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Rocha plans to open in September during London Fashion Week.
— May 27, 2015
Agave, Bluer Denim Founder Opens First Store
Jeff Shafer recently soft launched his first brick-and-mortar store, called Bluer Than Indigo, in Portland's Alberta Arts District.
— May 26, 2015
Ann Inc.'s Year Ahead: A Merger, Modest Sales Growth and Sharper Buying
The Ann Taylor, Loft and Loft outlet chains are all expected to deliver positive comps this quarter, while Ann Taylor outlets will remain negative.
— May 22, 2015
Planet Blue Dabbles on East Coast With Pop-Up
The Santa Monica, Calif.-based retailer is testing the waters on the East Coast.
Lou & Grey Sets Expansion Plan
Lou & Grey currently has seven stores, with locations in San Jose, Pasadena, Boston, Westport, Alpharetta and Raleigh.
Ann Inc. Net Boosted by Lower Charges
Profits rose 162 percent in first quarter.
Frank & Oak Opens First U.S. Pop-Up in Boston
The company plans to open five more U.S. pop-up sites.
— May 21, 2015
Seraphine Looks to Retail for Next Growth Phase
Seraphine, the stylish maternity line that's won a steady fan following among celebrities and royalty alike, is looking to maintain its growth momentum via retail.
Chico's CEO David Dyer to Retire
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NBA News and Notes Saturday 1/24
NBA News and Notes Saturday 1/24
Victims of circumstance: NBA situational weekend bets
By Ted Sevransky
Saturday, January 24th
New Jersey Nets at Memphis Grizzlies
The Nets have not played good basketball in recent weeks, and that's putting it mildly. Head coach Lawrence Frank benched the team's two leading scorers, Devin Harris and Vince Carter, in a blowout loss at home to Boston last weekend. Harris is suffering from a nasty rib injury that limited him to 1-11 shooting against Chris Paul and the Hornets earlier this week, but played 40 minutes Friday night against the Spurs.
Harris' backup, Keyon Dooling, turned his ankle in that same game against New Orleans, a major question mark here. The Nets, outside of Friday's narrow loss to the Spurs, haven't covered a pointspread since Yi Jianlian broke his pinky five games ago, and they've lost their last four games all by double-digit margins.
Of course, many teams would be winless after facing the quality of opponents that the Nets have faced during their current skid. They faced the Celtics twice, along with the Blazers, Hornets and Spurs; each and every one of them a dominant team. The banged up Nets are not a dominant team, but they are still playing hard and haven't lost their spirit.
We saw that competitive edge for the Nets on full display against the Hornets on Wednesday night. New Orleans came out after halftime and went on a 16-2 run, leading by double digits for most of the second half. But, playing short handed, the Nets made a serious run in the closing minutes, cutting the lead to five with possession in the latter stages.
"We let one slip away," veteran guard Vince Carter said afterwards. "But the positive I take out of it is that we were able to fight back and not lay down. We lost by 10 points or so, but I think guys continued to fight, continued to play hard just to chip away and try to get ourselves back in it."
When a banged up team is getting slapped around by quality foes but fighting hard, it bodes well for their chances when stepping way down in class. Memphis just fired head coach Mark Iavaroni on Thursday, and will be going with an interim head coach over the weekend before another new head coach is expected to be hired next week.
The Grizz, who have lost 16 of their last 18 overall, are starting three rookies in 26 of their 41 games this season. Team chemistry is clearly a problem and not something that is going to get fixed with an interim coach over the weekend.
Center Marc Gasol: "We don't have an identity….We run around like chickens with our heads cut off. Youth can be a good thing, but we use it as an excuse. We're always making excuses. We make excuses to the referees and to our teammates. We make excuses in practice. That's all some people want to do is make excuses. You're never going to get anywhere like that." Rudy Gay echoed those sentiments: "We ain't got no chemistry."
Clearly, this is a spot that favors New Jersey, and the Nets banged up status and current losing streak should give bettors a relatively cheap pointspread to support them.
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NBA Today
Saturday, Jan. 24
Cleveland at Utah (9 p.m. EST). LeBron James and the Cavaliers wrap up their four-game West Coast trip.
— LeBron James, Cavaliers, hit a 19-footer at the buzzer to give Cleveland a 106-105 victory at Golden State. James had 32 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.
— Eric Gordon and Al Thornton, Clippers. Gordon had a career-high 41 points, and Thornton added a season-high 34 in Los Angeles' 107-104 home win over Oklahoma City.
— Boris Diaw and Gerald Wallace, Bobcats. Diaw dominated his former Phoenix teammates a month after being traded, finishing with 26 points and 11 rebounds, and Wallace added 28 points in Charlotte's 98-76 home victory.
— Tim Duncan, Spurs, had 30 points and 15 rebounds in San Antonio's 94-91 victory over visiting New Jersey.
— Dirk Nowitzki, Mavericks, had 26 points in Dallas' 112-91 win in Detroit.
— Al Jefferson and Randy Foye, Timberwolves. Jefferson had 24 points and 14 rebounds, and Randy Foye finished with 24 points and eight assists in Minnesota's 116-108 home victory over New Orleans.
— Jose Calderon, Raptors, had 23 points on 9-of-10 shooting and added 10 assists in his return from a hamstring injury to help visiting Toronto beat Chicago 114-94.
— Flip Murray and Josh Smith, Hawks. Murray scored a season-high 25 points, and Smith had 24 in Atlanta's 117-87 victory over visiting Milwaukee.
— Danny Granger, Pacers, scored 25 points in Indiana's 107-102 victory over Houston.
— David Lee, Knicks, had 19 points and 14 rebounds in New York's 108-88 home victory over Memphis.
Memphis lost its eighth straight game Friday night, falling 108-88 in New York, a day after the Grizzlies fired coach Marc Iavaroni. Assistant Johnny Davis directed the Grizzlies as interim coach. Lionel Hollins is working on a contract with the franchise to serve as head coach for the third time. … Toronto beat Chicago 114-94 to snap a seven-game losing streak. The Raptors' Jose Calderon was 4-for-4 from the line and has made 83 straight free throws dating to last season, the second-longest streak in NBA history. Michael Williams made 97 in a row for Minnesota in 1993.
Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant had career highs of 46 points and 15 rebounds in the Thunder's 107-104 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night. … Charlotte beat Phoenix 98-78 to improve to 5-1 in its last six games. … Minnesota is 8-2 in January.
Golden State's Monta Ellis scored 20 points in his first game of the season for Golden State, a 106-105 loss to Cleveland on Friday night. Ellis was sidelined by sprained left ankle sustained five months ago in an accident on a motorized scooter. … Houston center Yao Ming left the Rockets' loss against Indiana on Friday night because of a sore right knee and did not play in the second half.
Utah owner Larry H. Miller's legs were amputated 6 inches below the knee Friday. Jazz spokesman Jonathan Rinehart said the surgery was the result of complications from Type 2 diabetes. The 64-year-old Miller is recovering in a hospital.
"It's a great feeling, especially when you get it like that and then you hear the horn and the shot goes in and there's no way they can try to make a comeback at us. I wish everyone could get that type of feeling. It's unbelievable."—LeBron James, on his 19-footer at the buzzer that gave Cleveland a 106-104 win at Golden State on Friday night.
