August 5, 2006 - Day 26 - 71 (Bike) Miles Juneau, AK
Juneau, AK
Hillside in Juneau
Got the oil changed in the bike; you could almost hear the sighs of estacy from Betsy (the Kow). It's been a long time since that engine had a fresh bath.
Next update to the blog will probably be Monday afternoon or evening. There wasn't an internet connection on the fast ferry from Haines so there may not be on the big ferry I'm taking tonight. Probably be as exciting as watching paint peel anyway. "Well...we just passed our three hundredth and thirty-third glacier...WAIT A MINUTE...the front section of the ferry 'calved' and we are manning lifeboads...Jesus, I hope that bike floats!"
It appears, in order to catch the ferry to Port Hardy and ride Vancouver Island, I'll have to lay over in Prince Rupert two days, then spend the night in Port Hardy before taking off down the island. While I'd really like to make the ride down Vancouver Island, I'm not good sitting on my butt (unless the seat is moving), so I think I'm going to ride Prince Rupert-Prince George-Vancouver on the bike. This is ~1,000 more miles of riding and 20 hours of road time, but it should be a very pretty ride. Obvously, I'll let you know. Since the Canadians do such a great job with their parks and campgrounds I'll probably stay in them if the weather isn't too bad, so I may be offline for several days again. If I'm offline it means I'm "Movin' On" (a song made popular by a Canadian country western star...any guesses?)
Statistic: I just went through the data and determined I have had to don rainsuit 18 of 26 days. This represents ~70% of the time. For crying out loud, at that rate I could have rode Hawaii.
Hillside in Juneau
Got the oil changed in the bike; you could almost hear the sighs of estacy from Betsy (the Kow). It's been a long time since that engine had a fresh bath.
Next update to the blog will probably be Monday afternoon or evening. There wasn't an internet connection on the fast ferry from Haines so there may not be on the big ferry I'm taking tonight. Probably be as exciting as watching paint peel anyway. "Well...we just passed our three hundredth and thirty-third glacier...WAIT A MINUTE...the front section of the ferry 'calved' and we are manning lifeboads...Jesus, I hope that bike floats!"
It appears, in order to catch the ferry to Port Hardy and ride Vancouver Island, I'll have to lay over in Prince Rupert two days, then spend the night in Port Hardy before taking off down the island. While I'd really like to make the ride down Vancouver Island, I'm not good sitting on my butt (unless the seat is moving), so I think I'm going to ride Prince Rupert-Prince George-Vancouver on the bike. This is ~1,000 more miles of riding and 20 hours of road time, but it should be a very pretty ride. Obvously, I'll let you know. Since the Canadians do such a great job with their parks and campgrounds I'll probably stay in them if the weather isn't too bad, so I may be offline for several days again. If I'm offline it means I'm "Movin' On" (a song made popular by a Canadian country western star...any guesses?)
Statistic: I just went through the data and determined I have had to don rainsuit 18 of 26 days. This represents ~70% of the time. For crying out loud, at that rate I could have rode Hawaii.
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