Hi ... I'm Mike Tuccelli and I would like to invite you to join us in 2012 for an adventure ... North to Alaska!!! Alaska 2012 may be the hottest year ever in the lower 48 states! But you can enjoy spectacular temperatures in the 60s and 70s while navigating Alaska's roads and while viewing one of North America's largest glaciers. Alaska just had a record setting snowfall this winter. So you can expect a cool July and August cruising Canada and Alaska!
This 2012 adventure will leave St. Augustine, Florida, July 28, 2012, from Jim's Place on Highway 207 in Elkton, going up through North Dakota to British Columbia via the TransCanadian highway to Hyder, Alaska. There, we will stay two full days, taking in the sites. Many bikers will continue North to interior Alaska. When you join up with us, you will find out who is going where and can adjust your plans accordingly. For example, in 2009, Paul Glunt and Wayne Cox drove up together to Prudhoe Bay on a "side tour." Another biker took an airplane ride over the tallest mountain in North America. Another took a bush mail flight to a remote Eskimo village way up in North Alaska. Most likely, I will return home via Texas in about three weeks time.
For a detailed schedule click here.
Starting this adventure on Saturday, July 28, 2012, will allow us to arrive at the peak time of the salmon run and see the bear feeding frenzy as they fatten up before the end of summer (we will be at one of the only two bear viewing stations in North America just outside Hyder). Also, the highways will be in a much better and safer condition during late July and August.
This is a great chance for avid bikers to get their spouses involved in their love of long distance biking! Imagine a 400-mile leisurely day riding through America's and Canada's most scenic topography! Imagine eating a gourmet dinner in a vintage hotel at the end of the route where there is actually an antique car parked inside the hotel's dining room. Imagine your spouse telling you that he/she understands your love of Alaska trips! Imagine your dream no longer and be involved and make this happen. Reserve your spot now!
Russ Kubik’s thoughts on his Alaska adventure: “This was truly the adventure of a lifetime. Oh, don't get me wrong. This trip certainly wasn't all sunshine, lollipops, and roses. And, it is definitely not for the faint-hearted or the novice rider. You will be challenged in many ways and must be able to keep up. There will be days that you think will never end and all you keeping thinking of as your grinding out the miles are a hot shower and a warm bed. Maybe not even dinner. But, there will be those days that will be truly magnificent weatherwise and even more so scenery-wise and those few bad days will fade. Salmon Glacier, Mount Robson in Jasper National Park, bison, bear and moose right up to the side of the road by Muncho Lake, great little "mom and pop" restaurants and hotels, curvy, twisty mountain roads and so on. In any case, spectacular or not quite so spectacular, each and every hour of each and every day you will be making memories to last your lifetime.”
To join us, register online at DrSign.com.