WHAT AM I DOING?


I must say that this is an adventure. I came to Alaska to ride my bike and I am building a deck. The new adventure begins on June 3. I will ride to Girdwood, Alaska,which is about 36 miles from Anchorage. On June 4 I will ride to Whittier, Alaska, which is about 24 miles from Girdwood. At Whittier I have to wait for Jim Jr. to drive me through the tunnel. There is only one road into Whittier and it goes through a tunnel. No bikes, no walking through the tunnel. In Whittier I will catch the ferry to Bellingham, Washington. I will spend five nights on the ferry between Whittier and Bellingham. From Bellingham I plan to ride my bike to Saint Paul, Minnesota. I will take a route mapped out by Adventure Cycling Association and I will use their maps. On my travels I will update this blog whenever possible. Feel free to follow along and post a comment or email me at silverfox.jim@aol.com

Sunday, September 8, 2013

Day one

Seems that every time I write one of these I have nothing good to say.  Here goes.  Sunday Sept. 8.  Miles 60.72.  Adverage speed 10.3.  It took 5.53 hours to travel 60 miles.  It was a hard day.  That area of Mendota and Egan has a lot of hill.  We did do 10 miles on the Cannon River trail and that was fun.  We are now in the Island Campground just outide of  Red Wing.  The bad news is that l broke two spokes.  We decided to keep going till we find a bike shop that can fix it.  7:45 and I am going to bed.

Saturday, September 7, 2013

It is Saturday night and my bags are packed or should I say my BOB is packed.  I'm ready to go.  7 AM Sunday.  I have company this time.  Mark, a long time friend and bike enthusiast is also coming.  On our first day we will go from St. Paul to Hastings and then to Red Wing.  We will camp just across the bridge in WI on the Mississippi.  I hope the campgrounds has wifi so I can keep you posted on how the trip is going.  Now for a good night sleep.



Thursday, September 5, 2013

I am going to see if this blog still works.  I just opened it to the public again because I have another trip planned.  I am going to ride my bike to Madison, WI.  If I planned this right it will be 291 miles and will take 4 nights camping.   I am starting Sunday Sept. 8.  If anyone is still on this blog and gets this, let me know.  I am going to take my tablet with me and will log on where I find Wifi.  JIM

Sunday, June 17, 2012

End of the Adventure

I'm home, so the adventure is over.  I must say that it has been an excellent adventure.  We spent two nights at the cabin and came home on Saturday.  I want to thank everyone for following my blog.  It was always great to get comments.  I am comfortable with my decision to call off the adventure.  I did travel a lot of miles to make that decision.  I also spend a lot of money and accumulated a lot of stuff in the process.  The ferry ride was great.  There was a group on the ferry that reminds me of my coffee group.  The group on the ferry are the smokers who go to the back of the boat to the smoking area and solve the world's problems.  That is kind of what the coffee group does, except with coffee.  Great group of people.  Both groups.  I know when I get back to coffee they are going to say "What were you thinking anyway?". 

A big thanks to Jim Jr. (webmaster), Destin and Elsie for their support and putting up with me for a month.  They are fun to be around.  A month is a long time to impose on their family.  But, I would do it again if they would have me.  And of course Georgia.  My biggest supporter and rescuer.  I don't know why a long time ago she didn't whack me along side of the head and say "What are you thinking?".  But she didn't and she found me in the Cascade Mountains and took me back home.  Now there is a gal for you.

Friday will be my 70th birthday. So to everyone that checked on me through my blog thanks for the great big birthday present.  JIM (The Silver Fox)

Friday, June 15, 2012

MINNESOTA

We made it to MN last night. We are at our cabin on the Crow Wing River. We,ll be here a couple of nights or maybe more. That,s up to Georgia. I have to be nice to her, she did come to get me. Tuesday I will be back to the coffee shop to reclaim me favorit chair.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Miles City

No wifi last night but they have it working by this morning.  Hope to be on the road by eight.  The picture is where I had dinner last Saturday night.  First night off the boat.


Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Missula

It is Wednesday morning 7:30 and getting on the road. We will see how far we get today.