The Alaska Ferry from Haines to Bellingham, Washington was awesome, so glad I did that for a couple reasons. One, I rode up to Alaska on the same road I would have taken back down, and I usually don’t like doing the same road twice. Secondly, it got me south nicely to avoid riding through the bad weather. However, when I arrived Bellingham, I knew...
Finally! I’ve made it to Haines. Being here was a big goal, as I know from this point, the threat of a big early snow (which I have been warned plenty about) is not likely and even if it did, it’s where the port is to catch the inside passage ferry which means it can snow all it wants now! I didn’t get snow, but I kind...
Finding a place to sleep tonight was a bit challenging as normal. Again the majority of places are closed. I found a campground that looks open, I went in to have a look. It was open if you have a hard shell camper.. which I do not! Followed through the place to see what I might be missing and urgh.. I want to stay. There wasn’t another...
The “Top of the World” Highway was great fun, absolutely gorgeous and remote. It’s only 127 km (79 miles) long.. and is closed to vehicles from October to April (I am here in mid-September). Not much time to spare.. Along the route comes a most famous little town with a whopping population of 7, Chicken Alaska. This is a first for me...
Ok.. on to the next road I am supposedly not to take…! It’s called the “Top of the World” Highway and apparently several motorcyclists have died on this one as well. One just 2 weeks before I decide to ride it. I hate to even report such things, as for one, it’s very sad, but secondly, in perspective as I said before, there...
It’s all about the cute little bears in this part of the world!! I made a mad dash through British Columbia and had a plan to travel up the Stewart-Cassiar Highway toward the Yukon. One of the great recommendations from nearly everyone is to take a 67 mile diversion to Hyder Alaska.. Why not.. I’ve never been to Alaska, I am so excited to go there.. on...
OK, now I’ve agreed to do the SCARIEST thing on this trip so far!! Forget about unmaintained tracks in Siberia… or camping in bear country.. Let’s try public speaking!! Geez!! It turned out I was very near the next Horizon’s Unlimited meeting in Nakusp Canada, which was literally just over the mountains from where I was, Calgary. ...
This was a really odd day.. can’t say I wasnt’ warned!! I’ve left Glacier Park and need to travel through a bit of another Indian reservation.. I’m traveling now through the land of the Blackfeet tribe toward the Canada border and I saw this red band around a tree. I wonder what it means… red is for warning, right? Well the border...
This makes me think it looks like we’re flying in on the space shuttle!! Big apologies for an awfully behind blog.. lack of internet and being on the road have thrown me far behind.. as usual! This fly over part of the blog doesn’t really count, because I didn’t go to Iceland or Greenland. Iceland was simply a stopover on my way from the...