ridingAK
02-11-2007, 03:18 PM
I love hearing about awesome rides. When we get snowed in and can't ride half the year reading about other people's rides, and thinking about my old ones is all that keeps me going!
My all time favorite drive was coming up the Alcan last summer. My husband and I bought our bikes in Seattle. We rode around Washington to break the bikes in, then went up to Vancouver. From there we rode the Sea to Sky hwy up through Whistler and across to Lillooet. That road is unbelievable! The pavement is in terrible shape, the grades are so steep it's hard to beleive they are legal, and the twisities! :confused: :tongue :happy
From there it was pretty tame until we got to Hyder, Alaska where we spent the fourth of July. Hyder is a tiny town with dirt/gravel roads and nothing much to do except sit in the bar, or drive up to Salmon glacier. We did both!:thumbup: The road up to Salmon glacier has some truely spectacular scenery. You actually ride above the glacier!
We left Hyder and rode up the Cassiar highway. The Cassiar used to be a pretty rough road, but now it is beautiful asphalt with lots of long curves and very little traffic. WHEEEEE!!! The last 60 miles or so they were doing road construction so we were riding in loose dirt. On our dual sports we had no trouble, but felt really bad for the couple on a Goldwing that we met just starting into the dirt. They had barely started and were already struggling to stay upright. :(
We spent an extra day in Whitehorse and took a ride up the Yukon river. The weather was starting to turn ugly so we spent the evening wiring my bike for my Gerbing jacket.
It was raining when we left, and cold about 45 degrees. As the morning progressed it got colder and the rain turned to sleet. We crossed through the Kluane area in heavy sleet, and wind. The road was all torn up so most of the time we were riding in semi-frozen mud. My husband has heated grips, but didn't have his bike wired for his Gerbing jacket yet. I felt a little guilty that I was toasty warm while he was getting hypothermia. But it was SO much fun!:lol
After crossing back into the US we stayed at Tok for the night and went home the following day. All together it was an amazing trip that left me with a long distance touring bug that will last a long time!
You can see pictures here:
http://web.mac.com/sweptwingnut/iWeb/Bobby%20and%20Karen/Roadtrip%202006.html
My all time favorite drive was coming up the Alcan last summer. My husband and I bought our bikes in Seattle. We rode around Washington to break the bikes in, then went up to Vancouver. From there we rode the Sea to Sky hwy up through Whistler and across to Lillooet. That road is unbelievable! The pavement is in terrible shape, the grades are so steep it's hard to beleive they are legal, and the twisities! :confused: :tongue :happy
From there it was pretty tame until we got to Hyder, Alaska where we spent the fourth of July. Hyder is a tiny town with dirt/gravel roads and nothing much to do except sit in the bar, or drive up to Salmon glacier. We did both!:thumbup: The road up to Salmon glacier has some truely spectacular scenery. You actually ride above the glacier!
We left Hyder and rode up the Cassiar highway. The Cassiar used to be a pretty rough road, but now it is beautiful asphalt with lots of long curves and very little traffic. WHEEEEE!!! The last 60 miles or so they were doing road construction so we were riding in loose dirt. On our dual sports we had no trouble, but felt really bad for the couple on a Goldwing that we met just starting into the dirt. They had barely started and were already struggling to stay upright. :(
We spent an extra day in Whitehorse and took a ride up the Yukon river. The weather was starting to turn ugly so we spent the evening wiring my bike for my Gerbing jacket.
It was raining when we left, and cold about 45 degrees. As the morning progressed it got colder and the rain turned to sleet. We crossed through the Kluane area in heavy sleet, and wind. The road was all torn up so most of the time we were riding in semi-frozen mud. My husband has heated grips, but didn't have his bike wired for his Gerbing jacket yet. I felt a little guilty that I was toasty warm while he was getting hypothermia. But it was SO much fun!:lol
After crossing back into the US we stayed at Tok for the night and went home the following day. All together it was an amazing trip that left me with a long distance touring bug that will last a long time!
You can see pictures here:
http://web.mac.com/sweptwingnut/iWeb/Bobby%20and%20Karen/Roadtrip%202006.html