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I want to give my warmest and most heartfelt thanks to the Shay family. They invited me into their home and their family while I was staying in the Fairbanks area. Not only did they give me a bed, a roof, and food. They made me feel like part of their family. They are some … Continue reading Thank you Shay Family

This ride has been by far the hardest of my life. It has tested me physically, mentally, and emotionally. Each stage of this journey has had it’s own challenges that have required different strengths to overcome. Be it the massive mountains, the seemingly endless winds, the weight of carrying days of food, or the lack … Continue reading The Push to Prudhoe Part 5: Some Final Thoughts

Do you remember what I said about my wonderful mood? Yeah, well it soured real quickly today. I had about 220 km left until reaching my destination of Deadhorse and I wanted to do half of that today. My day started with 40 km of large rolling hills heading east northeast, of course into the … Continue reading The Push to Prudhoe Part 4: Wind wind everywhere and all of it in my Face

When leaving Coldfoot on that Tuesday morning, I had hoped to make it over Atigun Pass so I could coast downhill when I was super exhausted at the end of the day. That didn’t happen. I did make it to right before the climb up to Chandalar Camp, which is the precursor to Atigun. I … Continue reading The Push to Prudhoe Part 3: Holy Atigun Batman!!!

I biked up the road to the BLM camp and there was like one tiny hill. Had I known that I would have just done that the previous day to save me some money. But I was pretty exhausted so who knows what I would have actually done. The BLM campground is free and right … Continue reading The Push to Prudhoe Part 2: Oh. That was nice.

I stayed in North Pole for about four days hanging with the amazing Shay family I met in the Seattle airport. Afterward, I stayed a night in Fairbanks proper to save me 15 km on my first day of riding up to Deadhorse. I met this guy from Germany, Thomas, whop lives near Augsburg and … Continue reading The Push to Prudhoe Part 1: Fairbanks to the Yukon, a.k.a. The Illusion of Downhill, a.k.a. A Walk to Remember

So I arrived in Alaska around 0100 local time in Fairbanks, which was 0200 for my body. I had to reassemble my bike in the airport baggage claim area which wouldn't have been too bad except I had a seemingly endless stream of old men coming up to me to tell me about their bike … Continue reading Did you know the mountains are hilly?

So I arrived in Olympia in the evening of Wednesday, May 17th and immediately went to take a shower and then proceeded to eat all of the food!!!! I spent my time in Olympia making new friends, hanging with family and exploring the surrounding area by both foot, bicycle, and once by car. It’s been … Continue reading My Time in Olympia

So I left Cheney, Washington on the morning of May 11 around 0630. My goal was to reach Palouse Falls State Park later that night because the falls are pretty and I wanted to see it. Also, since this was eastern Washington, there aren't many towns and there is very little water to go around.  … Continue reading My Ride to Olympia

On Monday (May 1) I was in Minnesota and it was snowing. On Thursday (May 4) I was in Cheney, Washington and it was sunny and 27oC (80oF). In between those days there was laughter, tears, a new vacation planned, a train ride, and thankfully a friend who left her phone on overnight so she … Continue reading My Trip to Cheney