Monday, June 30, 2014

Day 93 June 29th

Today we rode from Demmitt near Dawson Creek to olden BC thur the Jasper and Banff National Parks.
The ride thru the parks is very beautiful. Lots of mountains and water. Quite a few glaciers.
We saw bears, elk and big horn sheep.
Last stop was Lake Louise. Awesome.
564 miles today in low 50's with rain.






Day 92 June 28th

We rode from Coal River to just below Dawson Creek today. Alaska Hwy starts in Dawson Creek so we rode the whole distance.
Saw a good sized herd of bison today along with some more bears.
we rode 561 miles today. one of our longest days.





Friday, June 27, 2014

Day 91 June 27th

Today we rode from Whitehorse Yukon to Coal River BC. Stopped at Watson Lake to see the field of signs and to drop ours off.
There was a lot of wildlife between Watson and Coal River. we saw black bear, a brown bear, a fox and quite a few bison. The bison are huge.
398 miles covered today.






Thursday, June 26, 2014

Day 90 June 26th

Not much to report today. Changed our oil and I replaced front brake pads. Got our bikes and trailers repacked.
Did have a Tenere pull into the campground this afternoon pulling a trailer with a hitch that I made for it. Nice to meet Brian in Person.

Day 89 June 25th

Got up to a light rain this morning. Going to ride to Whitehorse and pickup our trailers today. We will ride the Alcan Hwy all the way.
The road was in rough shape for first 60 miles or so into Canada. Saw a grizzly bear just after getting into Canada.
Stopped and picked up the trailers in Whitehorse. Glad to have big tents and cots back.
Many thanks to Adam Rose for storing the trailers while we toured Alaska. Really appreciated.
Covered 407 miles today.




Jerry, Adam and me


Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Day 88 June 24th

Today we rode from Glacier State Park to Tok. We have been looking for a moose in a bog or pond since our trip to Northeast last Sept. We finally saw one today. It was a cow with a baby. Baby went back into woods and we got some photos of the cow. Rain off and on during entire ride today.
230 total miles today.




Day 87 June 23rd

Today we rode from Homer to Glacier State Park east of Anchorage. Was a very scenic ride. Lots of snow covered mountain ranges. Have a glacier right out the motel window.
340 miles today.




Glacier behind room


Monday, June 23, 2014

Day 86 June 22nd

Today we rode from Denali National Park to Homer AK. Homer is end of the road on Kenai Peninusla. On southwest corner of AK. Halibut capital of the world. Lots of fishing charters out of here.
Really pretty scenery from Anchorage to here.
479 miles traveled today. One of our longest days so far.






Saturday, June 21, 2014

Day 85 June 21ST

Today we took an eleven hour bus tour in Denali National Park. I am very glad that we did the tour. Mountain views were awesome even though we were not able to see Mt McKinley. We saw grizzly bears, bull moose, Caribou, porcupine, Dall sheep and a Golden Eagle. The tour was 85 miles into the park to Wonder Lake. 11 hours long. Fantastic day.









Friday, June 20, 2014

Day 84 June 20th

Left Fairbanks today and rode to Denali National Park. Will be camping in the park for the next two nights. Have a 11 hour bus trip scheduled into the park  85 miles. Wonder Lake is as close as you can get to Mt McKinley on the road in the park. Only way to go that close is on tour bus. McKinley is 20320 feet. Saw a moose in the campground as we pulled in.
Noticed today that Jerry and my fork seals are leaking. Used the film trick and got quite a bit of grit out of the seals. Hope we can get the leaks stopped that way. Was the mud on the Dalton HWY that got them leaking.
131 miles covered today.