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So I left Winnipeg early Wednesday morning after watching my friend Aimee’s soccer team dominate their opponent the night before. I headed south quickly on highway 59 to the US/Canada border. I definitely was feeling sad about leaving Canada because I had such a good time throughout my stay in the country. But all good … Continue reading Flat lands = flat tires

When I think back about the past two months that I spent in Canada, I feel nothing but joy. My time biking there has been some of the happiest of my life. Even though when I entered Canada on the Alaska Highway and I had been rained on for a week and had another three … Continue reading Canada: Eh Retrospective

I quickly settled into a new rhythm of of biking long distances. My time spent in the saddle roughly stays the same but the lack of elevation change makes for easy travel, that is when the wind isn’t in my face. When I rode into Edmonton I met a woman commuting via bicycle and she … Continue reading Plains, trains, and automobiles

After leaving Dawson Creek without finding James Van Der Beek, much to my disappointment, I headed south to Wembley, Alberta. This was my first real day having to deal with the smoke from the wildfires raging further west from me. I had hoped to make it to Grande Prairie that day but breathing in the … Continue reading From Mountains to Plains

Thinking back over the past 2,437 kilometers that I have spent on the Alaska Highway, I can’t help but feel good about myself. I have spent much of the time in the mountains, getting rained on, and then in the last few days fighting extreme heat. I have met some amazing people, in many different … Continue reading The Alaska Highway: A Retrospective

Not you Frankie! And I didn’t mean it in that way! I was merely talking about myself biking in really hot weather. I left Fort Nelson on B.C. Day, it turned out to be a scorcher! I had hoped to go a long way, like 150 or so kilometers, I probably could have but along … Continue reading A bitch in heat

The night before I left Watson Lake I saw a fox walk past my tent while I was inside reading. I was kind of sad that I wasn’t able to snap a picture. Luckily nature intervened on my ride out of town. Not 10 kilometers into my ride a fox walked pas me and my … Continue reading Fox And Friends

So Cliff struck hard. But let’s rewind and give a bit of background into this. I hung around in Whitehorse for two days, and on my second rest day I was biking along the path that runs by the river and saw two other bike tourers. As I approached to say hi we all recognized … Continue reading Blame it on Cliff – 20170720-26 – Whitehorse to Watson Lake

I left Tok while it was still raining, but luckily the wind was at my back for the second time of the trip. I stopped at talked to some old guys touring. They were in the 60’s and 70’s and carried some gear while one of their wives carried the rest. Another weird thing is … Continue reading Tailwind Numbers 2 & 3! Plus Bear #6 20170711 – 20170717

I left North Pole and the Fairbanks region for the last time this trip. It was a good place to base my Alaskan travels around. But now the road beckons me onward and southward. After having one last breakfast with the Shay family I set off towards Canada, or as I am calling it Mapleleafland. … Continue reading Farewell to Fairbanks -20170706 – 20170709