June 26
Well guess what???...the plan has changed
again. I'm still in Anchorage but will
be leaving for Fairbanks in the morning. Michael O'Donovan, the Irishman from Australia
I met in Lake Louise, AB, and I are planning to leave Fairbanks for Deadhorse
Thursday the 28th and ride together. The
trip will likely take four days. It is
500 miles one way of mostly gravel roads 350 miles of which are within the
Arctic Circle and the weather is very unpredictable. It can be 60F, beautiful, and sunny or 30F and
raining with gale force winds or both. Anyway this was my goal to accomplish on
the trip.
After getting back from Deadhorse I will
probably need to make a trip to Tok where the Postmaster is holding a set of
tires that I shipped to myself before leaving L.A.
Next week I plan to spend several days in
Denali National Park. That may be better
since the forecast is for clouds and rain over the next few days and would
leave the Denali obscured by the clouds. Last
night two brothers on motorcycles from Utah that I stayed with in the cabin at
Haines were here at the Alaska Backpacker Inn.
They had just come from Denali and gave me a lot of information about
where to stay and what to see.
I plan to get an early start in the morning
for the 6 - 7 hour drive to Fairbanks in good weather. If it's raining and
foggy it could easily take 10 or more. Oh
well this is what I came for and I'm very glad that I dared to do this
adventure. More shall be revealed....
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