North to Alaska

Well it has been awhile since I have posted anything. I am sure I could come up with at least two or three really impressive excuses that would totally exonerate me of any blame, but to be honest it was just pure laziness. I worked quite abit after hurricane Irma, then I had grand kids to play with. After that the laziness kicked in. I am simi-retired. I work at a real job about 3-4 months a year. The amazing thing is I really do not know where the time goes. I don't know how I ever had time for a real job. I am busy all the time, but when I look back I can't see that I have accomplished anything big. One guy who lived on a boat was asked by a land lubber "What do you do all day?". I will never forget his answer "I don't know but it takes me all day". That is exactly how I feel.

We moved aboard on October 31rst 2010. Coming up on 8 years and I still love it. A boat change is in our future though. We are going back to a trawler. The power boat thing isn't working for us.

North to Alaska.
No we are not taking the boat to Alaska. I finally get to take a motorcycle trip up there. I have dreamed of riding to Alaska for many many years and now is the time. The ride will be from Key West to Prudhoe Bay Alaska and (hopefully) back. I plan on leaving on Friday May 25th and return on July 1st. 12,200 miles and 37 days. I know it will be a hard trip but hopefully it will be as fun as it is hard. I have been working on the bike for a month now getting it ready. I feel it and I are up to it. Time will tell. I have ridden over 250,000 miles in my life. The longest trip to date was 8,000 miles in two weeks. So this will definitely be the longest trip so far both time wise and miles.

I have a spot tracker attached to the link at the top of the page that will track where I am once I leave.

Packed and ready to go.

Packed and ready to go.