DAMN rider in exile on the Dalton Highway
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 5:14 am
Its been a while since I checked in here. Looks like I missed a great Durty Dabbers, wish I was home to ride the 777 ride this year... and the Michaux... and the Hammer Run... I've been making the best of it up here though and am really loving living in Alaska so much so that it's looking like I'm going to stay through the winter at least, maybe next summer too.
If you haven't seen or read my ride report for moving north:
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=767414
Basics: left March 6, arrived in Fairbanks April 5. MD, WV, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri/Arkansas/Ozarks, Oklahoma (stayed a week in Tulsa), Colorado (new tires and chain in Salida), New Mexco, Arizona, Death Valley, CA1 and US101 up the coast, ferry to Haines, AK, Alaska Highway through the Yukon on the tail end of winter.
When my schedule came out a few weeks ago, I couldn't help but notice that I had three days off in the middle of the week. Not wanting to spend all three days hanging around town or home, I decided to pack up and check off one of my Alaska Summer goals... It's time to ride to Deadhorse!
Knowing that I'll need extra gas for the stretch between Coldfoot and Deadhorse (at 250 miles, its 50-100 miles beyond my bike's range with the 3.1gal IMS tank), I dropped by ADV Cycleworks in Fairbanks and rented a 2gal gas can then filled up both leaving Fairbanks. Loaded up:
Oh yeah, did I mention it was raining? Well, it was raining. Heavily at times. The weather said its supposed to get nicer north of the Yukon River... You'll also notice the gas can moves around to different locations quite a lot. It took me a lot of different tries to get it strapped down so it wouldn't move and fall off the back.
Start of the highway
Oh yeah, for fun I took my film camera. Just about every pic thats going to get posted in this thread are scanned 35mm. Mostly Fuji Superia 400 color neg film, shot with my nikon n2020 with a 35-70mm lens.
If you haven't seen or read my ride report for moving north:
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=767414
Basics: left March 6, arrived in Fairbanks April 5. MD, WV, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri/Arkansas/Ozarks, Oklahoma (stayed a week in Tulsa), Colorado (new tires and chain in Salida), New Mexco, Arizona, Death Valley, CA1 and US101 up the coast, ferry to Haines, AK, Alaska Highway through the Yukon on the tail end of winter.
When my schedule came out a few weeks ago, I couldn't help but notice that I had three days off in the middle of the week. Not wanting to spend all three days hanging around town or home, I decided to pack up and check off one of my Alaska Summer goals... It's time to ride to Deadhorse!
Knowing that I'll need extra gas for the stretch between Coldfoot and Deadhorse (at 250 miles, its 50-100 miles beyond my bike's range with the 3.1gal IMS tank), I dropped by ADV Cycleworks in Fairbanks and rented a 2gal gas can then filled up both leaving Fairbanks. Loaded up:
Oh yeah, did I mention it was raining? Well, it was raining. Heavily at times. The weather said its supposed to get nicer north of the Yukon River... You'll also notice the gas can moves around to different locations quite a lot. It took me a lot of different tries to get it strapped down so it wouldn't move and fall off the back.
Start of the highway
Oh yeah, for fun I took my film camera. Just about every pic thats going to get posted in this thread are scanned 35mm. Mostly Fuji Superia 400 color neg film, shot with my nikon n2020 with a 35-70mm lens.