The Only Published Riding Video (so far)

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 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 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….

July 17, 2013 Today was an awesome riding day! Weather, you were so good to us today. Our local meteorologist, Dendog, nailed our get away perfectly. He obsessed over watched the radar for 2.5 hours until he figured we could leave between the current band of showers and the next band. He then forecast that…

June 29, 2013 Sorry, no pics. Today’s firsts: -I saw three Great Lakes in the same day -I saw Lake Superior for the first time -Longest MC ride for both of us -I crossed the Mackinac Bridge for the first time (I recorded that with the helmet cam but was scared poopless to look around…

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…