Here is a rebuttal from my comments preceding Bill's blog post: When Lou said that he had requested that I contribute to his blog, I think a better word would be hounded. And I certainly opened pandora station box when I casually mentioned that he was an accomplished rider. One day we are travelling at a comfy 140 kph and after my blog, he brought it up to 200 kph. Fortunately (Agnes also reads this blog) I can honestly say that I did not go 200 kph but my litt...

We leave The Beav at The Crack of Bill, 0900 sharp, it was a beautiful blue sky day. We had met a guy at the bar in Buckshot Betty's who was part of the construction crew on the road repair sites we had driven through yesterday. He said we'd have great roads today, we chose to believe him, but kept some doubts in check, we're in the Yukon after all! The Canadian border is just minutes outside of The Beav but US customs is 30 kms further down. We get there in abo...

This day was a study in riding extremes! Although a relatively short day distance wise, only 528 kms, we saw both the best and the worst a motorcycle adventure can offer, and all points in between! Fortunately, like most adversity, the pain tends to fade with the passage of time leaving only the memories of the adventure. I think that is an incredibly well designed feature of human beings, without it no one would have ever ventured outside of their cave. Before ...

Back in my room at 2130 I sit at my laptop and wait for inspiration, and nothing comes. I watch a little TV, read a bit on my iPad and fall fast asleep. My lethargy undoubtedly brought on by my last beverage at The Skagway Brewing co. which was a Rusty Nail, a potent adult beverage (very tasty too) back home, but made more so in 'merica, the land of the free pour! I jolt awake at 0113 with the story almost completely written in my mind, it is rush to get it all ...

Having enjoyed great success with the Saturday morning sleep in to 0930 I further negotiated a Sunday morning sleep in going all the way to 1100. OK, that was actually the departure time, but quite the change from 0900! As it turned out I was up at 0800 to blog anyway. I would suggest the daily time commitment to the blog is in the 2 - 4 hour range. I wonder why that is and then I see the length of tomes I am writing! While I hope my readership enjoys my manusc...