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NEW YORK vs. PHILADELPHIA
New York is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
New York is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
Philadelphia is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing New York
Philadelphia is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing New York
ORLANDO vs. MIAMI
Orlando is 8-1-1 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Miami
Orlando is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Miami
Miami is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Miami's last 8 games
NEW JERSEY vs. MEMPHIS
New Jersey is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
New Jersey is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games
Memphis is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing New Jersey
Memphis is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing New Jersey
SACRAMENTO vs. MILWAUKEE
Sacramento is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
Sacramento is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games when playing Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 11-5 ATS in its last 16 games at home
Milwaukee is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games at home
CLEVELAND vs. UTAH
Cleveland is 20-5 SU in its last 25 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games
Utah is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Utah is 2-7 SU in its last 9 games when playing Cleveland
WASHINGTON vs. PORTLAND
Washington is 2-5 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Portland
Washington is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing Portland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Portland's last 7 games
Portland is 16-8 ATS in its last 24 games at home
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Tips and Trends
New York Knicks at Philadelphia 76ers
Knicks: New York's bench has been the difference since suffering a107-97 home loss to Philly a week ago, scoring 47.5 percent of the team's points. The Knicks saw their reserves outscore the Memphis bench 59-22 in a 108-88 rout on Friday and will try to snap an eight-game road losing streak in the series against the 76ers. "You think about with me and Nate coming off the bench and Tim (Thomas) and now Gallo (Danilo Gallinari), it's a lot of offensive power," New York big man Al Harrington said. "We could start on a lot of teams."
Knicks are 1-7 ATS in the last 8 meetings.
The UNDER is 7-1 in New York's last 8 games as an underdog.
Key Injuries - NONE
76ers (-7.5, O/U 207.5): Philly hopes to have Elton Brand back in the lineup against the Knicks after missing the last 16 games with a shoulder injury. Surprisingly, the 76ers have thrived offensively without Brand, averaging six more points per game (100.4) since he was injured. They have also started to turn things around under interim head coach Tony DiLeo, going 11-7 following a 9-14 start. Thaddeus Young has averaged 13.9 points on 51.1 percent shooting in Brand's place while Andre Iguodala has stepped up offensively with 22.3 points per game.
76ers are 8-1 ATS in their last 9 games overall.
The UNDER is 10-2-2 in Philly's last 14 games as a favorite.
Key Injuries - F Elton Brand (shoulder) is probable.
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For years, the columnist dubbed the Prince of Darkness, who passed away earlier this week , was known as a harsh critic of Washington's close ties with Israel. But what made this Jewish-born convert to Catholicism such a staunch opponent of the Jewish State? James Kirchick of the Tablet Magazine believes he has answers. In…
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The Boston-based Israeli diplomat who was called back to Jerusalem after criticizing the government's handling of ties with the United States was reprimanded and apologized. His memo, however, spurred questions of protocol and a debate over its substance.
U.S. intel: No Iranian bomb until 2013 at earliestAugust 7, 2009 6:07pm
Iran won't have the capacity to produce highly enriched uranium until 2013 and has yet to decide to produce a bomb, according to U.S. intelligence.
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Lieberman: I will resign if indictedAugust 3, 2009 4:04pm
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Benjamin Netanyahu suggested the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative could be used as a basis for a comprehensive agreement.
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Several rabbis were arrested as part of a public corruption and international money-laundering investigation in New Jersey.
Bibi rebuffs U.S. on halting Jerusalem projectJuly 19, 2009 4:41pm
Israelis may purchase property in all parts of Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Guest list: The Obama meetingJuly 14, 2009 5:34pm
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texasmonthly.com: In your story you mention that by 1980 pickup trucks had made it to the big city. So why a story on the pickup, the new national car of Texas, right now?
John Spong: In truth, the best reason to do this story is really a nationwide one: America has gone pickup crazy. There are a number of signs indicating just how strong the trend is. For one, trucks are being bought by people who never would have thought about such a purchase five years ago, particularly moms and dads who want trucks to serve as their family's primary vehicle. But just as significantly, pickups are being built by car makers that wouldn't have touched them in the past, companies like Cadillac, Lincoln, and Honda. (Strangest of all, on that count, are the pictures you can find on the Web of a prototype BMW pickup.) And then there is the fact that Nissan and Toyota are now trying to move in on the full-size pickup market. Everybody I talked to—car makers, car dealers, car drivers—discussed the fact that for trucks to get this popular, people had to shake the idea that pickups strictly belonged in the country. But people in Texas got past that stereotype a long time ago, which is one of the reasons that automakers come here to find out how to build and market trucks. Learning about all that got me thinking about the two questions we tried to answer in the piece: What does the truck mean to Texas, and what does Texas mean to the truck?
texasmonthly.com: How did the idea come about?
JS: At a party last Christmas I ran into a buddy from high school who had spent the past five years working on ad campaigns for GMC trucks. He was a pickup nut, spouting off statistics and talking about buying trends and the history of trim styles, and he had this strong sense of state pride in the fact that Texas was the birthplace of it all. After listening to him talk about trucks for about an hour and realizing that his enthusiasm was shared by New York ad execs and Detroit car makers, I figured we had a story.
texasmonthly.com: What kind of research was involved in this story?
JS: I spent a lot of time on the phone with auto executives and three days at dealerships around the state watching truck sales. But the most fun was test driving trucks. I had three trucks—a Dodge, a Ford, and a Chevrolet—for a week a piece. (Neither Nissan nor Toyota was able to get a "media demo" to Texas while I was reporting.) The Dodge was a huge, red, 3/4-ton diesel that was loud enough and big enough that I had an instant desire to drive around town looking for guys who had picked on me in junior high school. Chevrolet sent down its most plush family model, and one night, parked in my driveway, I actually sat in the backseat watching a movie in the DVD player. The Ford was one of the new tricked-out F150s. It was bright Tonka yellow, with an interior that looked like the cockpit of a small jet.
texasmonthly.com: What was the most interesting thing you learned while working on this story?
JS: I was surprised when San Antonio car dealer Red McCombs described a time when pickups were confined to rural areas. On the one hand, that made sense; first and foremost pickups are work vehicles, and the kind of work they are best suited for has, in Texas history, taken place in the country. But by the time I was old enough to start looking for something to drive, in the early eighties, pickups were everywhere (including Austin, where I lived). Think about your own high school parking lot. It is impossible to imagine those lots without trucks, but even harder to imagine McCombs working so hard to get Detroit to realize that market was there.
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JS: One of the more interesting things I saw was that buyers in Texas tended to know more about the trucks than the people selling them. I saw a 22-year-old kid at a Ford dealership in Austin who didn't even want to look inside the cab of the pickup he was going to buy. He told the salesman that he already knew what was in there and he didn't need to look at it. Unfortunately for the salesman, the kid also knew what the invoice price of the truck was, which was significantly lower than the sticker price, and when the salesman tried to adjust the trade-in price and change the number of monthly payments to make it look like he was getting a better deal than he actually was, the kid would not budge (he got his price). All the salespeople I met talked about this happening to them. They said that with all the information available on the Internet, buyers are able to educate themselves long before they get to the dealership, and it has a tremendous effect on a dealer's profit on a truck sale.
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Once Popular Patriot Leader John Trochmann Now Leads 'Mail Order Militia'
With the planned execution of Timothy McVeigh, a movement that roiled the 1990s comes symbolically to a close
The first was the 1992 federal siege of white supremacist Randy Weaver, whose wife and son were killed at their Ruby Ridge, Idaho, home. It was in response to this that extremists convened at a key meeting — the "Rocky Mountain Rendezvous," held in Estes Park, Colo. —and laid out the contours of the militia movement.
But what really ignited the militia movement was the federal siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, which ended in a conflagration that left some 80 Davidians dead.
Consider the Oklahoma bombers. McVeigh, as he told the authors of the just-released book American Terrorist, was animated by Waco, and in fact blew up the federal building on the second anniversary of the fiery end of that standoff.
McVeigh also had a foot in the neo-Nazi world, using the racist novel The Turner Diaries as the blueprint for his attack. Co-conspirator Terry Nichols, too, had deep roots in the radical right, renouncing his U.S. citizenship in 1992 and endorsing an array of Patriot theories first popularized by the racist Posse Comitatus in the 1980s.
Today, the state of the Patriot movement can be discerned in many ways. Patriot periodicals have almost all lost circulation. Former colleagues are finding themselves on opposite sides as some militias adopt Identity theology and others try to maintain a "moderate" image.
