Alaska to Mexico!

Day 9 –Burwash Landing to Kloo Lake

2010-02-24T16:57:00.006-07:00

Previous Entry - Home Sunday, June 1, 2008 Whoever told us that it would be windy by Kluane Lake wasn’t kidding. In the morning as we packed our things, the wind wasn’t yet blowing with full force, but it was licking at the lake, upsetting its surface and sending small waves into the North-Western shore. It was cold too -- Cold enough that we were wearing the wool mittens we had brought

Day 8 – “Chainsaw Massacre” Campgound to Burwash Landing

2010-01-20T18:10:00.003-07:00

Previous Entry - Home - Next Entry Saturday, May 31 2008 It was kinda nice to be back home—nice warm bed, a fridge full of food, TV, etc. But it just didn’t feel right that I was back home already. It kinda felt like cheating to have stopped at home while I was in the middle of this incredible journey on my bike… Actually, I didn’t recall how I’d gotten home. It didn’t make a whole lot of

Day 7 – Yukon Border to “Chainsaw Massacre” Campground

2009-12-08T21:22:00.002-07:00

Newer Post Older Post Home Friday, May 30, 2008 By morning the rain had cleared up and we had a bright clear sky, so as we packed our things I charged another batch of batteries, and we set some of our things out to dry in the sun. At the roadhouse gift shop, we had a chance to check our email, and we bought Alaska decals to put on our bikes like badges of honor. It had

Remarks on Alaska

2009-12-08T00:14:00.000-07:00

Newer Post Older Post Home I’m not sure exactly what I expected Alaska to be like, but I was surprised around nearly every corner. My exposure to Alaska before this had only been what I had seen on TV and in pictures, but they almost never show some of the things that I feel truly represent the sections of Alaska we had traveled through. Much of it felt familiar, but

Day 6 – Tok to Alcan

2009-11-24T12:52:00.000-07:00

Newer Post Older Post Home Thursday, May 29, 2008Before we left on our trip we had visited many websites and Internet forums trying to find some good information and good advice about the types of distances we'd be able to ride. This was particularly important to us after we had learned that we would need to average 75 miles per day in order to meet our dad in

Day 5 - Chistochina to Tok

2009-10-16T04:34:00.000-06:00

Newer Post Older Post Home May 28, 2008In the morning, there was still a light wind, but Mark and I were ready to deal with it. Well… almost.We were using GPS to map our course and also to provide all sorts of other information about our whereabouts and, more importantly to us, how far to the next “thereabouts.” It runs on double “A” batteries and, over the past 4 days

Day 4 – Glennallen to Chistochina

2009-04-20T13:59:00.000-06:00

Newer Post Older Post Home Monday, May 27, 2008This was the day that our real trouble started—at least, for Alaska and Canada.Bright and (ahem) “early” at 10 A.M., we awoke to a patchy sky. Of course, the very first thing we noticed each morning was the weather, as it would greatly affect the rest of the day. The patchy sky didn’t seem so bad. The clouds looked heavy

Day 3 – Sheep Mountain to Glennallen

2009-02-06T02:26:00.000-07:00

Newer Post Older Post Home Monday, May 26, 2008How long had we been riding? Only four days since we had left home (three since we really started riding), and I had lost count already.Do you ever notice that no matter how odd the changes in your life may seem at first, you eventually accept those changes as your reality? Perhaps it isn’t the same for everyone, but it is

Day 2 – Chickaloon to Sheep Mountain

2009-01-09T21:21:00.000-07:00

Newer Post Older Post Home Sunday, May 25, 2008I couldn’t tell if I was alive or not. It was all dark, and nothing made sense. Vague shadows of thoughts tried to break into view, but a shadow in darkness has no form. Something about “The Jetsons.” What? That couldn’t be right. Nothing made sense.Suddenly my eyes opened to a large fluffy tuft of blonde hair poking out

Day 1 – Anchorage to Chickaloon

2008-12-18T23:58:00.000-07:00

Newer Post Older Post Home Saturday, May 24, 2008We woke up around 8:00 a.m. after a good nights rest to find that it was a bit cold. While I showered, Mark packed his things. While Mark showered I bundled up because the gray sky didn’t look good to me. Over a breakfast of oatmeal bars, we discussed the morning’s immediate problem. The Glenn Highway, the only way

Day 0 – Anchorage, Alaska

2008-12-15T22:15:00.000-07:00

Newer Post Older Post Home Over the next two months we trained a bit, but we didn’t do any rides over 45 miles or so. Training can be very tedious when you know that however far you ride, you just have to turn around and come back. A lot of my training rides were actually to test the effectiveness of my gear. I would ride deliberately on rainy or snowy days because I figured that would be close

Preface III

2008-12-07T18:43:00.000-07:00

Newer Post Older Post HomeTHE HARDEST PARTThe hardest part of doing an extreme trip like this is buying the airline ticket. You know what they say: Talk is cheap. It is easy to say you will do something like this, but it is something entirely different to follow through with it. My brother Mark learned this the hard way, perhaps. When I announced that I was starting in

