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18.10.2011 2 Comments

New England Days 3 & 4

Days 3 and 4 were amazing. The weather continued to be perfect. The islands of Lake Champlain were outstanding, lots of farms on the waterfront, perfect for riding. We all agreed to try an return to that area in the future. At one point we were only 1 mile from the Canadian border and 50 [...]

08.10.2011 One Comment

Bikes North to New England

The plan… Orient Ferry to New London CT. Then head up to Concord NH. Next ride the Kancamagus highway throughout the mounts of New Hampshire and across Vermont into NY via the Lake Champlain Islands, this will put us 1 mile from the Canada border. Then head south thru Plattsburgh, stop at Fort Ticonderoga and [...]

12.09.2011 One Comment

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 [...]

11.09.2011 2 Comments

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 [...]

10.09.2011 One Comment

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 [...]

09.09.2011 4 Comments

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. [...]

07.09.2011 12 Comments

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 [...]

07.09.2011 One Comment

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 [...]

06.09.2011 5 Comments

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 [...]

06.09.2011 2 Comments

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 [...]