Alaska 2008
HOME SWEET HOME
I LEFT PAGE THIS MORNING AT 6 AM AND HAD A VERY PLEASANT AND COOL RIDE UNTIL ABOUT 40 MILES FROM HOME. THEN MY FIRST REAL EXPERIENCE OF PHOENIX SUMMER FOR THIS YEAR OCCURRED. WELL, WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT. IT WAS PRETTY WARM BUT IT FELT GOOD TO BE HOME. I HAVE HAD A WONDERFUL AND FUN TRIP AND IT IS NICE TO BE HOME, EVEN IF IT IS JUST TO BATHE AND PREPARE FOR ANOTHER . THE SCORE …
BRYCE CANYON
TROPIC TO PAGE IS ONLY ABOUT 100 MILES. I WAITED FOR SUNRISE ON THE BLUFFS OF BRYCE CANYON. YOU CAN SEE THE REASON, IN THE PHOTOS AND MOVIE. MY CHAIN SUDDENLY BROKE AS I WAS PASSING THROUGH PAGE. I FIELD CHANGED THE REAR SPROCKET AND CHAIN IN 100 PLUS TEMPERATURES, HOW FUN. I WILL CHANGE THE FRONT SPROCKET WHEN I GET HOME. I DO NOT HAVE THE PROPER SOCKET TO CHANGE THE FRONT SPROCKET BUT WILL NEXT TIME. TOO HOT…
BURLEY TO TROPIC UTAH
MY, WHAT A LONG DAY. I LEFT BURLEY IDAHO AT 730 AM AND ARRIVED TROPIC UTAH AT 530 PM. , 455 MILES THAT SEEMED MUCH LONGER. I HATE RIDING THE INTERSTATES, BUT DID SO TODAY. I RODE DOWN I15 TO NEPHI, THEN TURNED SOUTHWEST ON UTAH 28 TO RICHFIELD THEN HWY 24 TO TEASDALE WHERE I TURNED WEST ON HWY 12 TO ESCALANTE. UTAH IS THE MOST DIVERSE OF OUR STATES AND PERHAPS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL. THE PARKS ALONG THE…
MISSOULA TO BURLEY
I STOPPED BY THE BEMMER SHOP IN MISSOULA, BIG SKY, FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND NEW REAR BRAKE PADS. THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO LET ME DO THE WORK IN THE ALLEY. I MANAGED, IN 95 DEGREE HEAT TO GET THE JOB DONE AND BE ON MY WAY IN 2 HOURS OR SO. I GOT ABOUT 1 MILE AND ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. THE ENGINE WAS MISSING HORRIBLE THEN FINALLY QUIT. I HAD HER TOWED BACK TO THE SHOP, $…
EUREKA TO KALISPELL
TODAY I TRAVELED A WHOPPING 66 MILES AND WILL SPEND 4 DAYS HERE IN KALISPELL. MY WHAT A PRETTY TOWN THIS IS, PERHAPS THE NICEST LITTLE TOWN IN AMERICA, DELIGHTFUL. FISHING TOMORROW. I DID HEAR BACK FROM THE DATA RECOVERY PEOPLE ABOUT MY HARD-DRIVE AND THEY HAVE DECLARED IT, NOT RETRIEVABLE, BUMMER. I HAD SOME WONDERFUL MOVIES FROM SOUTH AMERICA AND MANY PHOTOS NOT POSTED ON MY BLOG, ALAS, ALL ARE LOST, FROM THAT SILLY LITTLE FALL IN PATAGONIA. QUE…
JASPER TO EUREKA MONTANA
I HAD A GOOD CAMPING LAST NIGHT AND WAS ON THE ROAD BY 7 AM. IT WAS AGAIN VERY COLD FOR THE FIRST HOUR OR SO. JASPER AND BANFF NATIONAL PARKS ARE VERY LARGE AND RIVAL OUR GLACIER NATIONAL PARK IN BEAUTY. I DON’T KNOW HOW YOUR SUMMER WEATHER HAS BEEN BUT MINE HAS BEEN COOL AND AT TIMES COLD. AS I DESCENDED FROM THE MOUNTAINS TODAY INTO THE VALLEY, IT FINALLY WARMED UP AND EVEN GOT HOT. I EVEN…
CHETWYND TO JASPER
A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF MT. ROBSON, JASPER PARK. I GOT A LATE START AGAIN, 1030 AM FROM SLEEPING TILL 9 THEN WATCHING THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS SHOWS. I RODE ALL THE WAY TO JASPER, A LONG DAY FOR ME, ABOUT 400 MILES, I AM NO RON WEINERT. MANY MAY THINK CARRYING THOSE TIRES IS TOUGH BUT I HARDLY NOTICE THEM ESPECIALLY NOW THAT I HAVE ONLY ONE. IT DOES ALSO MAKE A NICE BACK REST. CAMPING TONIGHT NEAR JASPER.
FORT NELSON TO CHETWYND
I GOT A LATE START AFTER SLEEPING IN. THE WEATHER BEGAN OFF WARM FOR A CHANGE BUT SOON CLOUDED OVER AND BEGAN A LIGHT RAIN AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. I WAS HOPING FOR A GOOD CLEANSING RAIN TO GIVE MY RIDING CLOTHS A GOOD BATH BUT IT ONLY GOT ME A LITTLE DIRTIER. I STAYED IN A HOTEL WITH A BUNCH OF OIL FIELD WORKERS AND I WAS PROBABLY THE CLEANEST MAN THERE. I FELT PRETTY SMUG ABOUT THAT, GOD, DON’T…
WATSON LAKE TO FORT NELSON
I LEFT MY HOTEL AT 8 AM TO GET THOSE TIRES CHANGED, WELL IT APPEARS NOBODY WOULD CHANGE THEM FOR ME, INCLUDING MY FRIEND WHOM I HAD ALMOST GIVEN MY KLR. THEREFORE I FIELD CHANGED THEM IN THE DIRT BY MYSELF, MY IS THAT AN ARDUOUS TASK, AND I GOT VERY DIRTY DOING IT. I AM SURE I WOULD BE REJECTED AT A HOMELESS SHELTER. I DID GET THEM CHANGED SUCCESSFULLY, 2 HOURS, AND LEFT ON MY WAY SOUTH. I…