To read of my early days of my very first solo ride at age 15-16 go to:
My First Solo Motorycle TripTo read the story of the first leg of the trip of the picture story below in more detail go to:
First Alaska Motorcycle trip story Marvin's Kawasaki 1300 Voyager..... six cylinders/fuel injected ....... 7000 miles traveled round trip
I departed from Duluth, Minnesota, which is at the bottom of one of the Great Lakes shown in the photo
Then I drove up through North Dakota and up into Canada towards Winnipeg then continued traveling
Northwest throiugh Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and into the Yukon Territory. Then I swung
south out of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and into Alaska, crossing through two borders, Canada and the US.
From Whitehorse (see it with the red star in the map? Then south to Skagway (about 225 miles) and then my final
destination, Haines, Alaska just left of Skagway. I had to take a ferry across the bay from Skagwayto Haines wihch
took about an hour and cost $60 one way.
View of cycle digital control center while at 102 km per hour
A gorgeous morning!!
Evening light in Alaska
Wild sweet peas
Grizz. Bears on the road.....not much room to pass here...just a matter of respect ya know.....
Grizzly bear paw print
Grizzly bear paw prints.. notice how they look part human......?
Morning reflections on Mosquito lake
Sockeye salmon caught weighed approx. 12 to 14 lbs each
Notice the pretty red flesh they have and yummy taste (when cooked) !!!
A very calm morning on the lake
A mountain waterfall
A meandering river through the valley
A few mountain blueberries from about five gallons worth ..they were approx. the size of small marbles
A few wild buffalos that I encountered along the way
More buffalos ...there were about twenty or thirty in this herd
The meandering river valley from a different view
Misty mountains ... a typical view from this height of elevation
Here I am crossing at a very high elevation at cloud level....above the tree top level
Is this heaven opening?????
A beautiful sunset on the lake
It's just about dusk here ...isn't it simply gorgeous?????
Turtle Lake...a hidden lake in the montains
At this level of altitude, I am driving in the clouds
A lone bluebell flower
Another mountain view of gorgeous!!
Just imagine trying to climb to the top of that ridge......hmmmmm
A rustic airport in the middle of nowhere amid the moutain peaks
A view of a range of mountains which are actually miles away just before dusk
An Alaskan Cruise ship....see how large it is compared to the man standing in front of it near the ropes
Colorful obstructions to the view of gorgeous
A mirror image of a calm day
Another calm day in the mountains
A family of swans
More reflections on the lake
And now a slide show of more photos.....
All roads lead eventually into the mountains.....
Snow in Early August
Please, no diving off the cliffs...that's what the sign said.......
Osoyoos, Briish Columbia The only desert in Canada..ir doesn't look like any desert I have seen before....
The road winds up the long mountain trail out of Osoyoos...see the road winding in the foreground
How did they build houses way up there???
Overlooking Lake Superior from the top of Moose Mountain in Duluth, Minnesota
The port of Duluth as seen from the top of Moose Mountain
More of the Port of Duluth
Sunseting through the trees in British Columbia
A rainbow...can you see it??? It is in the middle of the photo