Virtually every week, more people involved in the movement are sent to prison for crimes ranging from illegal gun possession to such common-law tactics as filing false property liens and passing fake checks. Official crackdowns have militiamen and other Patriots in constant fear of informers.
The Movement 'Abandoned'
For years, Patriot heavyweights gathered twice a year in Shepherdsville, Ky., for the nearby Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot. Members of militia coalitions like the Third Continental Congress and the Southeastern States Alliance set up tents there and filled meeting halls. But divisions persisted and worsened.
In the end, even the best-laid plans for pulling together a national or even regional coalition of Patriot groups could not survive the pettiness and power plays of the would-be rebels.
Thousands still attend the Kentucky gun events. But at the most recent "shoot," there was virtually no antigovernment sentiment on display other than a sticker on a backpack that proclaimed its owner a "Militia Sniper" — a sticker that may well have been meant as a rhetorical jab rather than a boast.
In a similar way, what were once billed as Preparedness Expos — events where survivalist goods were sold to Patriots fearful of "Y2K" disasters — are seeing far fewer Patriots. Reflecting the change in audience, the fairs were recently renamed Lifeline Expos.
To some, it all amounts to a sad state of affairs.
Norm Olson, a Michigan gun shop owner who began one of the earliest and largest militias, was spurned recently when he offered to bring armed Patriots to help defend Indianapolis Baptist Temple (IBT), which was about to be seized by officials for refusing to pay withholding taxes (see Church vs. State).
"All day long I've heard reports that the IBT was seized," Olson wrote bitterly after federal agents finally moved in last February. "This is not true. The IBT was not seized or taken, it was given away... . [I]t was abandoned by people who once swore that they would stand."
Clearly, the Patriot movement is not what it once was; in fact, this particular expression of the American radical right is almost certainly fizzling. But that does not mean that radical antigovernment sentiment is going away. Antigovernment ideology has been with the United States since its founding, and it is certain to remain a permanent fixture in our culture.
The only question is precisely what form the antigovernment extremist right will take in the decades to come.
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Just another ride to the North - Prairies to Permafrost - Calgary to Inuvik
The trip is only a few more weeks away - leaving July 10, 2011.
I know this is certainly not breaking new ground as far as ride posts on the ADVrider site, but I've been fascinated by reading about other people's journeys, so, here goes:
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It's interesting each year for the last five years I've taken some kind of motorcycle vacation. As I've become more adept at riding, and more interested in exploring, the journeys have grown in length of time and distance. I keep saying, "the farther I go, the farther I want to go…." I have some innate curiousity about traveling to new places and sights.
I'm lucky as a school teacher to get an extended summer vacation. I work like a demon during the school year and try and regain my 'zen' and energy through the summer months.
The trip for 2011 goes in the exact opposite direction from my last trip (Mexico) – as far North as possible in Canada – Inuvik, NT. I've lived in the Northwest Territories in the 1990s and know of its beauty and the challenges associated with being in such a remote land. The north really is 'no man's land' and making a trip like this will involve some planning, a substantial amount of time and, hopefully, some luck to make it successfully.
This trip will be dramatically different from every other trip I've done by motorcycle. No resorts, no beaches, and in some cases, not a lot of modern conveniences. This will really be an escape from civilization for a large portion of the journey.
Itinerary (Rough Plan) - 20-22 days
Calgary to Prince George, BC (800 Kilometres)
Prince George, BC to Hyder, AK, USA (704 Kilometres)
Hyder, AK, USA, to Watson Lake, YT (654 Kilometres)
Watson Lake, YT to Whitehorse, YT (438 Kilometres)
Whitehorse, YT to Tok, AK, USA (623 Kilometres)
Tok, AK, USA to Anchorage, AK, USA (318 miles)
Anchorage, AK, USA to Homer, AK, USA (222 miles – rest day(s)?)
Anchorage, AK, USA to Fairbanks, AK, USA (359 miles)
Fairbanks, AK, USA to Dawson, YT (625 Kilometres)
Dawson, YT to Eagle Plains, YT (407 Kilometres)
Eagle Plains, YT to Inuvik, NT (358 Kilometres)
Inuvik, NT to Prince George, BC (2,838 kilometres) - not entirely sure which way I'll come back
Prince George to Vancouver, BC (763 kilometres)
Vancouver, BC to Nelson, BC (660 kilometres)
Nelson, BC to Calgary, AB (Home) (645 kilometres)
superfunkomatic screwed with this post 06-02-2014 at 07:48 PM
Funky Monkey Trunk
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary, Ab
Oddometer: 95
Off to the Races Tomorrow!
Well, I'm all packed and ready to leave tomorrow morning. I won't be leaving too early, probably around 7am.
I always get a bit jittery before heading off on these long journeys. Once I get breakfast and get rolling then things become a little more enjoyable. I always feeling like I've forgotten to pack something. The funny thing is most trips I have extra stuff that doesn't get used.
I must say that once the bags are loaded on the bike I realize just how inadequate the rear suspension is on the KLR – it's a big ol' saggy bum! The rear wallows a bit with the weight. It'll take a few kilometres to get used to riding with more weight on this bike.
I've also noticed that Charley Boorman's "Extreme Frontiers" ride across Canada has him now in the Exshaw/Banff area so we may indeed cross paths as he also heads towards Inuvik and the Dempster Highway.
Bon voyage! First stop tomorrow is Prince George with the scenic route through the Columbia Icefields Parkway.
superfunkomatic screwed with this post 06-02-2014 at 07:51 PM
Funky Monkey Trunk
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary, Ab
Oddometer: 95
Day 1 - Calgary, AB to Prince George, BC
Distance: 780 kilometers
Time on Bike: 7:00am - 5:00pm (BC Time)
High/Low Temp: 16 celcius (Mcbride, BC) / 0 Celcius (Icefields Parkway)
Really good ride today. I was a bit nervous to start out the big ride today more so than going South in previous years. Once I had the "Breakfast of Champions" (McDonalds Egg McMuffin Meal) I was ready to get moving.
Pretty nice weather overall. Cloudy for the entire day and not particularly warm. I have a feeling that I may have seen the warmest day already and things will get progressively chillier as I keep making progress North.
I absolutely love the ride between Lake Louise and Jasper. Endless mountain ranges and stunning vistas of glaciers almost the entire way. Our spring has been quite late this year so there's still plenty of snow in the mountains.
Stopped at a few choice spots for photos. I've done this route dozens of times but still I am awed by the majesty of the Columbia Glacier and surrounding area. 300 + square kilometers of huge and thick glaciers.
Stopped for lunch in Jasper. The end of a nice summer weekend and Jasper was a bit of a gong show. It's normally Banff's quieter sister town but today it was like being in downtown Calgary.
The ride from Jasper to Prince George is also quite beautiful and already you get a sense of getting much farther from civilization. It's a pretty big gap between towns (about 250 kilometers) and there's literally nothing in between. Very little traffic or signs of life today.
I've been quite fortunate to already start the animal count. The first animal was when my odometer on my bike clicked '3000' and I had a friend jump out into the road to celebrate the milestone - a huge black bear. He jumped out in front of me so that I had plenty of time to stop, but then decided he was going to come join me for the party. He walked straight towards me which is a bit unnerving on a motorcycle. He then darted into the brush and was gone. A truly magnificent beast.
In total I saw five black bears and one grizzly today (yes, I'm sure it was a grizzly - size, colour, hump). A few deer but no moose today in spite of kilometers and kilometers of warning signs. Unfortunately, my bear friends, the Bearendsons, were too quick and didn't hang around long enough for a portrait. Perhaps the next time.
Equipment updates: bike is working well, not as comfortable as myt VFR but not too bad. New tires work well and stick well to the road (wet and dry). One-piece riding gear is actually waterproof - tested in for the last hour today in a downpour. GPS and SPOT are working well and the SPOT is posting updates.
