In June of 2017, four of us headed out to ride our motorcycles to Alaska. These memories are from that trip. Enjoy! Grand Cache to Liard Hot Springs The morning started cool and dry as we left Grand Cache. There were no signs of road kill or roads covered in knee deep mud. Thankfully. We... Continue Reading →
Reminiscing Alaska: Day Six. The Town Conspired Against US
In June of 2017, four of us headed out to ride our motorcycles to Alaska. These memories are from that trip. Enjoy! Grande Cache, AB was where we set up camp this night. Where? Don't blink you might miss it. It really is off the beaten path on your way north, but once you leave... Continue Reading →
Reminiscing Alaska: Day Five. Big Day, Low Mileage.
In June of 2017, four of us headed out to ride our motorcycles to Alaska. These memories are from that trip. Enjoy! It was a big day with low mileage, when we pulled in to Canmore, Alberta in the late afternoon. That was what we were facing. As well as a torrential downpour that was... Continue Reading →
Reminiscing Alaska: Day Four. Mountains, Finally!
In June of 2017, four of us headed out to ride our motorcycles to Alaska. These memories are from that trip. Enjoy!After high-tailing it out of Malta, MT the next morning we truly felt that we were in the wild west. Leaving the Great Plains behind, we began to see mountains off in the... Continue Reading →
Reminiscing Alaska: Day Three. The Need For Speed
In June of 2017, four of us headed out to ride our motorcycles to Alaska. These memories are from that trip. Enjoy! This was the big split. Eric left us at Devils Lake for Minneapolis and Tony and Chris rode with us for lunch in Minot. After lunch, we huggedwhere they went south to the... Continue Reading →
Reminiscing Alaska: Day Two. Minnesota and North Dakota
In June of 2017, four of us headed out to ride our motorcycles to Alaska. These memories are from that trip. Enjoy! For the Minnesota crew, day two really felt like things were under way. We all woke up under the same blue sky, slept in the same campground, and were looking at a full... Continue Reading →
Reminiscing Alaska. Day One. Hitting the road, finally.
In June of 2017, four of us headed out to ride our motorcycles to Alaska. These memories are from that trip. Enjoy! After months and months of planning, at some point you need to get started. Let the trip begin. The Chicago crew got started early on Friday morning. The Minnesota crew not so much.... Continue Reading →
Confessions of a Serial Bug Killer
“Troy is riding his motorcycle from Prudhoe Bay to the tip of South America…I think we should join him on his way back and ride part of the way with him. I’m giving you nearly two years notice so don’t tell me you can’t do it.” That was the statement made by my former college... Continue Reading →
El Fine: Alaska By Moto 2017 is in the books.
Okay, just so things don't get to confusing a bit of detail about the Alaska trip. We are all home now. We made it home safely, with only a couple of possible situations that could have turned badly fast, but thankfully didn't. Eh Dave, Eh John you might want to tell that story. Posting... Continue Reading →
Parting Ways in Montana
After camping out in a luxury hotel in Missoula the night before, compliments of all of John's traveling (thanks John), we hit the road by eight am for a bit of interstate riding. The interstate was not our first choice but it was a way for us to make up some time. We thought the... Continue Reading →