I will be riding with a good friend from St Louis (Jim) who was also my riding partner on AK1. Although last time we were both riding Harley Davidson motorcycles, this time I’m on a 2013 Yamaha Super Tenere adventure bike (XT1200Z)while Jim is still on his 2012 HD. It will be interesting to see how the two bikes compare after +8000 miles (some through mud and gravel especially).
Included in this first AK2 post is a map with our planned route. We will ride direct to Bellingham, WA where we catch a ferry to Anchorage, AK. That is our only must-make date since we had to make ferry reservations 6 months in advance. Once we reach AK, we will ride to Fairbanks and wait for a good 24 hour weather window to go North to the Arctic Circle and back. After that we head down the ALCAN and back home with side trips as necessary to see what we missed last trip. This route is reverse what we attempted in AK1 so hope it works out to our advantage this time.
I will try to post to this Blog an update every evening (available wifi being the limiting factor) to include pictures and maybe some video. Our trip starts on 1 June and will continue until we are home again sometime in late June. To see a map of our progress you will have to go to another link provided below (SpotWalla).
This will be the link to track my AR to AK (AK2) progress from 31 May to 30 June 2014.
If you go to the SpotWalla map page using the link above and all you see is a blue screen then the fix is described below.
There is a hidden tool bar in Explorer and the only way to see the tool bar is to hit the "Alt" key. The tool bar will then pop up and you will find the "Compatibility View setting" in that menu. Here is the complete process:
1. Go to SpotWalla using link above
2. Hit "Alt" key
3. Select "Tools"
4. Select "Compatibility View settings"
5. Select "Add" - it should have the SpotWalla address shown
6. Select "Close"
This worked on my two computers.
I will post more as we get closer to launch.
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