Tomorrow I'm off to Hyder, Alaska. Another long day before the pace becomes much less demanding.
The bike all loaded up.
Crowfoot Glacier
Posing in front of the Athabasca Glacier
The Red Beast - Athabasca Glacier
Athabasca Glacier
Bow Glacier - Our drinking water supply for much of the West and Western US
Mount Robson - One of Canada's Highest Peaks
superfunkomatic screwed with this post 06-02-2014 at 08:10 PM
Funky Monkey Trunk
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary, Ab
Oddometer: 95
Day 2 - Prince George to Hyder, Alaska
Distance Traveled: 704 kilometers
Time on bike: 7:00am - 5:30 pm
High/Low temp: 10 celcius (Prince George) / 24 celcius (Hyder)
Animal Count: 10 bears, 1 bald eagle, 1 moose, 1 beaver
What a terrific day of riding. Another long day on the road but the scenery was amazing.
The ride from Prince George to Houston was easy open roads and some scenery. It was like a ride through Saskatchewan or the desert of Utah or Nevada. I mean that in a good way. It's pretty unique t go through hundreds and hundreds of kilometers of boreal forest. You really get a sense of how untouched most of the north really is. Very little traffic, no towns and little civilization.
Internet access is available but is quite limited. Even phone access for cellphones here in Hyder doesn't work. To be honest - that's not such a bad thing in our "wired 24/7 world". It's kinda nce, actually.
The mountains of northern BC are colossal. Immense and snow covered. Truly awe-inspiring. Vast glaciers and huge peaks. I've honestly been talking to myself. "awesome", "holy crap". There are also stunning lakes in the aptly named "lake district".
I've seen many animals. More bears, a moose, deer, a beaver and bald eagles. They must have some special contract as I haven't been able to capture any of them with the camera.
The last 60 kilometers from Meziadin Junction to Hyder were nothing short of amazing. unreal glaciers and mountains. Pictures will have to be in my photo bucket account until I have better Internet access.
I met two nice fellows today when riding. Jason, from Seattle, at Kitiwanga for a photo and Chris, from California, here at the Sealaska Motel in Hyder. Had dinner and a beer tonight together. I'm going to ride with Chris tomorrow to Telegraph Creek. It's great to meet like minds along the way. I'm always amazed how easy it is to make connections with people on trips like this yet at home we'd likely never say "boo" to one another. More on our chat when I have more time.
Also, like when I lived in Yellowknife, the long days are already boosting my energy level. It's 10:30 and still light and it feels like 6:00pm to me. I'm going to have to get some sleep now and add more to these posts as I have time.
I will be "off the grid" for the next day or two. I'm hoping to snag a cabin in Telegraph Creek for a day or two depending on road conditions and weather.
Rest Stop along the way
Miles and miles of miles and miles
World's Biggest Fly Fishing Rod - Houston, BC
Junction to the North - Kitwanga, BC - Cassiar Highway
superfunkomatic screwed with this post 06-02-2014 at 08:11 PM
Funky Monkey Trunk
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary, Ab
Oddometer: 95
Day 3 - Hyder, AK to Watson Lake, YT
Distance: 734 kilometers
Time Riding: 7:00am - 8:30 pm (ouch, long day!)
Temps: Low (8 degrees in Hyder/ 28 in Dease Lake)
Really good day of riding but a bit long after three marathons in a row.
Hyder is a nice and quaint little town. Quiet and old fashioned - late openings and early closings. No traffic and no noise. Lovely starlit nights. The Sealaska hotel was just fine - cheap, clean and had exactly what I needed a good fish and chips dinner, beer and a bed and bath - for $65/night.
The day started off fantastically well. Up before the sun and off to the Salmon Glacier about 35 kilometers from Hyder. Oh, My, God! Absolutely amazing sight. It's a bit of a bumpy and rocky ride but man was it worth it. The road goes from basically sea level up to about 3500 feet. The end of the ride is a view perched over the glacier and it wraps around the entire mountain.
What was especially cool was that I had the entire top of the mountain to myself. Talk about a great place to just sit and gawk. The shear beauty and immensity of the glacier boggles my mind. It hangs there and defies reason. It's a must see if you happen to be up this way.
Back to the hotel to get the American guy I met yesterday to continue to ride out to what we thought was going to be Telegraph Creek. The weather started to turn and the road has a bit of a reputation as being nasty at the best of times. So we elected to go right through to Watson Lake which ended up being a long day. I would have stopped at Dease Lake - but honestly there was no where to stay - gas station and a few buildings and not a particularly good feeling either. I'll see on the way back down if I have time to go there as it sounds like a really neat little place.
The roads from Hyder got progressively worse the farther north we got. They started out better than most any road back at home and deteriorated into nasty gravel and construction zones. I guess there is a lot of maintenance to keep these highways drivable and usable. Some spots were bordering on scary for motorcycles with huge sharp rocks and fist sized 'gravel'. But, we made it without incident.
The chip-sealed pavement is very hard on tires. My tires took a significant beating today and are showing marked wear after the roads today. I may have to stop in Alaska somewhere and have them replaced on the way up or for sure on the way back home. I do have enormous luggage (at least that's what I tell all the girls) and it's heavy so the wear is expected but maybe a bit quicker than I'd hoped. The Heidenau K60s are good tires and pretty good on pavement, a bit squirrelly on chip-seal and fantastic on gravel and hard packed surfaces.
Not a lot of animals today. A momma bear and cub at Dease River crossing. Cute little bugger - really pissed off momma. Apparently honking for them to get of the road triggers a nasty protective streak - bear gives cars and motorcycles the worst 'stink-eye' ever! ;) No sign of Benito Moose-o-lini today although I'm sure we'll cross paths eventually.
The long daylight is already making me want to stay up all the time. It gets dark, dark around midnight here. In a few days and farther north it'll be light all the time.
Not exactly sure if I'll follow my plan tomorrow or not. I have to check the maps and see where I'll make it tomorrow.
Internet up here is so slow its only useful for my text posts and I haven't been able to upload my images. Maybe once I get to larger towns it'll improve.
Bear Glacier on the Highway to Hyder, AK/Stewart, BC
Bear Glacier
Bear Glacier - Check out how blue the ice is
Salmon Glacier - 50k North of Hyder, AK on a dirt road
superfunkomatic screwed with this post 06-02-2014 at 08:12 PM
Joined: Jun 2006
Location: Lodi, Ca
Oddometer: 862
Have a safe trip, it's going to be a good one.
There is a hotel in Dease Lake if you return that way.
Next to the Gas Station behind the trees.
Northway Motor Inn
Unless you are going to Prudhoe Bay, I would skip Fairbanks and take the Denali Hwy between Cantwell and Paxson, then up to Delta Junction, back down to Tok and then Top of the World Hwy to Dawson.
The loop up around Fairbanks is not that scenic compared to elsewhere.
I think the Dempster to Inuvik is the best ride up there.
Funky Monkey Trunk
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary, Ab
Oddometer: 95
Thanks for the info. I think I might skip down to Valdez instead tomorrow. I'll see how the weather is tomorrow. I'm in Tok right now and I'm behind on posting as I camped the last night and haven't had Internet access.
Funky Monkey Trunk
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary, Ab
Oddometer: 95
Day 4 - Watson Lake, YT to Whitehorse, YT
Distance: 438 kilometers
Riding Time: 9:30 am – 3:30pm
Temps: Low 10 (morning in WL) / High 22 ( Late in afternoon WH)
Today was a much shorter day in comparison with the first three days. Perfect timing, too. I needed to slow down the pace and not burn out early in the trip - there are still plenty of kilometers left to ride.
Slept in until 7am this morning. Had a relaxing start with a good breakfast to start the day off right. Watson Lake hasn't got a lot of amenities. It's basically a village with one street and only a handful of businesses. "Kathy's" had a decent deal for an omelette and was open early enough to have a meal before we set off.
