And on the seventh day.....................

Sunday was the 7th day of the trip and we rode 488 miles through some beautiful country.  I tried to post this last evening but the hampster running on the wheel to power the internet in the YukonTerrirory must have been tired.  We went to the Sign Forest in Watson Lake and it was worth the 30 mile detour - Watson lake was a bit of an armpit.

The Moose was running along side of me before he ducked into the forest - they are a lot bigger than this one looks in the picture - taken while I was riding about 60 MPH.

A few pictures around Hyder, AK

Hyder is the closest townsite in Alaska that you can drive to from the lower 48.  In 1998 a guy named Ron Ayers rode a motorcycle theu all lower 48 states then up to Hyder in 7 days and 10 minutes arriving in Hyder the last weekend of May.  Ever since then on the last weekend of May a group of mostly long distance riders have gatheres for a function called Hyder Seek.  This year there were only around 100 riders, down from close to 200 in the past - probably due to the economy. 

Hyder is not an official town, has no local government or law and less than 100 permanent residents.  One of the pictures you will see is an observation walkway where people stand and watch the bears fish - this happens in later June usually.  There is also a picture of me at the entrance to Hyder and one of me standing on a dock with the fjord and beautiful mountain in the background.  The fjord is about 90 miles inland from the ocean and with 18 foot tides the currents can be around 6 MPH as the water flows out or in. 

Joe preparing to head South

Both Joes are heading South tomorrow - Brad and I are heading North.  I hope to pick up another tracking device in either the Yukon or Alaska so you can follow me.  I will leave it tracking Joe until I have my own so you can see if he is getting farther South.

A few pictures on the way to Hyder, Alaska

Here are a few pictutes of todays journey.  The picture of me by McDonalds is in Smithers, BC.  The glacier in the background is called Bear Glacier.  When we got to Hyder it was about 75 degrees - so nice after the last few days.  Here they are:

A day with no rain and sun - YEA!!

We set the alarm for 5:00 AM and we were on the road by 6:00 AM.  It was a little under 50 degrees but I have an electric jacket liner that I plug into the bike and it keeps me toasty.  It is like an electric blanket but formed into a jacket liner.  This will be the last day  that you can follow me for a while as Joe DeRyke and the other Joe that had a transmitter are not going to be Going to Prudhoe Bay with Brad and I.

Joe DeRyke had a problem with his bike so he and the other Joe are heading South Sunday morning.  I am going to try to pick up another SPOT device (tracking thing) once we get to Fairbanks so hopefully I will have maps for you to follow again.

This is todays map.

A FEW PICTURES

Better but not Hawaii

This is the map of todays ride - about 450 miles and very little moisture  - or sun.  Once again very few pictures because I had to wear rain gloves.  If I was in a car there would have been some great photos because the clouds were hugging the mountains and it was very picturesque.