Author Archives: bigplatcool

This was not the most pleasant of motorcycling days. Not for any reason other than the excessive traffic the whole way from Minneapolis to Milwaukee. It is a Sunday and most of the people appear to be returning from vacation … Continue reading →

Not going to repeat the error of the previous morning, I am up early, washed, shaved and powdered waiting for breakfast as it started and on the road at 08h00 sharp. This is a big distance day, the last such … Continue reading →

It was a perfect late afternoon / early evening on the US 2 Eastbound from Minot (Pronounced over here as My Note) to Devils Lake where I am spending the night. One of those evenings out of the book of … Continue reading →

Riding across the vast expanse of Alberta one is immediately struck by the number of oil wells everywhere. These are no longer the prehistoric dinosaur like oil derricks one used to see in the US and which one still sees … Continue reading →

Edmonton is home to one of the largest Indian populations in North America and most of them are Punjabi’s. Having dropped Bonnie at the BMW dealer shortly after 14h00 I am picked up by a taxi to get to my … Continue reading →

So the Alaska Highway is officially behind me. At about 13h00 today I went through Dawson Creek, the town in British Columbia that marks the beginning or the end of the Alaska Highway, depending on whether you are starting or … Continue reading →

Once again it was pouring with rain when I left Whitehorse, again vindicating the call that I had made a day before not to ride the Road over the Top of the World. It is now nearly eight weeks on … Continue reading →

They have power failures in Canada as well. I am in Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon. Dinner completed and ready to type up my day and then have an early night. I have just settled down on my bed … Continue reading →

Tok is where I spent my first night in Alaska and it is where I am spending my last night here. Not forever as I will be back, as soon as next year I hope. I want to come back … Continue reading →

It is a miserable evening. Raining heavily, cold, very cold actually at less than 40 Degrees Fahrenheit or about 5 Degrees Celsius. The middle of summer, to boot, in the Alaskan bush. I am at Tangled Lake. This is midway … Continue reading →