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rtwpaul 03-07-12 00:46

June 14th
 
view from the campground in the morning...today is going to be good i can feel it

waterfalls, glaciers, monster trucks and bears, bears bears

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Bears...do they come close to the road YES!!!
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...and other animals...
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rtwpaul 03-07-12 01:05

June 15th
 
Bumped into a guy at a gas station, he invited me to go fishing the next day, i accepted, so i headed to the Indian Resevation where he lived. Leaving time was 7 am the next day so a short one today

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rtwpaul 08-07-12 02:57

June 16th
 
no riding today...its fishing

the plan is to get a Halibut and some crabs (no not those crabs) and anything else that decided to land on our hooks. the guy i met was Richard and his nephew Chris came along too

we went out by boat for almost 2 hours to get to his favorite fishing spot

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rtwpaul 08-07-12 03:25

June 17
 
riding out of British Columbia to the Yukon heading for Alaska up the Alaska Highway

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rtwpaul 08-07-12 04:18

June 18th
 
Alaska here i come

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FINALLY!!!!

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rtwpaul 08-07-12 04:35

June 19th
 
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this is the road to Anchor Point...i had started at the southern most point of the American continent (Ushuaia), Anchor point is the western most point you can get to by road

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rtwpaul 21-07-12 20:09

the Haul Road heading to Prudhoe Bay...think ice road truckers!!

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one of these truckers had spotted a white grizzly bear about half a mile away - these are so rare, i was lucky to be there to see it, from a distance...and this photo was taken about 3 am

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made it!!!

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rtwpaul 21-07-12 20:16

time to start heading east now i've been as far south (ushuaia) West (Anchor Point) North (Prudhoe Bay)

my front wheel is pointed to Newfoundland and St John

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this would be the North Pole, your kids would be very disapointed!!!

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i missed the border crossing as it closed at 6 pm so i spent the night with a group of gold miners...interesting

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rtwpaul 21-07-12 20:21

i got an email the other day of an offer for me to ride the XT in Cuba (will that be a first????) anyhow i couldn't say no, so i have scratched coming to Europe next summer and i am flipping my RTW and going in the opposite direction

i have started a ride report on ADVrider.com and you can follow me there this is the link - riding round the world on a thumper - so because of that i am going to bombard you with photos to catch you up and so you are right upto date as i leave on tuesday, thats this tuesday July 25th!!!!


now a long ride across Canada...

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rtwpaul 21-07-12 20:35

i Had plans to ride across Canada quickly as it is expensive and all of the middle is flat as a pancake and honestly not a great deal to see

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...and here's that flatness i was talking about...

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into Toronto to meet some friends - cities :Driving_6XFY3G:

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