So after almost hitting another 100 mile ride from the night before, we were looking forward to a short ride and some rest down the road 22 miles from where we stopped for the evening. 22 miles meant Destruction Bay… Read More »Day 20: Short, but needed
Last night was cold! Or just seemed that way. In my sleeping bag and in my Everest bootys my feet were frozen. I had to get up in the middle of the night to get foot warmers just to heat… Read More »Day 19: There’s a Bear ahead
Saying goodbye to our new friends Jim, Janice, and Atlas (malamute), was surreal. We were so thankful for their hospitality and kindness. They just took a few strangers and their pet in for a night, served them tea, a warm… Read More »Day 18: Bye bye Alaska
Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap. I open my eyes to find exactly what I hoped it wasn’t. Rain. Light rain tapping away at the tent. Oh boy. I guess it will be another wet ride. What happened to Williams… Read More »Day 17: Pleasantly Surprised
So here we are again, ready to take off for another ride, goal being a little less….Get to Northway Junction. 48 miles away. Seemed measly, but today we knew we were going to experience lots of elevation changes, and were… Read More »Day 16: Lets see how much we weigh
Did we need a day a rest? Well lets see… 200 miles in 2 days. I’ll take a day of rest! It was more of a rest for the body today than the mind. Videos had to be uploaded, watched,… Read More »Day 15: Rest up!
We slept so well. I believe all 3 of us. As soon as our heads hit the pillows, and our body on the mattress and sleeping bags, we were out last night. Even Aurora went straight into the tent and… Read More »Day 14: Another 100
We had been itching to hit the road again, so we were happy. What was the goal today? Get to Delta Junction–98 miles away. So 7:30am we started to peddle. We remembered right outside Fairbanks was North Pole, Alaska and… Read More »Day 13: On the road again
I’m certain you are wondering why so long in Fairbanks, right?! Well we didn’t really want to be here this long, but we ran into a few issues. The biggest one was our shoe covers were torn up after being… Read More »Day 8-12: Fairbanks
Today could only be day 6.5 for one reason and one reason only…SNOW! We didn’t even make it to Day 7 before hitting the road because we happened to wake in the middle of our rest to a ton of… Read More »Day 6.5: No Time to Waste