Preface II

2008-12-07T18:20:00.000-07:00

Newer Post Older Post Home TAKING THE PLUNGEYou may be asking yourself, “why?” Why ride your bicycle from Anchorage, Alaska, of all places, to Tijuana Mexico of all other places? Or for some people, “why all the way to Panama!?” “Why to Tierra del Fuego!? I mean, have you SEEN a world map!?” In all seriousness, I think it is crazy; as in, INSANE.in⋅sane - Adjective1:

Preface

2008-12-07T18:15:00.000-07:00

Newer Post Older Post HomePedal Your Ass Off!11 Weeks to a Slimmer, Stronger You!By Jacob DickeyDo you have a fat ass? Are you looking for a diet that lets you sit on your ass, eat whatever you want and still loose weight?No gimmicks here. With this exercise system, you can eat whatever you want, and I guarantee that you will loose weight! On top of that, the system

Blog Forward

2008-12-07T16:41:00.000-07:00

Newer Post Older Post Home Hi everyone! In the summer of 2008, my brother Mark and I rode our bikes from Anchorage, Alaska to Tijuana Mexico. We were joined on our adventure by our dad in Vancouver, BC. It took us eleven weeks, and took us over 4000 miles through some of the most remote, and most beautiful areas of our continent. It was so very hard to accomplish, but

Back Home

2008-08-22T02:29:00.000-06:00

Well, we did it. After 77 days on the road, we crossed into Tijuana Mexico. We flew back to Utah on August 10th, and I went to my Salt Lake City apartment and Mark and our Dad went to their home in Price.It was truely an amazing journey, and I'm so glad that I got to do it with my brother and my dad. It is so surreal. I look back through the photos we have taken, and I

Los Angeles

2008-08-05T19:06:00.000-06:00

I almost can't believe we have come this far. We arrived in LA city limits yesterday and are currently staying in a hotel right on Venice Beach. We spent all day today just browsing around the shops, talking to independant hip-hop artists and whatnot, and also surfing. Sweeeeet. When people believe us, they are just thrilled and awed to have met us, and demand that we shake their hand, and

San Francisco

2008-07-25T17:53:00.000-06:00

Well, we made it through Washington and Oregon, and Northern California. Wow, That was a big chunk without any updates! Haha, I plain just don't have time to post all of the details of the trip! Basically, the weather has continued to be below the norm. Rather than sunshine and warmth we have had overcast, and frigid mist......untill we finally arrived in San Francisco. It has been sunny, and

Brittish Columbia (Past Cassiar)

2008-06-27T19:01:00.000-06:00

Past the Cassiar, things completely changed. Where there would have been miles (or kilometers) of wilderness, there is either farmland, ranch homes, or woodcutting factories. Most of the communities we came accross in the first few days were all woodcutting villiages. It smelled GREAT. Fresh cut wood is a great scent to wake up to, or whiff as a big semi passes.It became difficult to find a

The Cassiar

2008-06-27T12:17:00.000-06:00

Newer Post Older Post Home Brittish Columbia may have had some of the most surprises of the whole trip thus far. It was certainly incredibly beautiful. The Cassiar Highway started out with very rough, winding roads with lots of pot-holes and poor repairs. There were many 100 ft. patches of gravel every few miles, and even some greased down dirt roads.Our first day on the Cassiar Highway took us

Vancouver!

2008-06-27T11:40:00.000-06:00

Newer Post Older Post Home Wow. We actually made it. The adventure is not over yet, but we are entering "Act II." We have joined up with our dad here in Vancouver, and tomorrow we will ferry over to Victoria to officially begin part 2 of our trip to Mexico.It is very strange to me to look back on the map and see how far we traveled. It feels like we have been on our bikes forever, yet the path

The Yukon

2008-06-10T13:13:00.000-06:00

Newer Post Older Post Home I really don't have time now to post details, but we made it through the Yukon territory! It was ROUGH. The wind was killer the whole time. We had headwinds most days, and the gravel sections were no good to ride on.We are on day 3 of the Cassiar Highway, and it is BEAUTIFUL. They weren't kidding when they said it was the scenic route. The road isn't even as bad as

Alaska!

2008-05-30T01:12:00.000-06:00

Newer Post - Older Post - Home I will have to post individual day journals later, but for now I will give this update:We made it through Alaska! We are at the Canada border today, and will be ending our first week on the road in the great Yukon. To summarize the week, we rode 15 miles out of Anchorage the day we flew in.The next morning it started raining... and didn't stop. We rode 78 miles

So little time...

2008-05-20T10:16:00.000-06:00

Mark and I fly out of Las Vegas at 7:00 AM on May 23, so there are really only 3 days left to wait...I was able to drop by my Salt Lake City apartment for one last time before departing on my upcoming adventure. I needed to grab some last minute things that I forgot to pack, but as it turned out, I drove all the way up here from Price, Utah (2 hours away) and forgot to bring my keys to my

2008-04-30T01:01:00.000-06:00

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