Archive for September, 2011
DAY EIGHT
We road Hatcher pass a good way back towards Anchorage mixed with some back roads and some super slab. Hatcher pass was mostly gravel and we did some off shoot trails of single track that were great. We saw lots of old gold mine shafts and old gold miner cabins and equipment. When we arrived [...]
DAY SEVEN
Today we road from Gracious House Outpost along the balance of the Denali Highway, it was quite amazing. We had clear skies and views of Denali/Mt. McKinley for much of the ride. Denali is 20,000 ft high so it looks really amazing with 4k to 10k rooters around it. The weather here in Alaska changes [...]
DAY SIX
WOW.. Day six was amazing. We road Offroad for about 8 hrs into the south border of Denali park area. We saw hundreds of Caribou some Moose and a bunch of Bald Eagles. We had about 30 river crossings to do with the bikes. Stacey worked through the pain, and did incredible on them. Until [...]
DAY FIVE
Well she was sore. But willing non the less. We road the Denali highway gravel road for most of the day. The scenery was amazing. Stopped at a river full of Sockeye Salmon heading to spawn and die. Eventually made it to an outpost deep into the Denali area, where we will spend the night. [...]
DAY FOUR – PM
After lunch we headed out on a 26 mile stretch of off-road trail. It would run through the Wrangell National Forest. James will tell you about the rest of the afternoon… Stacey had a bit of a rough day… We finished training this morning, which she did excellent with. We went for an afternoon ride [...]
DAY FOUR – AM
This morning we were off to more training. We started off at yesterdays location to review and practice what we already learned. After that the instructor found a great place down the road a bit. It was actually on the shoulder of the road butting up against the forestry center. It was just about a [...]
DAY THREE – Training Day
9am we were off to the gravel pit. Sean is an off-road motorcycle instructor who works for Rawhyde. He travels the US giving instruction. So this morning I will be learning different techniques to make me a better rider. After lunch we went for a crazy ride. We headed out to Mc Carthy RD. The [...]
DAY TWO
Last night we met with the guys from Motoquest they served us a fantastic dinner and we went over the details of the trip. Due to me being vertically challenged my bike needed a few minor adjustments. We left the Motoquest shop around 10:30 Sunday morning. We started out on our 300 mile journey to [...]
Alaska – The Last Frontier
After a first class upgrade and an hour delay we arrived at 4am Saturday morning. Our first day here in Alaska was way larger than Texas! After sleeping in a bit we woke up to a cold wet morning. We headed into the town of Anchorage for breakfast. James tried the rain deer sausage, not [...]
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