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Mobius V, May, 2010: [Seattle, WA to Anchorage, AK]
-Some inter-trip
Q&A, mid-winter planning
update,
pre-departure, Real-time
update from Travis
, and
from us.
-M-5
preface and first day with friends in
Anacortes, then crossing the
border into BC, and heading up Harrison
East FS road 'till we got
turned back by snow.
-
Following the Fraser river to
Lillooet, then camping at
Kelly lake, and on to
Gang Ranch, past some
cowboys, and over
Farewell canyon.
-Gas at
Williams Lake, and shelter at
Quesnel. Mostly dirt weaving around lakes to
Vanderhoof. The
evil crow episode, and a rainy night.
-More
dirt past
Lake Ootsa, and my favorite
Nadina Mountain.
Houston, BC for gas and then
Telkwa for the night.
-Our rainy day
assault on Telkwa pass, only to be
turned around again by snow, and then
trapped by a downed tree.
-
Pavement and more rain getting to
Terrace, another
backtrack getting to the
Lava fields to pick up the
Cassiar Hwy.
-Past
Bear glacier to
Stewart/Hyder, a side trip to see
Salmon glacier, back on
the Cassiar to
Dease Lake to camp.
-Into
Yukon territory, stopping at
Johnson's crossing, then a short ride to
Whitehorse, where we did maintenance and enjoyed Victoria Day.
-Meeting our
support crew for the rest of the way to Anchorage, stopping at
Buckshot Betty's,
Deadman Lake, then on to TOK, where
-We
ran into friends at Fast Eddies, sleeping at
Matanuska glacier.
Arriving to Anchorage, stowing the DRZ's and picking up rental bikes from
Motoquest.
-An
overnight to the Kenai peninsula, with stops at
Portage glacier,
Hope, the
Exit glacier,
Seward, and a great evening eating
fresh salmon and drinking on the beach with new friends.
-A visit to a drydock
boneyard, and
back to Anchorage where we killed time watching
seaplanes before
flying home.
