2009 Alaska Motorcycle Trip

Ok, need to back up a bit and talk about our trip on the Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay.

Again, Dean did an excellent job keeping everyone up to date and filling in the information about the road, what we were probably experiencing, and keeping the drama alive. Now we can give some pics and some additional info to supplement that.

The breakdown was a fake, we just wanted to add drama to the ride….. lol

(No – it happended)

On Friday we headed to the local dealer to swap out our road tires for some knobbies. Steve did all the work of taking the tires off in the parking lot and we just rolled them in to have them mount the new tires. By the time we took care of that and loaded up our bikes (we left some gear in storage at the hotel to lighten our load) and headed on our first park, it was noon when we left the hotel (local time). It was over cast and sprinkels as we headed to the junction to get the Dalton Highway.

We get to the junction where the sign is and pull over for some pics. It is a light drizzle with high humidity, but still cool weather (mid 60’s). The mesquitoes we out so we applied lotion and spray and took our photos of the bikes for a before shot. While doing this a couple from Germany were just coming off the road riding two up. They swung in to talk to us and give us some info about the road.

Arriving at the first junction- note how clean the bikes are.

Big Steve ready for the task!

Jimmyv pointing the way we are going

to be continued………..

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