Father and Son Alaska Tour
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July 22, 2008
by floracycle
Follow along with my Father and I as we travel to the great state of Alaska on motorcycles. To break this trip up into smaller pieces we travelled to Spokane in May. To see the report of our Spokane leg simply go to the Prelude to Alaska story.
My Wife flew into meet me in Washington state your can view our adventure within an adventure at the Washington State Circle Tour.
If you are not into all the detail stuff you might want to jump ahead a couple of pages to the Glacier National Park page.
July 24th we fly back to Spokane. We will pick up our bikes Ed's Motorcycle Shop where the bikes have been serviced and stored for the past two months.
Our itinerary is as follows:
| 26-Jul | Lake Louise, AB | 357 | |||
| 27-Jul | Grande Prairie, AB | 418 | |||
| 28-Jul | Fort Nelson, BC | 500 | |||
| 29-Jul | Watson Lake, YT | 341 | |||
| 30-Jul | Faro, YT | 281 | |||
| 31-Jul | Dawson, YT | 348 | |||
| 1-Aug | Fairbanks, AK | 415 | |||
| 2-Aug | Deadhorse, AK | 509 | |||
| 3-Aug | Coldfoot, AK | 244 | |||
| 4-Aug | Denali Hwy, AK | 457 | |||
| 5-Aug | Denali Hwy, AK | 0 | |||
| 6-Aug | Seward, AK | 465 | |||
| 7-Aug | Kenai, AK | 249 | |||
| 8-Aug | Valdez, AK | 456 | |||
| 9-Aug | Beaver Creek, YT | 363 | |||
| 10-Aug | Teslin, YT | 385 | |||
| 11-Aug | Hyder, AK | 540 | |||
| 12-Aug | Prince George, BC | 437 | |||
| 13-Aug | Abbotsford, BC | 481 | |||
| 14-Aug | Seattle, WA | 126 |
Much of Canada and Alaska will have no cell phone reception. This device communicates via satellite and buttons that notify preset friends and family that I am OK or that I need help. It also has a 911 button that when pushed contacts a call center with our GPS coordinates who then in turn contact the nearest emergency responders. Hopefully we will never try it out.
As an additional service it provides a tracking option which I have to turn on daily. ( I hope I don't forget.) Anyone who wants to see our progress on a map can click on this link.
Tags: Motorcycle, Tour, road trip, Foot Ball
Reader Comments
Elvis writes
My boy my boy. Your off to Spokane...always liked Spokane. Did a concert there Aug 31, 1957 and made a movie "It happen at the Worlds Fair" in 1963 at Seattle. Enough of that...no way I could do this trip now but I admire your dad's courage. Most people early 70's are riding a "little rascel" power chair, but this little rascel is off and running to Alaska. I'll folllow your progress, got nothing else to do.
seadirt writes
Let get going