Not scared of a hairy weber eater. Left Denver on fri AM after a realy nice stay with Di and Jack “thanks”, and headed for yellowstone, stopped to spend the night near the enterence, camped in a camp site, a guy came over and introduced himself, heard i was from SA, brought beer and we sat and talked rugby, he played for America, 2 games against the boks, way back when. Played with Naas in Dallas. Yellowstone is still covered in snow, and the lakes are still frozen over, could not get accomodation in the park as it was full. Managed to get camping at the west enterence, on the river, the bison came over and nearly ate my tent, with me in it, a whole heard was arround me, with babies. Saw grizly bear, got some shaky video of him, I think he wished he had’nt woken up as it was still so cold, also saw elk, deere, lots of bison, sheep and other stuff. I am on my way to Seattle and will stay with Jim and Vyv for a couple of nights, then head on up to Canada. The Canadian rockies are meant to be stunning, and further north there are lots of bears, so you have to hang your food in a tree, and have none in your tent, or you may become bear food.It is still damn cold, luckily i did’nt get rid of my winter gear in central america, still ride through showers and lots of cold. We will see as I go further north. Every where I stop people come over , ask where i’m from, where i’m going, they just love what i’m doing. The people here are the best, many have invited me to stay, all wish the best of luck, others want to read my book, so I may have to write one, yea right. But all in all it is majic and still not finished yet, Pruedhoe Bay is the target, a few more weeks. More later
Yellowstone is cool – mind them Grizzly’s! Here’s my brother’s no in Sandpoint, Idaho if you need it for any reason – Stuart Morrison +1 208 946 0233 or +1 208 263 1215 – have some contacts in Missoula and Helena, Montana if you need anything there. Enjoy!
Looks to me, that you are heading to ‘Dead Horse’ by way of ‘White Horse’, can’t see any roads on my map, perhaps you can fit snow shoes to your bike and turn it into a snowmobile. love Mum and Dad.
Hey there
Sounds amazing as usual…Have asked Andrew Brent for contact details for Glynis, hopefully he will leave them with Kobus… Gran had a well extended,awesome send off..we had her funeral in Plett and then awake and scattering of ashes up the mountain…only she would manage to organise that…good to see Diana and spend time with the family…Kobus is doing well @ Picassos…will have to take you there for a feed when you get home…really missing you boet…will have a drink for you at the crown on saturday and a couple for Lin on friday… happy riding and lots of love Jack and Shirls
Further to my last; I went into the web on Prudhoe Bay, and found that there is a good highway (Dalton Highway) to Deadhorse. but the weather conditions could be ‘Challenging’; with a chill factor of down to -6C; however, you can find up to the date reports on road conditions on http//511.Alaska.gov
Also, June it appears is the season for festivals and partying in Anchorage, with June 21st being the climax. Safe biking Dad.
Look forward to seeing you without a frost bitten nose.
Hi Bruce,
Sounds like the adventures just keep coming! Just had a good read of what you have been up too since we left you (which now seems ages ago I’m sure), amazing! Look forward to hooking up over a few cold ones when we are home in Dec and hearing all about it. Sadly our adventures came to an end last week…back to work for us, so my tip for the day is keep going as long as you can! Travel safe & we look forward to your next up-date!
Cheers
Leigh & Paul