Trip Route:
Fun facts:
- The GPS says I have covered a total of 11,938 miles (19,212 km) over the 49 days of my trip.
- Week1 Miles: 2,161 (308 a day avg)
- Week2 Miles: 1,777 (253 a day avg)
- Week3 Miles: 1,847 (263 a day avg)
- Week4 Miles: 1,394 (199 a day avg)
- Week5 Miles: 905 (129 a day avg)
- Week6 Miles: 1,530 (218 a day avg) *skewed since I rode almost 400 on day 42.
- Week7 Miles: 2,322 (332 a day avg)
- Longest Riding Day: 434 miles - Day 23–Stewart to Prince George
- Shortest Riding Day: 60 miles – Day 48 – Lincoln to Omaha
- This is the longest trip I’ve taken (49 days). The previous was China at 30 days.
- This is the longest motorcycle trip I’ve taken (49 days). The previous was 19 days – Great River Ride.
- Highest altitude on the trip (and ever on a motorcycle) 14,010 feet (GPS) Pikes Peak – Day 46
- I created over 150GB of content!
- The most expensive gas so far has been $7.27USD/gallon.
- Best MPG: 67mpg
- Worst MPG: 36mpg
- New motorcycled states on this trip: Montana, Idaho, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Kansas, Oklahoma
- New motorcycled provinces on this trip: Alberta, Yukon, British Columbia
- Border Crossings: 5
- The Bike: 2001 Suzuki SV650
Full Flickr Collection of All Photos (2,635 photos organized by day)
Posts:
- Trip Announcement: Everyday for 7 Weeks
- Five More Weeks, Then Alaska Here I Come
- Three Weeks to Go!
- SV Returned–Two Weeks to Go!
- Waterproofing–One Week to Go!
- Mostly Packed – A Few Days to Go
- Day 1–Minneapolis to Bismarck
- Day 2–Bismarck to Billings
- Day 3–Billings to Missoula
- Day 4–Missoula to Coeur d'Alene
- Day 5–Coeur d’Alene to Cranbrook
- Day 6–Cranbrook to Banff
- Day 7–Banff to Hinton
- Day 8–Hinton to Dawson Creek
- Day 9–Broken Rack in Dawson Creek
- Day 10–Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson
- Day 11–Fort Nelson to Watson Lake
- Day 12–Watson Lake to Whitehorse
- Day 13–Whitehorse to Tok
- Day 14–Tok to Fairbanks
- Day 15/16–Fairbanks
- Day 17–Fairbanks to Palmer
- Day 18–Seward
- Day 19–Palmer to Tok
- Day 20–Tok to Whitehorse
- Day 21–Whitehorse to Dease Lake
- Day 22–Dease Lake to Stewart
- Day 23–Stewart to Prince George
- Day 24–Prince George to Hope
- Day 25–Hope to Vancouver
- Day 26–Vancouver
- Day 27–Vancouver to Seattle
- Day 28–Seattle
- Day 29–Seattle to Olympia
- Day 30–Olympia to Port Townsend
- Day 31–Port Townsend to Long Beach
- Day 32–Long Beach to Portland
- Day 33–Portland
- Day 34–Portland to Corvallis
- Day 35–Corvallis to Brookings
- Day 36–Brookings to Fort Bragg
- Day 37–Fort Bragg to San Francisco
- Day 38–San Francisco
- Day 39–San Francisco to San Luis Obispo
- Day 40–San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles
- Day 41–Los Angeles to San Diego
- Day 42–San Diego to Prescott
- Day 43–Prescott to Flagstaff
- Day 44–Prescott to Durango
- Day 45–Durango to Manitou Springs
- Day 46–Manitou Springs to Garden City
- Day 47–Garden City to Lincoln
- Day 48–Lincoln to Omaha
- Day 49–Omaha to Minneapolis
Videos: Entire YouTube Video Playlist
- Day 2 - Painted Canyon
- Day 3 - MacDonald Pass
- Day 5 - YoshiTheShiba Idaho Meetup
- Day 7 - Lunch on the Ice Fields Parkway
- Day 10 – Broken Luggage Rack and Start of Alaska Highway
- Day 11 – Sign Post Forest in Watson Lake
- Day 11 – Muncho Lake
- Day 13 – Pickhandle Lake
- Day 14 – End of the Alaska Highway
- Day 16 - Riding with Richard Machida
- Day 17 - Lunch in Denali State Park
- Day 17 - Hatcher Pass
- Day 18 - Lunch in Seward Alaska
- Day 18 – Pioneer Peak Timelapse
- Day 19 - Glacier View
- Day 20 - Kluane River, Destruction Bay, Kluane Lake, and St. Elias Mountains
- Day 21 - Teslin Lake
- Day 22 - The Cassiar Highway
- Day 23 - Riding BC-37A
- Day 24 - Fraser Canyon
- Day 25 - A Vancouver Beach
- Day 26 - Riding with SonjaM
- Day 27 - Riding with Bobskoot and a Problem
- Day 29 - Seattle to Olympia
- Day 30 - Olympia to Port Townsend
- Day 31 – Sunrise at Port Townsend Timelapse
- Day 31 – Crescent Lake
- Day 31 – Ruby Beach
- Day 31 – Sunset at Long Beach Timelapse
- Day 32 – Broken Rack in Seaside
- Day 33 – Portland Japanese Gardens
- Day 35 – Oregon Coast Part 1of3
- Day 35 – Oregon Coast Part 2of3
- Day 35 – Oregon Coast Part 3of3
- Day 36 – Northern California Coast
- Day 42 – Imperial Sand Dunes
- Day 43 – AZ89a
- Day 44 – Grand Canyon
- Day 45 – US550 and US50
- Day 46 – Pikes Peak
- Day 48 – Omaha Meetup with Navythomas8 and really2ugly
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