WHAT AM I DOING?


I must say that this is an adventure. I came to Alaska to ride my bike and I am building a deck. The new adventure begins on June 3. I will ride to Girdwood, Alaska,which is about 36 miles from Anchorage. On June 4 I will ride to Whittier, Alaska, which is about 24 miles from Girdwood. At Whittier I have to wait for Jim Jr. to drive me through the tunnel. There is only one road into Whittier and it goes through a tunnel. No bikes, no walking through the tunnel. In Whittier I will catch the ferry to Bellingham, Washington. I will spend five nights on the ferry between Whittier and Bellingham. From Bellingham I plan to ride my bike to Saint Paul, Minnesota. I will take a route mapped out by Adventure Cycling Association and I will use their maps. On my travels I will update this blog whenever possible. Feel free to follow along and post a comment or email me at silverfox.jim@aol.com

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Day one

Seems that every time I write one of these I have nothing good to say.  Here goes.  Sunday Sept. 8.  Miles 60.72.  Adverage speed 10.3.  It took 5.53 hours to travel 60 miles.  It was a hard day.  That area of Mendota and Egan has a lot of hill.  We did do 10 miles on the Cannon River trail and that was fun.  We are now in the Island Campground just outide of  Red Wing.  The bad news is that l broke two spokes.  We decided to keep going till we find a bike shop that can fix it.  7:45 and I am going to bed.

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