I'm Riding to Alaska

Tomorrow (Monday, June 14) I'm leaving for Alaska. I plan to take 30 days, or thereabouts.

I'm leaving Southern California and heading up through Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and into Alaska. Final destination for me will be Fairbanks, or possibly Coldfoot.

I'm going with a couple of other riders, both of whom are riding Goldwings. I'll be on the Honda ST.

Those guys are taking about going all the way up the haul road to Deadhorse. But that's about 250 miles of dirt road, and it didn't sound very fun, riding at a slower speed, battling the mosquitoes, the rain and mud, just to say that you went to Deadhorse. And then of course, riding 250 miles back.

So, if they plan to do that, I'll plan to head south to Anchorage and hang out for a few days and then ride out somewhere else to meet back up with them.


We're planning to camp most of the nights, but definitely hit up some hotels here and there.

I know we're going to ride the Stuart-Cassiar Highway (Hwy 37) through Canada. It's supposed to be really scenic stuff. We're also supposed to ride through the not-so-famous town of Chicken, Alaska.

My buddy Mike started his own blog just for this Alaska adventure, check it out here...
http://alaskaorbust-2010.blogspot.com/

All in all, we're looking at 8,500 to 9,000 miles round trip. This'll be the longest ride I've ever done.


Last year, when Mike told me he was in the planning stages for this ride, I felt very tempted to go. I've always wanted to do a really long ride, like a coast-to-coast and back kind of thing. And this is giving me that opportunity. Of course, I can always do these rides by myself, but when you can find friends willing to take a month off and ride with you, it's a rare opportunity.

I'll of course update you folks here as I can, where I can get Wi-Fi or cell phone coverage.