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Lovely Day for a Motorcycle Ride
Maids, front desk personnel, people in the lobby, everyone I hear is talking about how crappy the weather is this morning. Rain and 14. I’m a runner, kilometers are second […]
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A Pigeon Heads Home to Roost
A quick one today because the road today was quick but not all that interesting, and because I’ve laid down almost 700 miles. I have now ridden the length of […]
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Plenty of Light
I counted three flashlights of various kinds in my luggage. What the hell was I thinking? I haven’t seen true darkness in over a week.
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A Hidden Gem
(Apologies for what I am sure are a bunch of typos. I’m in my sleeping bag using the iPhone on-screen keyboard to type this.) Earlier to bed and earlier to […]
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Remote and Unconnected
I apologize to the three people that are reading this for getting the posts so backed up. This is the first time since Prudhoe Bay that I’ve had a data […]
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Good Fortune Awaits
Up at eight this time, having had the first good night’s sleep in a long time since my tent is buried in trees and the constant daylight is a […]
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Eagle, Alaska
In Chicken the night before, the proprietor of the mercantile/liquor store/bar/cafe asked if I was going up to Eagle, AK. “I suppose not, since I’ve never heard of it.” […]
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The Road to Fairbanks
The ride back to Fairbanks is going to be (say it with me) awesome. I have a delicious breakfast in the hotel cafeteria, eggs and potatoes, a big bowl of […]
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The Road to Chicken…Alaska, That Is
A hoity-toity BMW motorcycle and its matching hoity-toity “BMW” tent in Fairbanks This is as close as I’ll get to “midnight sun” this trip. Sun’s not actually up this far […]
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Deadhorse: The Details
With 300 miles left to Deadhorse, it was time to get up and finish this off. And get up I did, considering that my body clock just keeps going backward […]