I NOW HAVE TOTALLY HEALED FROM MY FALL IN PATAGONIA, PERHAPS A LITTLE SMARTER, AND HAVE BOUGHT A NEW MOTORCYCLE AND HAVE IT EQUIPPED FOR MY NEXT RIDE TO ALASKA. THIS WILL BE MY FORTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR TO ALASKA AND PLAN ON RE-VISITING SOME OF MY FAVORITE SPOTS AND ALSO GET IN SOME GOOD TROUT FISHING. I AM GETTING A BIT OF A LATE START, AS I PREFER JUNE RATHER THAN JULY IN ALASKA, AS IT CAN GET A BIT WARM FOR SLEEPING OUT. I SHALL BE CAMPING OUT FOR THE MOST PART AND AM NOW MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT THE BEARS, OOPS, PERHAPS NO SMARTER AFTER ALL.

I SHALL BE VISITING FAMILY AND FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY AND WILL RIDE AT A LEISURELY PACE.

THIS YEAR, I WILL GO TO VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND AND RIDE TO PORT HARDY THEN TAKE THE FERRY TO PRINCE RUPERT B.C. THEN RIDE THE CASSIAR HWY TO THE ALASKA HWY TO ANCHORAGE. I SHALL RETURN TO DEADHORSE  ALASKA AND INUVIK N.W.T. I HAVE TRAVELED NEARLY ALL ROADS, SHOWN ON MY MAPS IN ALASKA BUT NOW SEE A FEW TOWNS I HAVE MISSED SO SHALL VISIT THEM, JUST FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS. ON MY WAY HOME I WILL STOP IN WILLIAMS LAKE B.C. TO VISIT MY FRIEND WAYNE ADAMSON, WHO YOU MIGHT REMEMBER I MET ON THE BOAT FROM PANAMA TO CARTAJENA COLOMBIA.

I SHOULD ARRIVE HOME AROUND AUGUST 10 OR SO.

THIS NEW MOTORCYCLE IS A CARBON COPY OF THE ONE I ABANDON IN ARGENTINA, BUT WITH DIFFERENT SIDE CANS AND 40, 000 LESS MILES. I CONSIDERED OTHER BRANDS AND MODELS BUT DETERMINED NO OTHER WOULD MEET MY NEEDS SO WELL.