Day 7 Tuesday, June 28 Kluane National Park Reserve, YT to Glennallen, AK 376 miles Yesterday's rain storm in the mountains was nothing. Today, the adventure touring really kicks in. The Alcan Highway is nothing more than a thin layer of asphalt on top of a thick ribbon of gravel on top of the tundra …
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Day 8 Wednesday, June 29 Glennallen, AK to Seward, AK 305 miles Well, there's just no doubt about it. Everything up here is big: the state, the mountains, the glaciers and the breakfasts. Seeing mighty glaciers that stretch from the tops of mountains as massive rivers of ice down through huge valleys right up to …
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Day 9 Thursday, June 30 Seward, AK to Denali National Park, AK 361 miles We have a scrumptious breakfast in lovely Seward and I buy a perfect t-shirt called "Alaska Snacktime", designed by Ray Troll of Ketchikan, Alaska. We ride North on the beautiful Kenai Peninsula and realize that if we ever get back up here again, …
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Day 10 Friday, July 1 Denali National Park, AK We all get in a good, solid, eight hours of sleep and awake refreshed and rested. Our day off is well deserved. We have no miles to cover and no camp to break. The sun is shining. I have an espresso and a muffin for breakfast, …
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Day 11 Saturday, July 2 Denali National Park, AK to Destruction Bay, YT 551 miles Well, that's it. From here on out, we're heading for home and the mere thought of the miles we have to cover is mind boggling. We're up at 5 AM and find a glorious morning for riding with cool temps …
Day 12 Sunday, July 3 Destruction Bay, YT to Watson Lake, YT 436 miles We stumble into the restaurant at 7 AM and George and May are on duty. We're in awe. George makes us ham and eggs just as he had promised to do the night before and May serves us. It takes a …
Day 13 Monday, July 4 Watson Lake, YT to Pink Mountain, BC 468 mile We depart Watson Lake and head into northern British Columbia. It doesn't seem possible but the Highway travels through an even more remote area. At some point, we stop at a nice quiet spot along the side of the road to …
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Day 14 Tuesday, July 5 Pink Mountain, BC to Williams Lake, BC 540 miles Day 14 and we manage to find more rain which washes off some of the bugs which is replaced by more grime due to further construction on the Alaska Highway. I must admit that the 3 of us non-motocrossers are finally …
Day 15 Wednesday, July 6 Williams Lake, BC to Seattle, WA 429 miles We pack the bikes, eat breakfast and come back out to the parking lot to find it raining. Off we go and we finally get to do some twisty, mountain riding as we head down the Frasier River valley. We stop in …
Days 16 & 17 Thursday & Friday, July 7 & 8 Seattle, WA to Van Nuys, CA 1,116 miles My ST1300 looks like it's been sponge painted with mud. It's the result of a custom blend of rain, hail, mud, dust, bugs, wind, 11 days and 3,941 miles. I can't see how this is ever …
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