited to get home, I couldn’t sleep. Thinking a Benadryl would knock me out until it was time to get up, I took one. It didn’t work. I stayed awake most of the night and finally hit the road when the sun was fully up, about 0530. It wasn’t too bad
Focus While I was sad the ending of the trip would be soon last night, today my focus was 100% on getting home. I missed my family and I’ve been on the road long enough for me. Although I was taking a slightly different route than I have in the past, I knew the best
Beartooth Pass As I laid awake, I was thinking about the Beartooth Pass and how much I really wanted to ride it. I was hoping that things had cleared up some overnight and that it would be clear enough for me to feel comfortable for me to ride it. The weather channel said that it
Nightly occurrence I am getting so tired of writing this, but of course a storm came up. While no rain fell this time, the wind was powerful. It sounded like the tent was going to get ripped apart. It wasn’t conducive to sleeping, but I was comfortable in the tent. The wind was so fierce,
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Another thunderstorm I woke up at about 0300 to flashing lights. I initially thought it was a problem with a street light or something, but very quickly realized it was a distant thunderstorm. It was so far off, I couldn’t hear the thunder, I could only see the lightening. It took about 40 minutes before
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Colossal thunderstorm I woke in the night to flashing lights and the distant growl of thunder. Laying awake in my tent, I enjoyed the show. It was distant, so it was nice to watch. It wasn’t long though, before the first drops of rain started to fall. Now was the time to worry. Was this
Casual start I was feeling more excited to get home, but definitely still wanted to savor the time and the trip, so I decided to take it easy today. My ride would be fairly straightforward, just on the U.S. 2 out of Michigan, across Wisconsin, and into Minnesota. I was headed to the campground my
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FINALLY! My family finally arrived to the hotel at about 2330 and I was thrilled! I was so excited to be back with them, I barely slept, though they were exhausted from their day of travel. Sometimes I can have a bit too much energy. Through some strange twist of fate, though we were there
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