Prudhoe Bay

  • Day 18-22 – September 7-11

    Kamloops, BC to Missoula, MT I spent Tuesday, September 7 in Kamloops, BC connecting with the office, working on some e-mails and repairing my motorcycle.  A fall on the Dempster Highway had loosened some of the fasteners on the front of the bike and I needed some special metric bolts to put it back together. …

  • Day 15-17 – September 4-6

    Fort Nelson to Fort St. John to Kamloops I departed Fort Nelson on Saturday morning, again in the rain:

  • Day 12-14 – September 1-3

    Klondike Highway to Campbell Highway to Watson Lake to Fort Nelson I spent Tuesday night at the Klondike River Inn, a terrific place with a fast Internet connection, good food, and a high pressure washer to clean the mud from the Dempster Highway off my motorcycle and clothes.  It also had a nice mix of…

  • 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. 

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.