The accommodations last night were excellent. $69/night for a double. It was clean, the management, a guy named Michael was superb. He was helpful, friendly and a good ambassador for the north. A german immigrant that moved to Canada in the nineties. He's passionate about Canada in general and was happy to talk about our travels. I highly recommend staying at the Air Force Barracks that has been remodeled - excellent value.
Once again, Chris, the Californian, rode with me today. We ended up following several other bikes on and off throughout the day on the way to Whitehorse. A group of two on KLRs and a couple on a Goldwing would stop and chat at rest stops or gas stations. You meet some really friendly folks while traveling on motorcycle - a pretty closely knit group.
The road today was easy going and quite scenic. It's an endless parade of broad vistas and mountain ranges. I can really get a sense of just how vast the land is up here. I also continue to be amazed by the very first explorers of this land and just how treacherous and dangerous their journeys must have been. The forests are jam-packed with trees of every sort and so dense you can see no more than a few feet in.
The beauty is so continuous and endless that it defies a photographer to capture it. I could spend hours and hours taking pictures of every few kilometers along the way. Unfortunately, the vastness *prevents stops for too long or I'd never make any ground at all.
Upon arriving at Whitehorse we both set up camp. The weather was very threatening and looked like a storm of epic proportions. Yet, by the time we set up it blew over and it's been quite nice. The first camping experience for me in many years. It's a little campground just outside of the town of Whitehorse - The Robert Service Campground. Kinda a little hippy commune - very quirky, nice and clean and dirt cheap - $18.00 a night.
With all the weight that I'm carrying the rear tire is not going to make the entire trip. I'll have to schedule rest days in Anchorage or Fairbanks to get some new rubber mounted on the bike. I guess this is a lesson in packing much lighter, although I've taken only what I need to be safe. It's a pretty careful balance I guess. A new set of tires in Alaska should just get me back to Calgary. Crazy, eh?
As I sit now I wind down, relax and had a short walk along the river front. A great vacation riding day. Tomorrow is a shorter day again with a journey off to Tok and making my way towards the western parts of Alaska. I'm really looking forward to this part of the trip.
Sign Post Forest - Watson, Lake - A lonely WWII pilot started this.
superfunkomatic screwed with this post 06-02-2014 at 08:13 PM
Funky Monkey Trunk
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary, Ab
Oddometer: 95
Day 5 - Whitehorse, YK to Tok, AK
Distance: 628 kilometers
Time on bike: 9:30am-8:30pm
Temp. Highs and Lows: 0 degrees for most of the day/15 celcius in Tok, AK
Well, I must admit. Last night was the first time I have camped in almost ten years. It was really fun. It's so nice to sleep with all the fresh air. The Robert Service Campground was perfect. It had showers, a cool little food and coffee shop and an all around 'hippy' vibe. It was close to the pathway system and I really should have gone for a run (been completely wasted by the end of these long riding days).
I had been watching the VFRdiscussion forum lately and a guy from the San Francisco Bay area was riding his VFR up to Alaska. Said we'd watch out for each other. Well, I know the lovely sound of a V4 engine and heard one pull into the campground. Low and behold, it was him. As luck would have it our paths crossed - me going farther West and he was returning back down and heading out for another round. Good guy. He even brought over brew so we could sit and chat - although it was Bud. I guess beggars can't be choosers.
Met a guy in the campground from Edmonton (another Mike and another teacher) who was returning from the Dempster highway. He seemed to think that using some common sense and trying to plan for nasty weather was all that was needed to make it up the highway successfully. No horror stories from him which is reassuring.
Preparing for the ALCAN today was interesting. I was up and ready to go in about 1/2 an hour. My partner who has been along for the ride was a bit too focussed on getting his packing 'just so'. After about one and a half hours - I had my shower, breakfast, stopped to talk to a few people - he was still monkeying around with his stuff. Call this the beginning of the end....
As we set out from Whitehorse the weather immediately took a turn for the worse. It cooled off to just above freezing and started raining profusely. Oh well, I knew it would be coming at some point - well, here it is!
It continued to pour all the way to Haines Junction. About every 10 minutes my riding 'partner' decided he needed to stop to change layers, add layers, monkey with his GPS, etc, etc. Over the course of the day this would add three, yes three, hours to the day. This combined with relentless bitching and whining about being cold. Dude! It's the Arctic, what did you expect? Needless to say I was fine but our pace slowed and slowed.
A bit disappointing that the weather had socked in at Kluane National Park. It looks absolutely stunning but was hard to see through the thick veil of fog, sleet and rain. I'll see if I have better luck on the way back down to try this area again in better weather.
We stopped for an almost two hour lunch in Destruction Bay. Two hours? Ouch! Someone, who shall remain nameless was cold. I had some great discussions with a feller from Nova Scotia (another teacher - retired, notice a theme with the travelers?). This is his third trip across Canada on his old 80s Goldwing. He had been separated from his riding partners and they really disappeared. No one, including the RCMP could find them - he'd been calling for two days. Apparently they passed each other and they were now almost a day's ride ahead. They were soon to be reunited.
Also talked with a group from South America who were riding bottom to top of the two continents. Talk about a long journey. There was also a nice feller from Ontario who was coming back down from Inuvik and the Dempster, also on a KLR, so he said I'd be just fine! ;)
The ALCAN is another story altogether. I'd hardly call this a 'highway' anymore. It looks like it was built in WWII. It's a complete disaster. They are patching it to keep it useable. Unfortunately, rain, sleet, mud and a newly excavated highway are not a good combination. It was slippery and in spots quite treacherous. As we approach one of the many tens of kilometers of road work we were greeted with an ambulance rushing someone out and followed shortly thereafter by their bike on a tow truck. Not exactly the sign I was hoping for. Apparently, according to the road crew, they were 'seriously hurt' and were almost medi-vac'd off the highway. Yikes.
While it was slow going and there were a few hair-raising moments here and there the journey through was a success. There were certainly some 'check your shorts' moments. Almost 100 kilometers of broken road, mud and frost heaves but we made it successfully.
When we got to Beaver Creek we took a rest, again. Got some fuel and my 'partner' discussed just stopping there for the day. Um, no. Tok is the destination and the difficult riding was done. Again, another step towards the beginning of the end. This combined with a flippant remark from me that 'better be prepared for our Canadian summer' - didn't go over well.
Crossing the border was a cinch and from that point on my 'partner' took off, never to be seen again. I couldn't believe it. I'd waited for half the day for him while he was cold but when we got on *to the nice paved roads again he left me in the dust. In retrospect this was a good thing since he never stopped for a picture, to check out historical sites or anything. I'll be better off going forward. Not sure why so many riders are bent on speeding through their vacation, oh well.
Even with the extra hour I gained by crossing the border into Alaska I got into a room at 8:30. 9:30am to 8:30 pm for a half-day ride. Ouch! I stayed at Fast Eddy's Motel and Restaurant. It was seventies chic but very clean and well looked after. A great place to crash for the day. I was completely exhausted from the tough roads, weather and 'company'. Tomorrow will be a completely different ride. Off to Valdez.
The Red Beast - Gettin' Dirty
The Alaska Highway aka ALCAN Highway - Mucky, Muddy Mess of Construction
Day's End - Camping in Whitehorse, YT
superfunkomatic screwed with this post 06-02-2014 at 08:14 PM
Funky Monkey Trunk
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary, Ab
Oddometer: 95
Day 6 - Tok, AK to Valdez, AK
Distance: 253.8 miles (409 kilometers)
Time on the bike: 9:00am-3:30pm
Temp Highs and Lows: 8 celcius (Tok)/ 65 degrees (Valdez)
I was a bit torn as to where to go today. I keep looking at my rear tire and know there are only a couple thousand kilometers of life left in it. Then I look at my agenda and plans.*
Hmmm, do I go to Fairbanks and get the tire changed right away then go West? That would mean I'd use up my rest days, ride all the way West, then have to loop back to come to the Dempster highway and Inuvik - lots of extra riding. Maybe the smart thing to do.
