20 days till departure

20 reasons why you should ride to Alaska

- to get a kiss from Bullwinkel

- to eat the freshest salmon

- to get your back scratched from a bear

- to be totally on your own

- to drive across the polar circle

- to take a swim in the Beaufort Sea

- to visit the most exiting game lodges in North America

- to get eaten by the biggest mosquitos alive

- to have 60+ days of quality time with your wife

- to go camping again in our age

- to enjoy the back pain in the morning rising out of the sleeping bag

- to get your coffee from a camping stove and not from Starbucks

- to figure out that also rain gear is not waterproof

- to find out with how little clothing you can travel

- to look good even if you haven't had a shower for days

- to find out how much your bud can take

- to howl with the wolves

- to find the beauty in nature

- to plan your daily route by the distance between petrol stations

- to find the greatest distance between you and your work place

30 days till departure

We are back on track!

Preparations for our trip have entered the final stages, all essentials have been collected and are stored on the floor in the study.  Last additions such as a Jetboil cartridge camping cooker, some rope to be used as washing line and for other things, cutlery and some last thoughts on functional garments have maxed out the capacity we can carry on the bike.  Any additional item has to be offset with cutting back on T-shirts and other none essential clothing.






The first set-up of our new tent went also without major problems and without killing each other.  Even so we took a little bit more than the advertised three minutes, and we should get faster on that, but it is really a walk in the park to set this tent up.  It provides sufficient space, the bike can be parked inside, and there is plenty of room to sit out a rainy day.  First judgement, worth the money spent on our Redverz bike tent.


  

  

We also have in the week since Ralph has returned from his business trip put some 500+ miles more on the bike and getting more comfortable again riding two up.  It will be of course different when all the luggage is added, and that will happen over the next weekends.

So spirits are up again that the trip will happen and we're counting the days down now as we are nearing the June 14th departure date.