http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/2-Pats-riding-north/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from 2 Pats riding north en-us Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:01:54 +0000 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:01:54 +0000 June 20th The ferry docked at Prince Rupert just shortly after 5 AM. Once we were let down to the vehicle deck we needed to repack our bikes and unfastened them all this while cars RV's and truck drove by while the ship began to unload. The motorcycles basically left the ferry last. As soon as I drove up the ramp I could see the customs plaza and the lineup of vehicles waiting ahead of us. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Jasper-National-Park/blog-411368.html The ferry got us to Valdez at 830 sharp. The campground and our cabin was just a couple minutes drive from the dock. That night we just crashed after I took a quick walk around the city.At 800 the next morning we were at the offices of Anadyr Adventures for the much anticipated kayak expedition. Our guide Kate who hails from Wisconsin got us outfitted along with 3 other wouldbe paddlers http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Alaska/Valdez/blog-409128.html After our long day of Kayaking sleep came quite easily for me. We managed to get out of Valdez the next morning by about 930. We rode most of the day on very nice roads backtracking on a 175 km stretch of the Tok Cutoff in order to get back into the Yukon. Our goal for the day was to get to the border town of Beaver creek YT.The roads were just beautiful and the warm weather made the 580 km http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Yukon/blog-409642.html June 12thWe left Chicken after a hearty breakfast sandwich at the camp cafe. Only a few miles of dirt road remained to be negotiated until the pavement reappeared. The night before I had spent a considerable amount of time cleaning and adjusting the drive chain on my motorcycle. The succession of rain and dust and various other dirt had made quite a mess of it. Normally I have a gadget to make http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Alaska/Anchorage/blog-408970.html We left Whitehorse at about 830 on the 10th of June heading north on the Klondike highway. We've left the Alaska highway behind for a while but will link up with it again in a few days. First stop was 80 km north of Whitehorse at a little outpost called Braeburn Lodge. They are apparently famous for their giant cinnamon buns which allegedly feed a family of 4. I ate half of one. On the way t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Yukon/Dawson-City/blog-407704.html We got on the road at 830 with about 650 km ahead of us. We were still playing catch up from the whole tire fiasco in Grande Prairie. We had fallen about 80 km short of our intended destination of Liard River provincial park and their hot springs. So the first order of business was to stop at Liard and have a quick soak in the sulphur spring pool. There are 2 pools there and depending which o http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Yukon/Whitehorse/blog-407701.html We left Dawson Creek at about 1 o'clock. Pat R had arrived about a half hour before that. I asked him what he thought of the giant roadside beaver see previous entry and he admitted that he hadn't even noticed it. I think the stress of having to lose half a day because of the tire affair had gotten to him. To ease him back into holiday mode I rode up front as we headed north and kept the pa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/blog-407696.html I left Grand Prairie at about 8 o'clock Monday morning bound for Dawson Creek BC. The 130 km ride was very enjoyable there was not a cloud to be seen and the temperature was about 10 C. The single lane highway was in good shape and provided a few wildlife sightings a deer that got a little too close and what I think was either a wolf or a large coyote. Pat R stayed behind to get a new tire f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/blog-406592.html Day 1 SaskatoonEdmonton 524 km Day 2 Edmonton Grande Prairie 459 kmTotal to date 983 kmHere we go again another trip another blog. If you missed the last one you can catch it at www.mytb.orgpatanderin.Pat R and I left Saskatoon on Saturday at noon as we had planned. The weather wasn't that great it's been an odd spring weather wise with overnight frost in early June. So I bundled http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Alberta/Grande-Prairie/blog-406339.html Ferry reservations are made bikes serviced gear purchased weather could be better but we are ready to go http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Saskatchewan/Saskatoon/blog-398113.html