Or... do I head to Valdez and the scenery, catch the ferry from Valdez to Whittier then work my way to Anchorage or Fairbanks for a few rest days and tire changes? Looked at the tire again - I think it'll make it. Hopefully not 'famous last words' by the intrepid traveler and narrator.
Slept in a bit today since it was only going to be a short half-day ride (unlike yesterday). Got loaded up, fueled up, and decided - 'what the hell', I'm going to Valdez.
The connecting highway from Tok is really beautiful. Lots of marshes, Elias-Wrangell mountain ranges, and a scenic ride. It's hard to believe that for all of these first six days I have been flanked by mountains to one side or another the entire time. Well, I'm not mountained out yet. This beauty combined with only seeing about 20 cars all morning was the perfect remedy for a challenging riding day yesterday.
The weather cooperated all day and even the nasty black cloud heeded my pleas for 'no rain today'.
Along the way I ran into Jason, the Seattle dude, that I met in Kitwanga. Stopped and had a chat. Turns out we're going to the same place and will be taking the ferry at the same time tomorrow.
The scenery was awesome all day. Especially the Worthington Glacier and Thompson Pass. The Worthington Glacier is amazing and you can drive, then walk, right to the terminus of the glacier. Completely awestruck again. The Thompson Pass, not high by the standards of some of the passes I've ridden before, but still amazing. The highway is only at about 1000 feet with 8000 foot peaks on either side. A gagillion glaciers (okay, a lot) and lots of eye candy for the journey. The pass goes up to 2100 feet or so then defends right down into Valdez and sea-level.
Got to Valdez. Grabbed some grub, booked the ferry ride for tomorrow, and relaxed at the Totem Inn Hotel. Pretty nice digs, a bit expensive ($140/night - two queens), but nice. The town of Valdez is amazing. It's at the foot of two mountain ranges and flanked by the ocean. There is a huge glacial moraine just outside of the town and another enormous glacier (Valdez glacier). It's one of the most scenic small towns I've seen.
Off to Whittier and points beyond tomorrow. I'll decide on the ferry just how far I'll continue to go. It's a 4.5 hour ferry ride. I'll likely be incredibly sea sick (I get sick looking out the windows of city transit busses). So I'll likely skip down to Homer. If I feel better I may head back towards Anchorage and Denali. Likely the former and not the latter.
What a great ride and relaxing day. I think I'll stick to riding alone for a while unless I meet a really compatible riding partner.
Tok Highway
Worthington Glacier
Top of the Thompson Pass - Just before Valdez, AK
Bridal Veil Falls
superfunkomatic screwed with this post 06-02-2014 at 08:15 PM
Funky Monkey Trunk
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary, Ab
Oddometer: 95
Day 7 - Valdez, AK to Homer, AK
Distance: 186 miles (300 kilometers)
Time on Bike: 1:45pm to 6:00pm
Temps: High (20 Soldotna / 10 celcius - Valdez,AK)
The hotel I picked turned out to be quite nice. Kind of a mid-level hotel which was nicely furnished. One draw back - paper thin walls. The couple next door began watching TV at about 11pm and kept going until 4am! Ugh!
This was a bit of a problem since I had to be at the ferry terminal at 6am. Finally, at 4am I had enough and pounded on the wall and shared a few choice words (expletives) with them. The noise miraculously stopped.
I was up and set for the ferry right on time. When I arrived a woman with a Palinesque voice said that they didn't have tie downs with bikes. "Not sure if we have anything at all, you'll have to get your own." Um, yeah, at 6am on a Saturday morning? Well in Valdez the Safeway opens at 4:30am - yes, you read that right. Got a bit of rope and I was all set.
Quick check-in at the terminal and was loaded on the ferry. I ran into Jason (Seattle dude) again and spent the day with him and a guy from Alaska on the ferry.
What a stunning ride. Normally I get violently ill when I go on boats, especially on the ocean. When I saw the size of the ferry - very small for the trip - I was a bit anxious. Well, as it turns out it was a piece of cake. The inside straight that we took was perfectly calm for all but a few minutes of the five hour journey.
One of the 'sights' was the location of the Exxon Valdez spill. The fellow I sat with, Ken, works in oil and knew a lot about the accident. The captain of the ship pointed out the location and Ken talked about how things went wrong and the damage that is still there all around the Valdez area - permanently. I can't imagine what it must have looked like to have 11 million barrels of oil (42 gallons in each) spilled all over that area. Apparently things are much safer now and ships are guided out by coastguard and don't navigate on there own any more. He said that 2 million barrels *of oil are still shipped from that port every day. Unreal.
Lots of marine life on the journey - bald eagles, sea otters, stellar seals and humpback whales. The coolest thing was watching a pod of humpback whales feed and breech the surface. One of the whales came about ten feet out of the water and slapped his fin on the surface. You could hear the sound from hundreds of feet away. That alone was worth the price of the ferry trip.
When we arrived at Whittier we parted ways and headed off for the tunnel out of the town. It's very strange to ride through the almost five kilometre tunnel to get out of the mountain range. What's even more odd is that you have to ride your motorcycle between the rails for five kilometers in a darkish cave.
As soon as you reach the end of the tunnel there are unbelievable mountains and glaciers right around the corner. I was lucky enough to zip over to the Portage Glacier and snap a few pics. Soon after I got back on the highway and within five minutes the weather went from sunny to socked in damp, drizzle then hellacious rain. It rained buckets for more than an hour.
The ride to Homer was a piece of cake and not quite as scenic until the end of the ride. This was the busiest of any highway so far with weekend traffic - kinda like long weekend traffic at home. Saw a few moose on the roadside again. It was bloody windy on the coastal side of the highway. The wind was a gale for the last 130 kilometers of the day. The views across Cook Inlet are astounding and across the sound in the other direction are several active volcanoes.
I've now ridden motorcycles to the most westerly point in North America (Anchor Point, AK), the southern most in California, and ridden the entire highway 1 from top to bottom of North America - a lot of kilometers over the last 6 years.
I checked out the 'spit' area of Homer for hotels or camping. It's an interesting outdoor market with restaurants, bars and specialty/gift shops and was the most touristy thing I've seen thus far. Also, it was way too windy for camping in my opinion and probably quite cool on the waterfront. Found a room at the Best Western (should be Most Expensive Western) but I figured I'd treat myself to a nice room tonight to rest up for the push East again and towards the North.
I'll be riding to the Trapper Creek area and close to Denali. If it's nice I'll camp out, if not, I'll find indoor accommodations. I may not have internet access for the next few days so my next update will be from Dawson City, YT if the weather is nice or Tok, AK again if the weather is not.
The Real Deal - Excellent Guy - Jason from Seattle
Looking Back at Valdez, AK from the ferry
Chunk of Glacial Ice floating in the ocean - perty!
Portage Glacier just outside of the ferry at Whittier, AK
Looking across Cook Inlet from Homer, AK
Cook Inlet
superfunkomatic screwed with this post 06-02-2014 at 08:16 PM
Funky Monkey Trunk
Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary, Ab
Oddometer: 95
Day 8 - Homer, AK to Talkeetna, AK
Distance: 368 miles / 592 kilometers
Time on bike: 9:30am - 6:00 pm
Temp: Nasty cold, rainy - 8-10 celcius all day
Well, right from the get-go this morning it was a challenging day. It was drizzling rain when I put all the gear back on the bike. Then about 10 minutes into the ride it stopped. With the coastal winds and the low temperature the morning ride was quite cool (only 8 celcius with massive winds).
Before I left I had a pretty good chat with a family from Kodiak island who had to spend an extra night because of a mechanical issue with one of the ferries. Alaskans are very, very friendly and accommodating. I've had nothing but positive contacts with them thus far.
