Alaska

[R3Tex]

So I had been planning on riding the Hoka Hey challenge this year and they aren't having one...some memorial ride to Sturgis. Got me to thinking...why do I need those jackasses to ride to Alaska? Anybody else interested in a little jaunt from Key West to Homer? Same rules as the challenge...can't sleep indoors and no GPS

 

[Idaho Red Rocket 3]

What did you have in mind ? For me it is almost 12,000 miles from home in Idaho to Key West to Homer then back home. 500 miles a day is 24 days. And that doesn't include some out of route touring.

 

[breeze]

don't think I can make it my computer says unable to calculate route

 

[albertaduke]

What did you have in mind ? For me it is almost 12,000 miles from home in Idaho to Key West to Homer then back home. 500 miles a day is 24 days. And that doesn't include some out of route touring.

maybe we should just ride the cassiar Highway up to whitehorse then down to skagway hit fort nelson natural hot spring back down steward cross the border again into haines to watch the brown bears and southbound to vancouver . just a small group that would be the perfect trip .
of course we could also take the ferry in prince rupert while in northern BC across the channel to the queen charlotte island it is a short hop and see the Haida nation first creators of the totem poles. I plan to do just that kind of trip this summer but two or four bikes would make it more interesting besides all the riding will be in the 300 miles a day

 

[R3Tex]

Don't really care that much about starting in Key West, but I would like to ride to Land's End and back. Maybe come back down through Bannf or do the coast ride as Patrick suggested. Not sure yet, but certainly something appealing about spending a few weeks on the bike in country where there are more bears than people

 

[1olbull]

Sound like a great ride, but you lost me at the bivouac rule.
Would be nice to hook up for a dinner when you reach the Northwest!
When are you fining to do this? BS or AS?

 

[breeze]

Don't really care that much about starting in Key West, but I would like to ride to Land's End and back. Maybe come back down through Bannf or do the coast ride as Patrick suggested. Not sure yet, but certainly something appealing about spending a few weeks on the bike in country where there are more bears than people

may be hard for some of us to get proper documentation to cross over the borders (and back)even more so with proper bear protection

 

[1olbull]

may be hard for some of us to get proper documentation to cross over the borders (and back)even more so with proper bear protection

Twas thinking about that "proper bear protection" transport through Canada as well.

 

[breeze]

any good pizza up that way?

 

[R3Tex]

Dunno about pizza