Moose outside my window! Alaska to Argentina

[Mr Earl]

Yes, you are indeed in Alaska when you wake up to moose.

Anyway this thread will be my traveling tale of going from the northern most point to the southern most point in the Americas.



This will be an ongoing thread as I be traveling south. It's going to take a few months.

July 09' my son and I rode up to Prudhoe Bay; the northern most road in North America.

[sabang]

They say a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
When asked how he climbed Everest, Hillary answered 'one step at a time'.
And here begins one amazing thread. I'ma looking forward to your 'Motorcycle diaries' Early.

[Neo]

This is gonna be epic, is the route and dates all set or are you just gonna see which way the wind blows?

[Agent_Smith]

Looking forward to an interesting/colorful report.

Safe journeys Earl!

[kingwilly]

Great thread and a fine trip Mr Earl

[Thormaturge]

Should be some interesting pics.

The first one is very "Northern Exposure". Love it.

[misskit]

Wow! A great trip, there, Mr. Earl. Looking forward to hearing about it.

Do you plan to go through the Darien Gap, Panama to Colombia?

[Boon Mee]

Looks like a neat trip there Earl. Why Argentina and not Chile? Terrea del Feugo is, like, the most southern point in s. America but a real nasty climate. Your motocye might not make it down there. Not sure if there is a road from Conception to Punta Arenas?

[Begbie]

Could be a great thread Earl. Expecting plenty of pictures. Hope you can find regular internet connections.

Think Earl said on another thread he was going to Ushuaia in TDF.

[FailSafe]

What an amazing journey this will be- looking forward to the updates.

[Bobcock]

Should be a great thread, lots of opportunities for Ant to red you.

[drawp]

alaska is such a nice place. my dad brought back tons of video (and canned salmon!) when he came back from being stationed in Alaska in the early 90s.

[bsnub]

Should be some interesting pics.

The first one is very "Northern Exposure". Love it.

That show was filmed in the town of Roslyn, WA. Roslyn, Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I should know I was there last weekend. My girlfriend is from there.


This is gonna be a great thread!!

[Marmite the Dog]

Not as epic as Nong Khai to Pattaya, but should be a great trip nonetheless.

[Bower]

All the best, you have a great adventure ahead.

[Mr Earl]

Wow! A great trip, there, Mr. Earl. Looking forward to hearing about it.

Do you plan to go through the Darien Gap, Panama to Colombia?

No I'm going to cheat a little on this trip.
I got a number of stops I wanna make to visit friends and family in the USA.
So logistics dictate going to Colombia via Miami.
I'm not sure of my route yet, but a side trip to Iquitos, Peru is planned (the headwaters of the Amazon) land of shamans and Ayahuasca adventures.
I figure on ending the trip in Chile and flying the bike back to Bangkok from Santiago.

[misskit]

So logistics dictate going to Colombia via Miami.

Probably a good move. You wouldn't want to tangle with the Colombian drug runners coming through there anyway.

[Dick]

Should be a great thread, lots of opportunities for Ant to red you.

Ant does not have the ballz to undertake an adventure like this.

Maybe he should just read in awe as it looks like one hell of an trip.

[Mr Earl]

It's been rainy and cold here in Los Anchorage for the past week. I just read Peru has 400 hot springs!
I be gettin' exited! I can hardly wait.

I got the moto all ready to go. Just put on some of them fancy hard case luggage and extra large wavy brakes
I pretty much wore out the soft saddlebags I had.

[FailSafe]

How many miles are on that bike? It doesn't exactly look like a 'spring chicken'.

[BaitongBoy]

Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

[natalie8]

Great stuff earl! Reminds me of Long Way Down. Since you probably won't have a film crew with you, you should publish a book on this with your pics. I'd buy it for sure!

[Mr Earl]

How many miles are on that bike? It doesn't exactly look like a 'spring chicken'.

She turned 40 on the way up the Dalton highway. Got about 42k now.
It's not unusual for these KLR650's to go well over 100k. I'll probably get that and more on her.

[Butterfly]

looks like a great trip,

too bad that bike is so fucking gay,

couldn't you get anything more decent ?

[Mathos]

Should be the 'Bees Knees' of a thread.

Have fun and a safe trip.