Travelled from
Haines Junction, Alaska to
Tok, Alaska
The was the first day in our vacation that we can say was not great. We started out from breakfast with some sun but very black clouds in the skies. About 1/2 hr out of town our fuel injection light came on! We pulled over and the guys looked at a few things to see if they could fix it. No luck. We called a local mechanic from Honda and he did not deal with motorcycles, however did try to help, but the light stayed on. We drove about another hour in which the rains came and on went our lovely rain gear
grrrr!! When we next stopped for gas and Grant decided to call our mechanic in Markham who has worked on our bike many times. He told Grant there was no concerns and we could continue safely on our journey!! We all took a big sigh of relief. We are now in very remote, desolate land in Alaska. At times it reminds me of northern Ontario. The trees are small and narrow, growth very low here due to cold temps and the snow. It was cool with the temperature ranging between 11 and 13'C all day. We hit the worse roads of our biking careers, many bumps, dips, uneven pavement with huge grooves. This continued for approx 250kms and not fun at all to ride on. To top that off there was approx 6km of the road under construction and we rode through loose gravel, mud and just plain horrible, horrible roads. I have to admit there were a few times I was scared and a few times when we hit bumps I thought I was going to fly off the back of the bike!! Being still in constant rain made things so much worse. It is at times like this that I am so thankful for Grant's motorcycle skills and thankfully we all made it safely to our hotel. Our bikes are crazy dirty though!! We didn't see any wildlife today, however bikers we talked to while we were having our breakfast told us they say many bears in the morning! It was nice to get off the bikes, relax and have a great supper. I think it will get dark tonight close to midnight as we are farther north in Alaska now.
The was the first day in our vacation that we can say was not great. We started out from breakfast with some sun but very black clouds in the skies. About 1/2 hr out of town our fuel injection light came on! We pulled over and the guys looked at a few things to see if they could fix it. No luck. We called a local mechanic from Honda and he did not deal with motorcycles, however did try to help, but the light stayed on. We drove about another hour in which the rains came and on went our lovely rain gear grrrr!! When we next stopped for gas and Grant decided to call our mechanic in Markham who has worked on our bike many times. He told Grant there was no concerns and we could continue safely on our journey!! We all took a big sigh of relief. We are now in very remote, desolate land in Alaska. At times it reminds me of northern Ontario. The trees are small and narrow, growth very low here due to cold temps and the snow. It was cool with the temperature ranging between 11 and 13'C all day. We hit the worse roads of our biking careers, many bumps, dips, uneven pavement with huge grooves. This continued for approx 250kms and not fun at all to ride on. To top that off there was approx 6km of the road under construction and we rode through loose gravel, mud and just plain horrible, horrible roads. I have to admit there were a few times I was scared and a few times when we hit bumps I thought I was going to fly off the back of the bike!! Being still in constant rain made things so much worse. It is at times like this that I am so thankful for Grant's motorcycle skills and thankfully we all made it safely to our hotel. Our bikes are crazy dirty though!! We didn't see any wildlife today, however bikers we talked to while we were having our breakfast told us they say many bears in the morning! It was nice to get off the bikes, relax and have a great supper. I think it will get dark tonight close to midnight as we are farther north in Alaska now.
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