Day three......rain rain go away.

Left Jasper at 7:30 this morning. It rained for most of the morning then we got some wonderful sunshine and decided to stop for fuel and some food. Got back on the road and made it about 40 miles in the glorious sunshine then it started raining again. Just a few pictures.....my gopro battery died and we were too busy getting rained on to stop and take pictures the old fashioned way.

We got to Prince George around 11:30 and ate at a pita resturaunt......it was not the ideal food for someone wearing motorcycle gear......I made a huge mess. Also it made me remember that I think pittas make a terrible replacement for bread.....they are impossible.

Back on the road for some beautiful scenery....not one picture.....didn't want to stop. It's amazing how close the highway is to some massive mountains.....they just pop up out of no where like they don't belong in the valley we are driving through. 

Had dinner at a pizza joint. I had lasagne.....I'm quite full. Good night!

Ps I added a couple pictures to yesterday's post.

Day two....what's a kilometer?

Left my dads house today and crossed in to canada. The border control place was very laid back. They forgot to ask me all the questions and just sent me right on through behind Enrique. Then we got to spend a good while trying to figure out how fast we were allowed to go......kilometers are hard. I would like to say now that Canada might be able to accomplish more if they raised the speed limits. We were on roads today that would be 80mph back home that were 70-100 kph.......that's a max of 62mph.......it's was agonizing at times.

From the border we went up hwy 93 to radium hot springs. And turned towards Banff. I didn't realize that we would be going through a park for the next half of the day. We stopped and paid our toll and it proceeded to rain for the next few hours. We got to see a bear already! A momma and two cubs were on the side of the road just inside the park and we had to stop while the ranger stood and looked at them......then they finally moved and we were allowed to keep riding......it was weird. 

We made it to lake Louise and were soaking wet but had just outrun the storm so we stopped and had some food and hot chocolate. I really wanted a picture of the lake but I really wanted to not ride in that storm more so we kept moving......maybe next time. 

The ice field highway was just plain beautiful......only snapped a few pictures but here ya go...

Then it was just a few hours to Jasper. Just had some food and were staying in the Athabasca hotel for the night. 

Day 1

We left my house at about 10 today....and drove until 10 tonight. But we're here now so that's neat. We will leave tomorrow morning headed towards Jasper Alberta. 

We had a nice quiet drive right up to Missoula Montana then we started seeing deer and elk along side the road......it got kind of nerve racking at times but we did fine. Other than that the drive was really boring. Got the bikes off the trailer and put it the garage for the night. 

Almost time to go!

Enrique is all loaded up and ready to go. He is driving here and we will be leaving at 8:30ish tomorrow. 

Here's all the junk I'm bringing minus two bags already on the bike.....

Tomorrow is a big day! Clap for Alaska!

Clap for Alaska!

Well ladies and gents.....the day is fast approaching. The trip is planned....the panniers are packed.....the tent is seam sealed and waterproofed. This trip has been almost a year in the making and it's just 3 days from starting. 

There have been many many things that have happened over this past winter in preparation but it's all really boring and not worth going over again so just imagine lots of really cool cut scenes of me working on a motorcycle and sitting in front of a computer until 1 in the morning. Really though the time has come to finally start talking about the trip and showing off a bit...so let's do that.

First......the basic plan. We started out planning with four people but now it's just me and Enrique.  More details of the plan will come with each days update along the way.

On Tuesday May 27th we are going to trailer our bikes from my house in Salt Lake City to my dad's house in Bonners Ferry Idaho. We decided to do a trailer because it is a 13-14 hour trip and would easily mean 2 days on motorcycles. So by trailering we can rotate drivers and just do it in one day. And it's all places I can see any time and the trip is about motorcycling to Alaska...not northern Utah to Idaho.

Next day we will leave my dad's house and head for Jasper Alberta which is 394 miles.

Next we will start the longest day of the trip.....531 miles to the south end of the Cassiar highway through Prince George.

Then up the Cassiar highway to Watson Lake. 462 miles

Next over to Whitehorse to enjoy the end of a short riding day. 287 miles

Then we cross back into the US into Alaska...at which point I WILL pull over and clap for Alaska.....then back on the road headed to Tok and Thompsons Eagle Claw for the night. 385 miles

Then another short day (shortest actually) to Fairbanks and talk about how it's the northernmost point of the trip.....insert it's all downhill from here comment. 202 miles

Then down to Anchorage past Denali. Depending on the weather we will stop and check out Denali....if not we will just take a few cloudy pictures and keep moving. 359 miles

Then back to Tok and stay at Thompsons again and change my oil. 318 miles

And last day of riding up north....head down to Haines and be ready catch the ferry on Monday evening. 438 miles.

Once we get on the ferry it's a 3 day ride to Bellingham Washington.

On Friday the 13th we get off the ferry at 8am and will start the trek back to my dad's house. But we may split it up over two days. 460 miles.

Then drive home on Sunday June 15th

You may notice that I didn't list any specific dates other than the start....we have 3 days to spend how ever we want....We just have to leave Anchorage by Saturday morning to be in Haines by Monday...other than that we are just going to see where the extra days end up. 

Now to finish up....some pictures of my bike.

Well that's it for now.....I'm not sure when I will be able to update along the way but I will keep a log and update when I can. 

              -CmdrPopNFresh

P.S. I've got a satellite messenger that will be tracking me the whole way. It will be posted to a map that is available online. Feel free to check on me and send a message if you like....I'm sure I'll need the encouragement.

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