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June 27th, 2009 | 
Author: Dean again … wheww! We finally got our photo capability back. The boyz are in Whitehorse and have a decision to make on tomorrow’s route. Option 1 is to return exactly as they came up, down the western Cassiar Hwy. Option 2 is to stay on the Alaskan Hwy on a route northeast to Fort Nelson and Dawson Creek (which has the famous sign of Alaskan Hwy mile marker 0). And the bad news is there will be rain either way!!!
Now we are totally out of sync and everything is discombooberated. This post includes a couple photos that JimmyV sent and some photos from my ride 3 weeks ago.
Big Steve, far left, already has both rear tires off and in the shop.
Wednesday. Changing tires from the knobbies back to street tires. Normal rates were in the $40/tire range. Steve found a place that charged $10/tire. The best deal in Anchorage.
Big Steve in the splendor of the Alaska Range.
The following photos are from Dean & Lisa’s ride to Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay May 31-June 1, 2009. Three weeks ago.
April 28, Dean on the Cassiar at the Stewart/Hyder intersection.
May 31, Dean 1/4-mile from the summit of Atigun Pass.
June 1, 58 miles out of Deadhorse at 2AM. The Alaska Pipeline runs across the tundra in the background. Notice the broken chain hanging straight down in front of the rear axle. I sat out here in 38-40 degree F for 4 hours while Lisa rode into Deadhorse alone looking for help.
June 1, This is 4AM. My most depressing image of Alaska.
The traditional Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay photo finish.
June 1, Deadhorse – We talked the tow truck driver into parking in front of the Deadhorse sign. I’m on the back of the truck, my riding partner Lisa Landry is next to her bike.
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Dean Here! Back to real time. Yesterday, the boyz rode from Anchorage to Tok, arriving a little after 8PM. They had no internet service in Tok. They sent me photos via iPhone but I’m having problems upload to the blog. I keep getting some sort of HTTP error.
The bad news is they may be coming down with colds. Probably the results of riding in a small, jam packed tour bus for 6+ hours in Denali. Seems the entire bus load of tourists were hackin’, coughin’, sneeeezin’, and droolin’. JimmyV was not feeling 100% the last couple days and yesterday reports a sore throat and head cold symptoms. This morning he’s hackin’ up green stuff. So they’re not moving very fast.
Their goal today is Whitehorse, 387 miles, where they have reservations at the Best Western (which has internet). Whitehorse is also the nearest pharmacy/drug store.