Saying Yes Is A Good Thing
Remember that post I did a while ago (ok just two weeks ago) about where I heading to next? Apparently, I don’t either because those plans changed nearly as soon as I hit the publish button. In fact most of that was written before I changed plans to go back to Lake Louise and didn’t put out a post for two weeks.
Back in the States and I’m Going to Hell
Back in the US. Land of cheap gas, groceries, and readily available motorcycle parts. Or at least that was my expectations after traveling through Canada and Alaska for 6 weeks. From Nakusp I went to Spokane, Washington and found the first two of those items and the location of two Suzuki parts dealers nearby for the third. Read more
Nakusp Motorcycle Travel Meeting
If you can make me feel like a stay at home bum or someone that needs to find a job so that I can go see the world then it’s safe to say I’m in a place I want to be. That place was Horizons Unlimited West Candada meetup in Nakusp British Colombia. Horizons was the first site I came across when I start investigating motorcycle travel and one that I’ve gone back to many times since for information and inspiration.
Going Higher in Lake Louise
Finishing 3 days of climbing in the backcountry didn’t change plans much as we simply moved down the Lake Louise campground to do the same thing. The main upside to this was the access to showers and restocking on groceries. Aside from that we were driving to the mountains instead of hiking to the nearest ones.
Back In Lake Louise
With Jana and my 3 day 2,200 mile sprint complete it was time to try to get back into boot mode. Not so easy after over 40 hours of riding. It was a 5 mile uphill climb to the site we used as a base camp for three nights along an easy path. Just what I needed to get loosened up.
Seward Leads to a BIG Detour
“WOW”
For the last hour I’d been hiking in Kenai Fjords National Park. Now and then a glimpse of the Exit Glacier would appear only for the trail to turn back north. The next valley over was green and lush. I kept contrasting the two sites so close together and so different. How was one full of years of snow and ice and the other thriving with flora? Read more
Thoughts on Alaska
I’d been meaning to writeup some of my thoughts about Alaska about now so I’m going to tie it into the final few cities I visited as well. Fortunately for both of us I won’t use as many words to do this as miles I drove there. Know why that’s good? Because the place is HUGE! I ended up with a fairly bare bones route through the state and still rode about 2,500 miles there and that’s after taking 2 days to go the first 93 miles! It’s fewer miles than from San Diego to Jacksonville Florida.