Sorry for the late update! We'll pretend this was yesterday. :)
Todays Trip: White Horse, Canada to Tok, Alaska.
Smoke and Ken's tires are starting to wear too much in the center and to compensate for the wear they had to ride on the side of their seats and tilt the bikes so that they were riding straight, but on the side of their tires. To quote Smoke, "We looked like monkies riding in sidecars." Sounds like Smoke, right?
The weather was anything but permitting for an enjoyable ride. Rained continuously and even hail came down on us (is this a sign?) ! We out ran the hail, but didn't out run the rain. We finally made it to Tok waterlogged.
We made it to our cabin (see pic above), Smoke pulled out some cigars, and we watched our bikes get drenched my more rain, better them than us, we had our share. They are sitting in a few inches(3-4) of water.
Our cabin neighbors are from Alabama! Of course they are Bama fans and when Vol fans and Tide fans come together, there is an inherent tension. However, we made amends and agreed that since we are so far away from our home towns, we could still be friends.
That's it for today! We are headed for Anchorage on Tuesday.
Sidenote: Ken is extremely sick and riding is becoming quite difficult. Please keep him in your thoughts. He's in good company and hopefully will be back to full force soon.
Todays Trip: White Horse, Canada to Tok, Alaska.
Smoke and Ken's tires are starting to wear too much in the center and to compensate for the wear they had to ride on the side of their seats and tilt the bikes so that they were riding straight, but on the side of their tires. To quote Smoke, "We looked like monkies riding in sidecars." Sounds like Smoke, right?
The weather was anything but permitting for an enjoyable ride. Rained continuously and even hail came down on us (is this a sign?) ! We out ran the hail, but didn't out run the rain. We finally made it to Tok waterlogged.
We made it to our cabin (see pic above), Smoke pulled out some cigars, and we watched our bikes get drenched my more rain, better them than us, we had our share. They are sitting in a few inches(3-4) of water.
Our cabin neighbors are from Alabama! Of course they are Bama fans and when Vol fans and Tide fans come together, there is an inherent tension. However, we made amends and agreed that since we are so far away from our home towns, we could still be friends.
That's it for today! We are headed for Anchorage on Tuesday.
Sidenote: Ken is extremely sick and riding is becoming quite difficult. Please keep him in your thoughts. He's in good company and hopefully will be back to full force soon.
Check out the pic
Best,
6Bikers
4 comments:
How much farther to go before the ride back?
Stay healthy guys. Nice pics. Hilarious about the side saddle. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
Yeah, stay alert and have a great 4th!
We are all rooting for ya!
spending all day in the saddle hasn't actually been too bad.Adapted fairly quickly to being on the bike.When head north on the bikes in a couple of days need to decide whether to go to the artic circle on the Dalton higway or Dempster highway.Either can be really tough depending on weather.Hearing all sorts of horror stories from b9ikers we meet on the road about trashed bikes and injured riders.Both roads are mostly gravel for several hundred miles and can be extremely slippery if wet and very dusty if dry to the point of clogging air filters and radiators...boog
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