Due to past experience, please do not register if:
1. You can't read a map and find your destinations independently. Please do not think you can get away with following someone because you WILL be separated due to traffic lights and other things.
2. You are a high maintenance person. There are other tours costing several thousand dollars for these types of folks.
3. You aren't able to handle minor mechanical problems on your own or aren't able to contact a service facility. (However, many of the bikers are extremely friendly and helpful if you do have problems. It is not like we don't care but don't keep asking a friendly biker to adjust your chain, check your oil, check air pressure, etc.)
4. You must be entertained. On these trips, this loose schedule allows you to drive by yourself, in groups if you wish, etc. When you get to your nightly destinations, you can do whatever you wish. You can google the area and decide what to do --- take a plane over glaciers, do float-fishing, side trips, etc.
5. You don't have a towing plan ... if you have a breakdown, you should be able to call your road plan agent and get a tow.
Want an adventure and put years in your life? Register here!
What this registration gives you:
1. An opportunity to drive to Alaska and meet new people. Past two years, we had 30 bikers and they formed fast, lasfing friendships.
2. An opportunity to save costs by having a room-mate. I will list bikers seeking room-mates and it will be your responsibility to contact them directly for arrangements.
3. A schedule.
4. A trip DVD and a ride t shirt.
5. An opportunity to get friends, family, business associates make a direct donation to SKIHI and give you recognition for raising funds for deaf babies and their families.
I no longer make lodging reservations for everyone as I did before 2010 because (1) some bikers change their minds and go elsewhere, leaving me stuck with rooms that have to paid for; (2) some bikers have mechanical problems and are delayed by a day or two, sticking me with the cost of their rooms; (3) some bikers quit and go home early, leaving me with the unused rooms.
