Fairbanks and loving it!
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 12:35AM Well it’s a little late and I see that a lot of you have already started reading my posts from the past week, but here is a explanation.
On much of this trip we will be unable to post nightly. So what I will do is write my entries and then put them up as soon as we have coverage. Hopefully it will not be 9 days in between updates after this but who knows. I have put them up in the order that they would be in had I posted them on the dates that they happened, in other words you need to start at the bottom and work your way up. I have added some pictures from the past week, sorry I didn’t do that originally but I was just trying to get the info up there and worry about the rest later.
So yesterday, was the first day that I have spent off the Dalton Highway, I cannot tell you what a difference pavements makes. I am talking real pavement not what passes for pavement on the Haul road. I covered some miles with great ease in comparison to the effort that I was previously exerting.
I caught up with a solo touring cyclist name John from the UK. He had just completed the Dalton as well so we instantly hit it off bitching about what a disaster the ride had been for both of us. It had taken him longer than expected, me too, so I gave him some camping fuel and some additional snacks and supplies. I was glad that we were able to help him out, we exchange information and continued on our way.
Late in the day my knee was really starting to work on me again so I decided to call it a few miles short of Fairbanks. The lure of a cold beer and a hot tub was too much to resist. So we have been running around town trying to get some errands done and when we leave we will head back up the Elliot hwy where I left off.
Yesterdays ride stats
53.3 miles
10.8mph average
46.7mph max speed
4:55:50 Ride time
Reader Comments (1)
Keep up the great riding EP! This whole thing is pretty badass. Love the blog!