One guy, a 'dude', came by after and was looking at the bike and the plates - "dude, that's an f'n sweet bike. Dude, you rode that all the way here. Sweet! Dude, you're so awesome. Then shook my hand and off he went."
Hazy, cloudy and foggy meant there wasn't much to see on the way out and back on the Sterling Highway. No animal life to speak of except wild drivers. It's a fairly narrow road and very well traveled so again today there was nearly bumper to bumper all the way to Soldotna.
Stopped to warm up and have some lunch. Finally things started to warm up outside and I even saw the sun. It's beginning to feel like riding in the Pacific Northwest (North 'wet).
The weather held until I passed the Portage Glacier again and turn towards Anchorage. In the distance (looking towards Anchorage) I could see the looming storm. Ugh! More rain riding. And did it rain! Epic rain all the way to my end of day destination. It rained cats, dogs, sheep, goats, and elephants.
By the end of the day I was looking forward to lodging and a meal. I though Trappers Creek would be a good place to stop because of its proximity to Denali National Park. Unfortunately, there's nothing really there - a 24 hour gas station with lodging - and they were full.
I back tracked to Talkeetna to have a look. This added about 50-75 kilometers to the journey but was it worth it! What a cool little village. It's all artists, artisans and has a unique hippy culture.
I stayed at the Talkeetna Motel and Restaurant. Very simple accommodation that was like staying in a relative's basement. Outdated furniture and decoration but it was very clean, comfortable and was a little self-contained suite. The owners are especially friendly and helpful. She gave me the low-down on where to eat, what to do and a bit of history of the area. It's a bit pricey for what you get but I'm guessing the tourist season in this neck of the woods is short. Plus I don't mind helping out small businesses and these types of mom and pop operations.
Had some pizza by the slice at a cool little shop - Mountain High Pizza. Really good pie and reasonably priced.
I bunked in and listened to the rain which continued to pour right through until the morning and beyond….
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Yummy Pizza
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Location: Calgary, Ab
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Day 9 - Talkeetna, AK to Denali National Park to Fairbanks, AK
Distance: 270 miles / 435 kilometers
Time on bike: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Temps: Low of 5 celcius (Denali National Park)/ High of 15 (Fairbanks)
When I got up this morning I figured for sure it had stopped raining. Nope. Still going. After I packed up the 'packing gods' smiled down on me and gave me about 10 minutes without rain to get everything situated on the bike. Then, it started raining again.
I zipped back down the highway on the Talkeetna Spur, a little jut of land that it sits on, to the first gas station on the Parks Highway that leads to Denali.
The original plan today was to visit Denali park, do some walking/hiking, explore, see the visitor's centre then jet off to Fairbanks on the Old Denali Highway. Well, with the weather being as nasty as it has been for the past day and today riding a gravel road that has no services and is not well traveled didn't seem like a very good idea. I elected to stick to the Parks Highway for the whole day.
Not ten minutes into the ride I notice a bike coming up behind me that looked familiar. Yep, it's Jason (Seattle dude), and he's heading in the same direction. We rode together for a while then would leap frog each other with stops along the way.
After several hours of intensely bitter wind, heavy rain and cold temps for riding (only about 5-8 degrees celcius) we decided to find a place to warm up and eat. Jason asked an attendant at a gas station just inside the Denali Park for suggestions on where to eat. We ended up taking his recommendation and going to the Creekside Cafe. Delicious food, excellent service in a small cozy little log style a-frame building. Yummy homemade two bean veggie burger with an excellent tomato spiced soup. Perfect to get the core temp. back up.
Our next stop was the Denali Visitor Centre and Park. No sign of the mountain anywhere it was veiled in a thick soupy mist and rainy clouds. A bit disappointing to have this happen after riding all this way but I knew that many a day in the park there is no visibility of the mountain. Hard to believe that it's about 90 miles long and none of it was visible.
Upon entering the park I noticed a friendly park ranger at the park sign. He, rather she, was waiting right at the sign for me. An enormous momma moose with her calf in tow. They were dining on the local greenery around the sign. Just when I got ready to take a picture some jackass walked right up to them, only meters away, and scared them off. No picture from this perfect opportunity. Ugh! I was feeling vexed and still had no pictures of wildlife.
I met Jason at the Visitor Centre and wandered around for about 45 minutes inside. It's a relatively new facility with excellent educational information and presentations. There's even a large theatre showing videos about the park - they were excellent.
Jason was going to hang around a bit longer and being cold and wet I figured it was time to venture on towards the day's destination.
I felt a little dejected about the moose incident. On the way out of the park, kinda bummed out, I approached the park gate again. Only one vehicle there but someone is trying to take pictures. Jackpot. The moose are still there! I sprung into action and got some excellent pics (to be posted later).
I can't believe how stupid some tourists are. A few potential Darwin awards winners were nearly touching the moose. It was over 6 feet tall and must have weighed about a ton. Oh yeah, and it had a baby hiding behind it. Can you say recipe for disaster?
A few kilometers outside of Denali National Park the rain finally subsided. Finally, a break from the rain. It was overcast and cool but at least I could finally dry out a bit.
I pushed on ever closer to Fairbanks. Then, I made one of those stupid mistakes. Looked at a gas station, check my fuel range, kept riding. In hindsight this always looks like a bad decision. Well, it was. With only 10 kilometers left in the journey I ran out of gas. Damn! I couldn't believe it - so close.
It's a heavy bike so I pushed started it and got it going for another 2 kilometers. Then it died again. Double dog damn! Uh oh. Now what?
I remembered reading online about how the KLR has part of the tank drooped over the right side of the frame where it won't be able to move into the petcock and be used to fuel the engine. If you lean the bike right over on it's side (left) you can get that last morsel of gasoline out into the useable side of the tank. I took off all the bags and gear (it's darn heavy), tilted the bike and crossed my fingers. Triple flip damn! Still won't start. Luckily the final few kilometers are all down hill into Fairbanks. I let it roll until I got up to about 20 kilometers an hour - still not starting. One more try and it sputtered but still won't start. I began my usual tirade of expletives at myself for being so stupid. One more try I thought. Got it up to speed again and she fired right up. I made it to the first gas station where I filled it up. I had only about 500 ml of fuel left in the tank. Crazy, but I made it.
I looked around for hotels. Tried a few but $150 a night to stay in Super 8 like accomodation - crazy! I went to a motel I researched online - The Golden North Motel. $85 a night is more than what I'd like to spend but it's basically half the price of the others. It's old but clean, has wireless service, TV and fridge/microwave. It'll be perfect for a two day rest.
My rear tire is getting to the point where it's likely unwise to continue to ride and the front has plenty of life. I'll head over to a dealer that's right around the corner tomorrow and see if they can set me up with tires for the trip up to Inuvik.
Denali Visitor Centre
The yummiest veggie burger - Evah!
From whence I came - Denali Park in the background - and the nasty weather left behind.
Benito Moose-o-lini
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Joined: Jun 2010
Location: Calgary, Ab
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Day 10 - Fairbanks, AK - Off the Bike Day
When I picked my accomodation I wanted to be as close as possible to the motorcycle dealer so I can zip over and find out about a tire change. As luck would have it the motel and dealer are on the same block - how fortuitous! Harley Davidson Farthest North Outpost has Harleys, Hondas, BMW and KTM. Perfect - they'll likely have dual sport tires that will work for my bike.
I got to sleep in a bit today and ventured over on the bike for their 9:00 am opening. A couple other people hanging out waiting, too. I was third in line so I figured it would be a cinch to get in and get the tires done. I have all day so it's not a rush as long as they are ready for me to ship out tomorrow.
Talked to the service manager. Sorry, we don't do work on Kawasaki's - "we don't have time." Tire changes? Is it different to change tires on a Harley, Honda or Kawasaki? I bit my tongue. "Why are you even here?" He asked. "You should go to the Kawasaki dealer." Wow, that's customer service. I bit my tongue again.
