Yes, it's been awhile since I've posted, but it's not like I haven't been busy.
Rode more than 2,500 miles over about 12 days, with a side trip to Lansing with the chopper in a trailer.
As Matt and I were looking at a map and checking out our route for the Vancouver Adventure, it occurred to Matt (and quickly to me) that neither of us has ever been to Alaska. Have you?
So, as we looked and measured, and Googled, and thought about it....it took all of about 3 minutes for us to decide that, by gosh, the Southwest can wait for another day. After all, ANY SCHMOE can do that. Heck, that's as easy as riding to LA and back and blogging about it.
So before anybody decides that they want to steal my idea (go ahead, be my guest) at least I'll post it here first. We are changing the route to return from Vancouver via Alaska. It'll tack on about 800 extra miles over all, but it's like a whole nuther country up there, eh? Besides, how many guys on bikes have you met that can say, "Alaska? Oh yeah, I rode up there before." As for me, I don't know any, personally. I'll be happy to be the first one YOU know who can say that.
I've met quite a few really cool Canadiens in my short years, so maybe it's time to Take Off for the Great White North and see how those hosers live. (Bob and Doug McKenzie: I was a HUGE fan of those knobs)
Who knows? Maybe we'll run into some of my favorite bands: Triumph, Rush, Alanis Morrisette, The Rheostatics, Bryan Adams, the Headpins, and many many more!
Or maybe we'll just run into lots of wild roadkill. From the pictures I've seen, there are a lot of bear running around in British Columbia. I like my bear to be splayed out on a floor, flat as can be, NOT running into the road in front of me.
In any case, watch for a flurry of activity now. We're nearing the one year countdown and we've changed the route twice already! By the time it's time to leave, it may be the Venezuela Adventure! I'm nothing if not semi-unpredictable! Or am I?
Rode more than 2,500 miles over about 12 days, with a side trip to Lansing with the chopper in a trailer.
As Matt and I were looking at a map and checking out our route for the Vancouver Adventure, it occurred to Matt (and quickly to me) that neither of us has ever been to Alaska. Have you?
So, as we looked and measured, and Googled, and thought about it....it took all of about 3 minutes for us to decide that, by gosh, the Southwest can wait for another day. After all, ANY SCHMOE can do that. Heck, that's as easy as riding to LA and back and blogging about it.
So before anybody decides that they want to steal my idea (go ahead, be my guest) at least I'll post it here first. We are changing the route to return from Vancouver via Alaska. It'll tack on about 800 extra miles over all, but it's like a whole nuther country up there, eh? Besides, how many guys on bikes have you met that can say, "Alaska? Oh yeah, I rode up there before." As for me, I don't know any, personally. I'll be happy to be the first one YOU know who can say that.
I've met quite a few really cool Canadiens in my short years, so maybe it's time to Take Off for the Great White North and see how those hosers live. (Bob and Doug McKenzie: I was a HUGE fan of those knobs)
Who knows? Maybe we'll run into some of my favorite bands: Triumph, Rush, Alanis Morrisette, The Rheostatics, Bryan Adams, the Headpins, and many many more!
Or maybe we'll just run into lots of wild roadkill. From the pictures I've seen, there are a lot of bear running around in British Columbia. I like my bear to be splayed out on a floor, flat as can be, NOT running into the road in front of me.
In any case, watch for a flurry of activity now. We're nearing the one year countdown and we've changed the route twice already! By the time it's time to leave, it may be the Venezuela Adventure! I'm nothing if not semi-unpredictable! Or am I?
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i'd like a Where's Gordo quiz while you're on this so-called 5,600 mile trip so we can guess your location AND i'd like some photos. who's to say you're not blogging from the bathtub.
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas! Right now I AM blogging from the bathtub (and my wife keeps urging me to plug in the laptop while I'm in there, what's up with that?)
ReplyDeleteThere will be plenty of pictures once this thing starts. Remember, I'm officially a year away from leaving (technically, 364 days and 20 hours). Hopefully you won't have to guess where I'm at each day, but perhaps you can guess where we'll end up the next. Even we won't know that answer to that until we turn the keys off for the last time each day.