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Day 10-11 – August 30-31
Monday, August 30 I head off by myself on a cold rainy day. I’m afraid to take my good camera because of the rain, so these photos were taken with the pocket camera, which is waterproof.
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Day 7-9 – August 27-29
Friday the 27th was a down day. The Taylor Highway path to the Top of the World Highway and Dawson City is closed. A convoy will be permitted Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. So we elected to take Friday off, and then proceed to Chicken AK via the Alaska Highway and part of the Taylor…
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Day 3-6 – August 23-26
Fairbanks to Coldfoot to Prudhoe Bay and back through Coldfoot to Fairbanks Friedl, Mike and I departed Fairbanks on Monday, August 23 with bright shiny motorcycles and clean clothes. We waited for the sun to begin to warm the surroundings and headed out at 9:00 a.m. We ride approximately 60 miles before reaching the haul…
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Day 1-2 – August 21-22
I arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska 12 hours after my departure from Cleveland. I collected my bike from the Trails End BMW – it was ready to go with no damage from shipment.
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Day 70-72 – March 14-16
Ushuaia, Argentina We spent three days hanging around Ushuaia taking side trips and preparing to ship our bikes back to the US—a lengthy process that involves assembling the customs papers for exportation and getting the packing materials.
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Day 68-69 – March 12-13
Torres del Paine, Chile to Cerro Sombrero, Chile to Ushuaia, Argentina Correction to previous blog 3-11-10:Helge and Roger were blown off their bikes by the wind and Vincent nearly fell off laughing at the spectacle. Relative to the judging of the Palomo award, of course transparency is the rule in all of South America –…
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Day 65-67 – March 9-11
El Calafate, Argentina to Torres del Paine, Chile We left our nice hotel in El Calafate on Lake Argentino in the early morning. I had my warm gloves in the panniers and didn’t close them securely enough. While riding around town, my gloves blew out – so now I’m riding with no warm gloves. The…
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Day 61-64 – March 5-8
Puyugapi, Chile to Perito Moreno, Argentina to El Chalten, Argentina to El Calafate, Argentina March 5We pulled out of Puyugapi early in the morning and caught a view of the clouds partially obscuring the mountains:
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Day 57-60 – March 1-4
Osorno, Chile to San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina to Los Alerces National Park, Argentina to Puyugapi, Chile March 1We got a late start out of Osorno and headed to Moto Aventura, the tour operator Helge had arranged to have our tires changed. We started the trip with knobby tires for Baja Mexico, changed to road…
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Day 52-56 – February 25-28
Santiago, Chile to Los Angeles, Chile to Osorno, Chile February 25-26We arrived in Santiago on Wednesday, February 24 and had planned to stay for one day but ended up staying for two. Our choice of one extra day allowed us to experience the 7th largest earthquake in recorded history, which struck in the very early…