"We only service what we sell. We don't have time for anything else." Huh? There are only 3 customers and you're already working on two of their bikes. That busy? I bit my tongue again.
"I have tools, I'll take the wheels off for you, should only take about 15-20 minutes to change the tires," I said. Still met with reservation.
Then he showed me where I could work on my bike. He didn't want me on the pavement because it would "interfere with the real customers." Yep, that's what he said. He pointed to a gravel area that would be, "out of his way." Haha. You just got laugh at times like these. "Yes, sir, no problem. I'll have the wheels off in a second for you." Haha.
Then he asked me to take the wheels from the bike to the back. So I did, only to get yelled at by the shop techie for being "behind the line." "Did I see THE SIGN?" - read "Idiot. I hate my job and yelling at you makes me feel better". Nope, I said. My apologies. The service manager said I was getting in their way by dropping them off and if I wasn't careful they wouldn't do them at all. Another ultimatum.
Finally I got things sorted out with the parts staff - they have tires that will fit. Then he reluctantly agreed to do them but didn't even come to talk to me again until the tires were mounted. He put the tires at the counter and handed me the bill -"Go pay at the cashier." When people are jerks like this I like to add fuel to the fire - "Wow! Thanks so much. Really appreciate the hard work. You're doing me a big solid here. Thanks again." All as polite as punch. When really I'm thinking how many way I could tell him to shove the tires into various orifices. But, I didn't. I got the tire done and off I went. Normally I'm the first one to sing the praises of businesses that go the extra mile - this guy did, unfortunately he was stuck in reverse. Not a pleasant experience and I'd recommend that if you need anything done - seek service elsewhere from one of the other couple dealers or shops in town here in Fairbanks. While he did ultimately get the work done for me he charge me $100 for mounting two tires that he didn't even take off the bike. Karma is a bitch my friend - prepare to have done to you as you have to others.
The new tires are a bit more 'streety' than the ones on the bike previously - that's really all they had that would fit. The tires are Pirelli Scorpion Trail - about 80 road / 20 gravel and off-road. I think they'll do the trick. They'll certainly last a lot longer on the chip-sealed pavement and highways on the way home than my 50/50 tires did. In retrospect I should have brought another set of the Heidenau K60 Scout tires with me, or at least, another rear just so that I didn't have the hassle of finding someone to replace it. Live and learn I guess.
I met a really nice couple from Ohio and spent the hour or two chatting it up with them. They were riding tandem all over the north on a big GSA BMW. Really nice bike. He even helped with me putting the wheels back on the bike.
Also got a hand from a nice feller from Wisconsin. Riding a Harley getting a service done while he's up here on vacation. He offered to help steady the bike while I popped it up on the stand and a side case to take the wheels off.
We all had some good chats about our trips, our lives back at home and of course, bikes.
I'm hanging around the motel for some lunch, some updates and to rest and relax. Tomorrow I head off to Dawson City, YK. It's a bit of a long day followed by the last two days to get up to Inuvik.
**Edit - if you need a tire change there are two really good small dealers in Delta Junction and Tanana - Honda/Yamaha. I'd check them out first. Small towns = cheap accomodations, plus dealers actually interested in business.
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Day 11 - Fairbanks, AK to Dawson, YT
Distance: 388 miles / 625 kilometers
Time on Bike: 9:30am - 5:30 pm
Temps: High 14 (Dawson) / Low 8 (Richardson Hwy)
Wow, what a great day for riding today. I couldn't have asked for better weather. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky for most of the day. Hardly anyone on the roads and the farther I got from the city the less I saw.
After a quick checkout this morning I was off on the Richardson Highway. It's freeway-like in Fairbanks and turns into a perfectly smooth, and vacant, two-lane highway all the way to Tok. The scenery is quite beautiful with snowy mountains lining the highway on the West side all the way down.
Stopped in Tok at Fast Eddies restaurant for lunch. I hadn't realized how cool it was this morning until I got off the bike. I was actually quite cold and took a bit of extra time to warm up and eat a good lunch. Great burger topped off with a huge slice of apple pie. Yummy!
The last part of the journey, and the longest, was the Taylor Highway aka The Top of the World Highway. Wow! It climbs up out of the valley to 1200m (3500 ft or so) at spots. The entire highway *runs along the ridge line of the mountain range. It's paved for the first third on the American side of the highway, then turns to gravel, then muck and construction right past the town of Chicken. The middle 1/3 of the road varies from deep sandy mix and wet clay to thick gravel. While they are rebuilding and rehabilitating parts of the road it gets a bit dicey for bikes. The combination of wet, slippery and deep mud are a challenge on two wheels. Luckily today there was no rain or moisture except for a few very short sections. I can't imagine taking a bike through here if it had rained or was raining - it would be a complete disaster and virtually impassable. I think it would even be a challenge for cars and trucks in those conditions.
The new tires (Pirelli Scorpion Trail) work surprisingly well in the dirt and gravel in dry conditions. They feel just like sport -touring tires when on the pavement. These tires would not be very good in any kind of wet conditions with gravel or mud.
I was fortunate enough to see another moose today. She was feasting in a roadside marsh area. I also saw the biggest porcupine in my life. He looked like a big rotund beast. I must have caught him sunning on the road because he didn't move until I was right up beside him. Unfortunately he did not hang around long enough for me to capture his portrait for posterity.
After hundreds of kilometers of gravel roads it was nice to arrive in Dawson. There is a hostel just before the Yukon river crossing at the ferry. I had a look since it was cheap. It looked fine. Then I zipped across the street to the provincial campground. For $12 a night it seemed like the best deal and the nice part is that due to being midweek it is virtually empty. After setting up the tent and such I wandered down to pay for the site in the dropbox and noted a sign warning of recent bear activity in the area. Yikes! Oh well. I guess anywhere up here is really a place of potential bear activity.
I wandered over to the ferry and took a jaunt around the town of Dawson. It is so cool. It's literally like walking back in time. The buildings are all period buildings from the turn of the 20th century and before. The frost heaved roads and well-worn streets and buildings are quite charming. I picked up a few supplies from a market and walked back to the ferry and the campground. The ferry runs back and forth across the river literally every few minutes which is very convenient.
Tomorrow is the real deal and the purpose of the trip - the ride up the Dempster highway. By all accounts it looks like it's going to be nice weather for the ride tomorrow. No rain forecast for days - fingers crossed that holds true. I'll be riding to Eagle Plains the first day and likely stopping there for the night to do the second half of the highway. Being that it is 400 kilometers for each part of the trip up I'll probably be tired after riding gravel and will want to stop. I'm really looking forward to venturing out onto the tundra tomorrow.
On the way to Delta Junction - Smashing view!
Top of the World Highway - I'll say!
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ATHENS, Ga. — Police say a newborn infant was stabbed to death in an Athens house, hours after being born.
Athens-Clarke police say the newborn's 21-year-old mother, Cassandra Elyse Norwood, has been charged with murder in connection with the baby's death Thursday afternoon.
The Athens Banner-Herald reports that Norwood was under guard at a hospital in the northeast Georgia city, where she was being treated for blood loss from giving birth. It wasn't clear early Friday whether she has an attorney.
Athens-Clarke police Capt. Clarence Holeman said investigators determined the baby boy was born in the home where she lived with her parents and other family members in the Waverly Woods subdivision.
Police said Norwood was alone in one part of the house when she gave birth without anyone else knowing.
jglass 2 years, 6 months ago
WOW, and there are so many people who want children. So sad that early in her pregnancy she did not decide to go through the adoption process. And now, a murderer. Too sad.
lmixon01 2 years, 6 months ago
I agree. Obviously she needs mental help and from the sounds of it she's going to finally get that and much more. I despise anybody that could take the life of a helpless baby when there are so many people out there that would PAY to have that precious child, and it wouldn't cost the mother ANYTHING. Some people just amaze me...
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