Here are all of the pictures from the trip! Hope you enjoy...
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Friday, August 17, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Day 70
Aug. 7
Since my last report Michael O'Donovan and I
rode from Valdez to Kennecot, AK in the Wrangle St. Elious NP then to the
Nezbeth Gold Mine also in Wrangle. After
spending time exploring things in the park we rode to Tok where we had lunch on
Friday the 20th of July and then parted company. Michael headed for Skagway to
catch the ferry to Bellingham, WA and is headed on to Central America. I left
Tok and took the Top of the World Hwy to Chicken, AK and then on to Dawson
City, YT where I spent a day before heading to Inuvic, NT. The trip to Inuvic
was as ambitious a trip as was the trip to Prudhoe Bay consisting of 500 miles
of dirt and gravel roads winding deep into the Arctic. I elected to make the
trip alone and left on Monday the 23rd. I planned on spending two days going
up, one day to rest, and two days coming back which is exactly how it worked
out. As with all of these unpaved roads
in the far north there are really two roads (or four depending on how you look
at it): wet or dry and coming or going. 
Thank the stars above that I put new tires on
in Tok because it did nothing but rain for two days from Dawson to Inuvic and
the road was mud for 300 of the 500 miles.
It took me 19 1/2 hours over two days to get to Inuvic. The trip back
was dry and wonderful...beautiful scenery...passing through three different
mountain ranges and unforgettable views of wildlife. There were lots of bears,
both grizzly and black, moose, Lynx and caribou. This trip to Inuvic left me with a real sense
of accomplishment. I had done it alone
and I had meet people from all over the globe who had shipped their bikes to
this frontier just to make these trips: up the Dalton Hwy to Prudhoe Bay and the
Dempster Hwy to Inuvic. I now belong to a unique group of adventure
motorcyclist who have these rides on their resume. 
After resting in Dawson City for a day my
direction turned south and I'm headed for home. I traveled down the Klondike Hwy from Dawson
and took the Thompson Hwy for another 300 miles of dirt and gravel to Watson
Lake where I hit the AlCan Hwy then headed south to the USA border. I stopped in Edmonton, AB to have the bike
worked on and am now in Great Falls, MT. Yesterday I visited the Louis and
Clarke Museum and now am headed to the Charles Russell Museum. From there I plan to head to Cody, WO.
More will be revealed.....
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