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The Mission
As you may or may not know, Gregg G. and I just finished our trip to Alaska. We rode our motorcycles approximately 7081 miles in just 3 weeks! We took tons of pictures and videos of which some came...
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Planning The Great Alaskan Journey
The Bike! Both Gregg and I own the BMW R1150GS (both 2000 model year). I was apprehensive about upgrading from a 2002 F650GS at first because of the size but was soon convinced after purchasing that...
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The long haul: Alaska bound.
The adventure begins. It’s 4:30am and you’re stumbling around in the dark attempting to prevent the weight of your eyelids from pulling you back into a deep slumber. The motorcycle gear seems harder...
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Canadians
“What’s in Alaska?” “Adventure.” We were off and running early in the morning. We knew it was to be another long day in addition to crossing into Canada. See the route and log below for more info....
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Web Design
I’m pleased to announce the full launch of Robin’s website. I helped her with some of the jQuery bits to make it really awesome. Check it out! She, of course, did all the design work and asset...
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Glaciers Glaciers Everywhere
“Another day, another glacier.” We had our eye on the prize, Yukon territory. It was a bit of a stretch from Vanderhoof but we were naive. So we packed up our stuff and headed back out on the road not...
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Give Me A Y!
Our first night of camping went well. Especially for the fact that the mosquitos were all over us within 2 minutes of arriving. We made friends with one of the locals whom had found Gregg’s bike most...
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The Final Stretch
After another night of successful camping, we were on the road again. Destination: Dawson City. Daily report: Total distance traveled: 346.7 miles The Route: View Larger Map We were on our way around...
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Here’s a quick tutorial on how to get your jekyll blog to post at certain time intervals. Assumptions: * This article assumes you already have the basic knowledge and ability to modify the server that...
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Touchdown. Alaska.
Top of the World highway was reccomended to us from the guy who originally owned Gregg’s motorcycle. He said “if there is one thing you shouldn’t miss don’t miss the Top of the World Highway.” So if...
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Just a quick note about Jekyll: Much like any other web app, there is usually a “production” version and “development” version. For instance, you can set the enviroment variable to load a Rails server...
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Motorcycling to the Arctic Circle
Rumor had it it was raining in Anchorage. Rain is a good thing but not when you’re riding your motorcycle through it. We decided to book for Fairbanks. Our final target: The Arctic Circle. Daily...
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The Denali Highway: Beginnings
We woke up to sun to subtle drips and taps on the top of the tent. (Ugg. Rain.) We had enough of the Arctic Circle. We packed up with haste and began our journey back down to Fairbanks (and beyond)....
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The Kennicott Circus
80% of the pictures I took with my cell phone didn’t really serve justice. Just take my word for it it was beautiful. We survived a night camping out on the Denali. It definitely got the coldest here...
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The Day Of Rest
After surviving a day of hell, we knew we needed a break. Our target destination for the day: Anchorage. Daily report: Total distance traveled: 253.7 miles The Route: View Larger Map Still a little...
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Down to Seward
Day 11 was a bit of a rest day. After sleeping about 12 hours we did decide to keep trucking. There was much to do and not enough time to do it all. More after the break.. Daily report: Total distance...
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Our Alaska Motorcycle Adventure Photo Stream
Just a quick note: Gregg has uploaded all the photos he took on our trip and they are now publicly available! Feel free to check them out here. More posts about Alaska to come. Stay tuned!
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Homer Spit
A preview of things to come. We enjoyed Seward but there was much more to see. More about Day 12 after the break.. Daily report: Total distance traveled: 216.5 miles The Route: View Larger Map Staying...
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The Kenai Tour: Motorcycle to Hope and the Whittier Tunnel
It was another beautiful day in Alaska. We had just concluded our one night stay in Homer. We had figured, by this point, we were sufficiently far enough away from Haines that we should slowly head...
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Back to Tok.
After a restful night at the campgrounds behind House of Harley, we got packing. We were to make a Wal-Mart stop and then hit the road for Tok. Our riding portion of the adventure was almost over.....
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