Day 104……14/07/2012 Well I did not wake up a genius after spending the night in the Fairbanks University halls of residence, the women’s halls I might add, but as Lynne was with me I cannot use the tale back at work that I spent the night in the girls dorm now can I. We decided to stay another night and take a look around the City. The first stop was to the local Harley Davidson dealership, which by the way is their farthest north shop in all the world, well so Lynne’s new T shirt says on the front. Next we visited the downtown area and waterfront, well that’s another hour taken care of which included coffee, it is a nice place there’s just not that much of it. We then rode the fourteen miles or ... read more

Day 90……30/062012 A slight miscalculation on the days that we have been here, seems its today that we are halfway through the trip as opposed to yesterday, oh well it was an easy mistake to make given that we have lost all track of time anyway. Well today is another pretty much do nothing day, except that is for readying ourselves for a Weasel party that we have been invited to later this evening at Sue’s house. So I sat and finished off last week’s blog, which you may have already read by now, and Lynne got her head stuck into one or two of those “OK” “Hello” type magazines that seem to be worldwide, you know the ones “I lost 300lb just by eating the packaging that my Ryvita comes in” So we get to ... read more

Day 76……16/06/2012 Today we will visit Virginia City, an old gold mining town that has pretty much kept most of its originality intact. More gold and silver had been mined there than anywhere else in the US. The morning was once again bright and sunny, and the temperature was on the climb, we rode the 26 miles high up into the mountains to the southeast of Reno on a superb newly tarmacked winding road. The views back across the wide valley floor below and away west to the Tahoe Mountains where stunning, there was even a little snow still on the higher slopes. The gold from Virginia City had pretty much funded the construction of San Francisco, with the mine owners investing heavily in the regions emerging commerce. But that was many years ago, today the ... read more

Day 62……02/06/2012 Well there had been a few clouds bubbling up over the mountains last night, and after two weeks of not seeing anything but clear blue skies, they were a little concerning. So it was with a little trepidation that at 0700, we pulled back the curtains. Where did they all go? Not a cloud to be seen in any direction, a crystal clear morning, with terrific views over the mountains. This was good news, but meant that we would now have to get our skates on and get going. Our route today will take us out of the higher regions of Utah and down into the much lower plains of Southern Nevada, State number 20, and with that will come much higher temperatures. By 0730 we were fuelled and on our way. As we ... read more

Day 49……19/05/2012 Well as predicted, it was just a kick back day today, and I will struggle to find anything to say. Lynne caught up with her cousin Sophie who is eight months pregnant, and has not seen for around thirteen years, and I just generally got in the way while Brian, Sophie’s husband gave their pool a bit of a spruce up. He had this great little vacuum cleaner type machine that attached itself to the bottom of the pool, and then just merrily went about its business scrubbing away. But that’s all I can say about today really. Day 50……20/05/2012 Today we will visit the Saguaro National Park which is situated just to the west of Tucson, where there are literally thousands of the famous cacti of the same name. We were warned to ... read more