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
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
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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Wet and cold It had rained during the night at Mt. Robson Park, but a sliver of sun came out in the morning. Of course everything was soaked as I packed it up, but I was hoping for something drier ahead, so I got to work packing and loading up the bike. It always seems
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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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
