cant believe it my eyes popped open around 430am we were repacked and out the door by 530- bah, no coffee and the shop isnt open.
it is gloomy outside, but beautiful, the mist rolling off the bay against the majestic green mountains - it is going to be a great day.
a small family is packing up at the same time we are, they are headed N. that is the normal greeting on the alaska highway (better known as the "Alcan") "morning - which way you headed?" "ahhh North? nice what are the roads / weather like to the South"
such a simple greeting can lead to hours of discussion - it is really facinating all the different kinds of people you meet on the alcan.
well the small family was right - rain, mudd and you guessed it more gravel!!! the is gravel wasnt bad, there werent any real deep spots, no 25mph curves and the frost heaves werent every 3 ft, like the night before.
there was one long stretch of gravel about 10-15 mi long - or clicks as they say in the yukon.- i was shocked to see a parade of about 10 cars all in the 1930-40's range. I think they must be headed to fairbanks for a show. Made me smile the whole way.
About 10 clicks out of whitehorse I saw my first bear. It was a big blonde sow with 2 cubs. she was just sitting off the side of the road watching the traffic go by. part of me wanted to stop and take a picture, the other part of me said "are you crazy? she is bigger than your bike!!"
so we cruised on into whitehorse, I was telling clint about the bear while we were paying for gas, and the old lady behind the counter said. "was it a big blonde one". i told her it was, and she went on to tell some pretty wonderful stories about the animals she has filmed while she has lived there. it was hard to leave. she was a wonderful story teller.
it is pretty funny the people you meet, there were a couple of guys that were headed to skagway - think we met them in destruction bay. all the way to whitehorse we kept running into them at gas stations or pull outs. after a while it was like seeing old friends.
they stopped at the same gas station in whitehorse and we said our last good byes. Hope they had a good trip to skagway.
well back to the trip, it is still raining, i looked like a cooked marshmellow!! (i have pictures to prove it). 4 shirts, 3 jackets, 3 pairs of pants and 1 pair of socks that have garbage bags duct taped to them. (darn no pictures of the feet)
we made it to watson lake that night - im not sure how, i was so cold and so beat up from the road - im surprised i made it anywhere.
we really wanted to stay at Liard hot springs, but i called from watson lake and they were booked - pfft 1 lodge.
we were able to get the last room and this little bug trap just outside of town. we watched the only channel - one of my fav movies was on "happy gilmore". despite being cold, wet, and sore - i smiled and laughed and snuggled up with clint and fell into a great night sleep.
Note to self:
Put a windshield on your bike
buy better rain gear
get better boots
it is gloomy outside, but beautiful, the mist rolling off the bay against the majestic green mountains - it is going to be a great day.
a small family is packing up at the same time we are, they are headed N. that is the normal greeting on the alaska highway (better known as the "Alcan") "morning - which way you headed?" "ahhh North? nice what are the roads / weather like to the South"
such a simple greeting can lead to hours of discussion - it is really facinating all the different kinds of people you meet on the alcan.
well the small family was right - rain, mudd and you guessed it more gravel!!! the is gravel wasnt bad, there werent any real deep spots, no 25mph curves and the frost heaves werent every 3 ft, like the night before.
there was one long stretch of gravel about 10-15 mi long - or clicks as they say in the yukon.- i was shocked to see a parade of about 10 cars all in the 1930-40's range. I think they must be headed to fairbanks for a show. Made me smile the whole way.
About 10 clicks out of whitehorse I saw my first bear. It was a big blonde sow with 2 cubs. she was just sitting off the side of the road watching the traffic go by. part of me wanted to stop and take a picture, the other part of me said "are you crazy? she is bigger than your bike!!"
so we cruised on into whitehorse, I was telling clint about the bear while we were paying for gas, and the old lady behind the counter said. "was it a big blonde one". i told her it was, and she went on to tell some pretty wonderful stories about the animals she has filmed while she has lived there. it was hard to leave. she was a wonderful story teller.
it is pretty funny the people you meet, there were a couple of guys that were headed to skagway - think we met them in destruction bay. all the way to whitehorse we kept running into them at gas stations or pull outs. after a while it was like seeing old friends.
they stopped at the same gas station in whitehorse and we said our last good byes. Hope they had a good trip to skagway.
well back to the trip, it is still raining, i looked like a cooked marshmellow!! (i have pictures to prove it). 4 shirts, 3 jackets, 3 pairs of pants and 1 pair of socks that have garbage bags duct taped to them. (darn no pictures of the feet)
we made it to watson lake that night - im not sure how, i was so cold and so beat up from the road - im surprised i made it anywhere.
we really wanted to stay at Liard hot springs, but i called from watson lake and they were booked - pfft 1 lodge.
we were able to get the last room and this little bug trap just outside of town. we watched the only channel - one of my fav movies was on "happy gilmore". despite being cold, wet, and sore - i smiled and laughed and snuggled up with clint and fell into a great night sleep.
Note to self:
Put a windshield on your bike
buy better rain gear
get better boots
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