Showing posts with label Alaska Highway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alaska Highway. Show all posts

Monday, December 31, 2012

Happy New Year

As we come to the end of 2012 and having survived the Mayan end of the world day, I want to wish all my readers and friends a Happy New Year and may 2013 bring all your wishes and even longer motorcycle adventures.  I also wish safe travels to all my friends on the road and may your return home be even better and more adventurous.

For me 2012 was a significant year.  I did what I had been dreaming for a long time, a 12,901 mile trip to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska with my new Yamaha Super Tenere.  I met wonderful people along the way, saw amazing scenery, reached the top of the Alaska Oil Pipeline in Prudhoe Bay, aka Deadhorse, and then rode south to Valdez to the end of the pipeline.  Rode through various National Parks in Canada and the USA, saw a few glaciers and countless wildlife.
2012 also brought a major change in my life, after countless years in the IT field I started a photography company, ran it for almost a year and then started an IT job again, so now I have two jobs and a lot less time to ride.
I have been slow blogging my trip to Alaska but I plan on completing the remaining days much faster in the new year.  Completing the blog of my trip is one of my resolutions for 2013.

I will end the year with some of the best pictures from the Alaska trip.

On Top of the world on the Dalton Highway


One of the "Welcome to Alaska" signs, this one is on "Top of the World Highway"


Coming back to the Yukon from Skagway, Alaska


"Top of the World Highway"


More of "Top of the World Highway", endless curves riding the top of the mountains


276km (172 miles) riding on "Top of the World Highway"


This day was one of the best riding days of my trip, "Top of the World Highway"


A little peace and quietness


Alaska Highway


Proceeding at my own risk in the Yukon


Leaving Dawson City, what a wonderful time I had there


All alone, spending time contemplating life on the way to Skagway, Alaska


What next? What will the future bring?



Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Day 7 - Dawson Creek, BC

Dawson Creek, British Columbia and the first mile marker of the Alaska Highway, also known as the ALCAN Highway.
I planned my route with several milestones along the way and the ALCAN is the first milestone.


A preview of day 8
Giants on the road




More to come....