July 13, 2013 It was a rainy morning when Dendog approached his bike. With it’s new tire and shiny rear wheel, it called to him: “Take me to Lloydminster”. So we did. The rain stopped about 150 km into the ride and the temperature rose nicely from 7 C to 20 C by the time…
July 12, 2013. We were on a 4 lane highway today! It felt so good! We were up pretty early (4:30) and had breakfast in the hotel (they open breakfast at 5:00). While there we met a nice guy from Ohio. He rides an FJR and was planning on doing the Klondike loop (Dawson City…
July 11, 2013 A short day! We love the short days. On a clear day, the ride through Muncho Lake to Fort Nelson is absolutely beautiful. On our way north, it was our first taste of twisty roads and elevation changes. On our way south, it was a bit of a cold, rainy, foggy soup….
July 10, 2013 I must admit to a little trepidation about today’s ride. On the way north, we had encountered a long patch of loose gravel on this stretch. We also encountered a REALLY long open grate bridge. Today was a breeze. A long breeze, but a breeze. The road was improved and it wasn’t…
July 09, 2013 Well, well, well. If yesterday was the most challenging day so far, today would be a close second. We stayed at a nice B&B in Tok, AK. We had a nice relaxing evening, filmed some video recollections of Mr. Dendog and fell asleep pretty early. It seemed today was not going to…
July 8, 2013 A video of part of the Top of the World Highway. Reading the title of this post you could assume it was a short, relaxed ride to achieve our goal: Alaska! If you check Spotwalla, you might see some really slow progress. Let’s sum up the ride in as few words as…
July 7, 2013 It seems that every hill we crest since we passed Fort Nelson reveals another vista that just makes you go “wow”. Today was also beautiful. The weather was great, the roads were usually good and there weren’t any metal grated bridges! We did encounter a significant number of really slow RVs. 90% of them…
July 6, 2013 Yes, zero kilometers on the bike today. We walked around town to see the sights and get food and shop for supplies (mainly tent pegs). I was thrilled to find the MSR groundhog tent pegs. Haven’t found them in Ottawa. We have at least one more night of camping left and the…
July 5, 2013 Mosquitoes, mosquitoes, mosquitoes. Bad at night., ridiculous in the morning. It had rained a bit at night so we packed up quickly. Way back near Fort Nelson we saw a sign that warned of Bison on the road near Muncho Lake. We didn’t see any yesterday. Today we saw about three dozen…
July 4, 2013 Some days start out well and some not so well. We both woke up early. OK, I woke up and started packing, that might have helped Dendog wake up too. I slept really well. Amazing how the Thermarest (with extra air) protected me from the underlying gravel. We both have good equipment….
