Conclusion:
I’ve ridden
motorcycles off and on since I was 14 years old. I will be 65 years old this
coming October 2012. That is 50+ years of having a love relationship with motorcycles.
The longest motorcycle trip I had made prior to this trip was 1,300 miles in 3
days when I was in my late 20’s (Las Vegas to Oklahoma City). I had lots of
doubts prior to starting this trip about being able to ride day after day for
long distances. I no longer have those doubts. There isn’t any place in the US
or Canada that I would hesitate to ride to given the opportunity. I learned
that 400- to 700- (or more) mile days are possible and not that much of a pain.
I learned that you experience the country on a motorcycle and only see it from
the inside of an automobile. This was a great trip and even though we didn’t
get to Alaska (this time) no fault of our own, there will be another
opportunity in 2014!!
28 Feb 2014
addition – I am now planning for our next attempt (AK2) that will start 1 Jun
2014. I will start a new blog for the preparation phase and another one for the
trip itself. Hope you enjoyed reading this trip report, posting it here made me
remember the good times and now I’m really excited to get started on AK2.
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