Archive for July, 2009

Every day we meet tons of people. Many are traveling around the vast lands of Canada and Alaska doing the same sort of exploring that Alex and I are. Put simply, they are just looking around for neat stuff. Few have plans, and rarely do they know what they will do the next day.
We have [...]

Two days ago Alex and I pedaled for 109 km into a headwind. Our goal that day was 140 to get to Jade City, BC. When we saw Boya Provincial Campground we looked at eachother and knew that we’d be sleeping there that night.
That left us with almost 160 km yesterday to ride in [...]

Yep. Dalyce at the Watson Creek Visitor Center talked us into it yesterday. Took all of 2 minutes. People all along our journey have been telling us we NEED to take the Cassiar Highway (Hwy 37), but they’ve also told us we’d be more isolated. The Alaska Highway route is 150 miles longer but [...]

Alex and I biked 184.5 kilometers (114 miles) today. Certainly the farthest we’ve gone in one stint so far – we’ll see how we fare tomorrow when we try to get in 135 kilometers into the middle of nowhere. Anyone know camping grounds half way in between Teslin and Watson Lake?
The parents followed us out [...]

As Alex and I were cycling along down the road to nowhere on Day 4 a little red truck pulled over as it approached us. A friendly bearded man stuck his head out of his window and offered a big hello. He told us there were a few cyclists just a few miles ahead of [...]

Thats right – Canada. We’ve been here in the Yukon Territory for a few days and have been stunned by the infinite beauty, plethora of animals, lack of people, and dirt roads. After wondering for days why we purchased the expensive and heavy bear mace, I finally got to pull it out. I was [...]

I think that’s how Sarah Palin says it. By Day 3 Alex and I seemed to use our collective might to simply power through Alaska. The land was hot, mountainous (go figure), and uninhabited. It took us 5 days to get to Tok, Alaska – a small town of 1,000. Before that, on day 3 [...]

Day 2 – started with a bang after camping behind the local supermarket in Kevin Bell’s hometown (Palmer). We immediately started climbing, which continued steadily throughout the day. During our sixty mile ride we climbed over 4,000 feet. Normally this would not be that daunting of a task, but given our heavily laden trailers we [...]

Alex and I met Steve, a native Alaskan, on the plane ride to Anchorage. He suggested we spend the night at the airport because Anchorage is full of “crackheads”. He was going to do the same and offered to fill us in on the Alaskan scene. Steve was a character of sorts, he had worked [...]