Alaska 2013
This site was created to capture details of our “ride of a lifetime”. My brother and I will be heading to Alaska in late June 2013. Inspired by many things*, we figured it was a cool thing to do as we bookend a milestone birthday. No, we have never gone that far on our motorcycles. We have done three hour rides, and really, this is just a bunch of three hour rides strung together. Approximately 45 three hour rides strung together. We are doing this in three calendar weeks.
It isn’t about the destination, it’s about the journey as we attempt to reach the goal. It would be nice to see Mt. McKinley, a bunch of wildlife and not meet the people I have seen on “Alaska State Troopers” (really, I don’t want to meet any of them, but given a choice, I’ll take the troopers). We don’t intend to go to Deadhorse nor take our pictures at the Arctic Circle sign.
You can follow by watching our trip progress on Spotwalla. The map will go live June 28th. It will show tracking points from my Spot every 10 minutes (as long as I remember to turn it on).
Inspired by:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenace (Robert M. Pirsig)
Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road (Neil Peart)
Roadshow: Landscape With Drums, A Concert Tour By Motorcycle (Neil Peart)
Long Way Round (Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman & Claudio von Planta)
Long Way Down (Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman & Claudio von Planta)
There are plenty of great ride reports on Alaska by motorcycle. I recommend the “By Way of Motorcycle” series by billma and Rick’s Alaska series by ricksandyfox.
Back to regularly scheduled pre-trip motorcycle maintenance.