Alaska Bound
Our tip is complete. One less thing on the bucket list. Jon finished up on July 28th, exactly 1 month from his start on June 28th. I finished up on July 30th, exactly 1 month (30 days) from my start on July 1st. We both returned with all of our fingers and toes, we are still on speaking terms and both want to go riding this weekend.
Tuesday July 30, 2013 - 443 miles from
Citra, FL to Salem, SC
Average Speed - 46 mph - More HOT, sweaty and tiring.
Monday July 29, 2013 - 333
miles from Plantation, FL to Citra, FL
Average Speed - 43 mph - HOT, sweaty, tiring.
Sunday July 28, 2013 - A few miles that don't count from Boca Raton to Plantation. A side trip for Gadget. I will be riding solo from here on out to complete the round trip.
Saturday July 27, 2013 - 598
miles from McDonough, GA to Boca Raton, FL
Average Speed-60 mph - Hot and muggy, and then hotter and muggier.
Friday
July 26, 2013 - 367 miles total from Cadiz, KY to McDonough, GA
Average Speed-45 mph - Nice morning weather, crappy rain and traffic this
afternoon.
Morning - 224 miles in 3 1/2 hrs averaging 60 mph
Afternoon - 143 miles in 4 3/4 hrs averaging 30 mph
Thursday July 25, 2013 - 392
miles from Boonville, MO to Cadiz, KY
Average Speed-49 mph - Nice weather but St. Louis was a nightmare. Land Between
the Lakes was fun.
Wednesday July 24, 2013 - 401
miles from Norfolk, NE to Boonville, MO
Average Speed-50 mph - Clear skies, windy with lots of truck traffic.
Tuesday July 23, 2013 - 453
miles from Sturgis, SD to Norfolk, NE.
Average Speed-51 mph - Menacing clouds but little rain, Cool morning, Hot
afternoon.
Monday July 22, 2013 - 301
miles from Hardin, MT to Sturgis, SD via The Devil's Tower in Wyoming.
Average Speed-54 mph - Clear skies but WINDY.
Sunday July 21, 2013 - 352
miles from Shelby, MT to Hardin, MT.
Average Speed-58 mph - Crystal Clear skies and WINDY.
Saturday July 20, 2013 - 427
miles from Edmonton, AB to Shelby, MT.
Average Speed-49 mph
Friday July 19, 2013 - 362
miles from Dawson Creek, BC to Edmonton, AB.
Average Speed-62 mph Hard to believe with all of the rain.
Thursday July 18, 2013 - 399
miles from Toad River Lodge to Dawson Creek, BC.
Average Speed-52 mph
Wednesday July 17, 2013 - 363
miles from Teslin, YT to Toad River Lodge, BC.
Average Speed-48 mph
Tuesday July 16, 2013 - 392 miles from Beaver Creek, YT to Teslin, YT. Some
terrible roads but nice scenery.
Average Speed-48 mph
Monday July 15, 2013 - 315
miles from Fairbanks, AK to Beaver Creek, YT
Average Speed-60 mph (I don't know how we managed that)
Sunday July 14, 2013 - A few miles around town, no traveling.
Saturday July 13, 2013 - 400 miles from Fairbanks AK to Fairbanks, AK via
the Arctic Circle.
Average Speed-35 mph (37 mph up, 32 mph back, we stopped for lunch).
Friday July 12, 2013 - 205
miles from Tok, AK to Fairbanks, AK. Pretty good roads, nice weather.
Average Speed-69 mph (only 1 gas stop)
Thursday July 11, 2013 - 385
miles from Whitehorse YT to Tok, AK.
Average Speed-46 mph
Wednesday July 10, 2013 - 485
Total Miles.
285 miles from Toad River Lodge, BC to Rancheria, BC. Average Speed-52 mph
200 miles from Rancheria, BC to Whitehorse, YT. Average Speed-61 mph
Tuesday July 9, 2013 - 401
miles from Dawson Creek, BC to Toad River Lodge, BC.
Average Speed-52 mph
Monday July 8, 2013 - 368
miles from Edmonton, AB to Dawson Creek, BC. Cold start, warm and sunny at
Noon.
Average Speed-57 mph
Sunday
July 7, 2013 - 330 miles from Saskatoon, SK to Edmonton, AB. Cool and
Windy.
Average Speed-49 mph
Saturday July 6, 2013 - 208 miles from Yorkton, SK to Saskatoon, SK. Rainy
and cold.
Average Speed-52 mph
Friday
July 5, 2013 - 420 miles from Kenora, ON to Yorkton, SK.
Average Speed-46 mph
Thursday July 4, 2013 - 416
miles from Great Bear Lake, MN to Kenora, ON.
Average Speed-54 mph
Wednesday July 3, 2013 - 354
miles from Rockford, IL to Great Bear Lake, MN. No rain, great detour.
Average Speed-48 mph
Tuesday July 2, 2013 - 370
miles from Villa Hills, KY to Rockford, Il. A little drizzle but no rain
while riding (yet).
Average Speed-47 mph
Monday July 1, 2013 - First
day on the road.
Average Speed-51 mph
Sunday June 30, 2013 - Jon arrived at arround 11:30 am after spending the night in Baxley, Georgia. Final planning and some pre-ride photos are the order of the day.... Stay Tuned.
Leaving from South
Carolina on July 1st 2013, Jon and I plan to make our way North past the great
lakes into Canada. From there we'll head West on our way to Alaska.
The ultimate plan is to have our picture take standing by the sign along the
Dalton Highway where it crosses into the Arctic Circle.
We plan on riding 300-500 miles per day. Some may be more, some less.
We'll try to snap some photos at each stop along the way, so expect a lot of
shots at gas stations. I'll try to get pictures posted daily if at all
possible. Links for pictures will be the dates.
If you are wondering why these posts keep getting later, it's because we are 4
hours behind the East Coast right now.