To Smell A Place
Most adventure motorcycle riders will tell you that traveling by motorcycle is a different experience than traveling any other way. Whether it’s in your own country or passing through countries foreign to you, part of the mystique of adventure riding is wrapped up in the persuasion that you’ll experience something different from our 4-wheeled traveling counterparts. It differs in many ways. Some very obvious and some much more subtle. I myself am just beginning to experience them for myself and am by no means an expert. Despite that, I think... Read The Rest →
Trip Planning Update
I’m a little overdue in posting, but James and I have reworked the trip itinerary a bit. We made some accommodations for things like tire changes and fun detours. Instead of Fairbanks being the first Alaska stop, we’ll be stopping first in Anchorage which will make for a better staging area for the change from road tires to dirt tires. Not only will it be time for some new rubber by then, but somehow I’m sure the switch to knobbies is a good decision, since 450 of the 500 mile... Read The Rest →
Stating the obvious
Carpe Iter Itineris So obviously “carpe” means “seize” in Latin. I’m sure you’ll surmise that “iter itineris” means, “the journey.” I know, it’s probably a bit expected, but I couldn’t think of anything more fitting. Plus, it sounds kind of cool and intellectual, although I promise I’m neither of those things. But I’ll make a deal with you. If the journey itself inspires a better, more suitable name I’ll change it to do it more justice.
The begining of the blog
This blog will follow our journey on motorcycle from Cape Cod across the Canadian wilderness, through the Yukon and into Alaska. We’ll ride the Hall Road to the Arctic Circle and then turn around and head south into Big Sky Country (Montana). Meandering down the Glacial pass of the Sun Road we’ll make a quick stop at a family reunion (not ours) and ride back to Cape Cod through the Dakotas and past the Great Lakes. All told we should rack up about 11,000 miles. As I sit down to... Read The Rest →
