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"Wow, and I thought with being a police officer for 37 years in Miami, Florida, that I had "been there, done that, and bought the T-shirt." Au contraire mon frer. Forget your riots and hurricanes, this is the real deal. I tend to ramble, so I'll get to the point: All members of our riding company have used this phrase many times until it has become stale and worn, but nevertheless, I'll say it again: "This was truly the adventure of a lifetime." Oh, don't get me wrong. This trip certainly wasn't all sunshine, lollipops, and roses. And, it is definitely not for the faint-hearted or the novice rider. You will be challenged in many ways and must be able to keep up. There will be days that you think will never end and all you keeping thinking of as your grinding out the miles are a hot shower and a warm bed. Maybe not even dinner. But, there will be those days that will be truly magnificent weatherwise and even more so scenery-wise and those few bad days will fade. Salmon Glacier, Mount Robson in Jasper National Park, bison, bear and moose right up to the side of the road by Muncho Lake, great little "mom and pop" restaurants and hotels, curvy, twisty mountain roads and so on. In any case, spectacular or not quite so spectacular, each and every hour of each and every day you will be making memories to last your lifetime. I tell Mike that this group of 16 that I rode with was special. We did have a chemistry. That's not to say there wasn't the rare personality clash. But when you put together 16 strong-willed adventurous types that's bound to happen. We helped each other when necessary and laughed with and at each other when it wasn't. And poor defenseless (Not!) Jenny. How she put up with the antics of 15 guys (albeit all harmless) I'll never know. I'm sure that every group Mike puts together thinks they were special and head and shoulders above all others that have made this trip. With apologies to all previous groups, in my mind it was this group. 15 very special people and me. So, if you're thinking about this trip and you're up to it healthwise, spirit wise, and experience wise, do it. By all means, do it. I'm already thinking about 2011. And to quote Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, "loonies, and toonies, and liters, Oh My!" That's an inside joke. But make the trip and you'll figure it out soon enough. Regards to all, Russ Kubik"
Hi ... I'm Mike Tuccelli and I would like to invite you to join us in 2010 on an adventure ... North to Alaska!!! The above photo is one of the several stunning scenes you will see (this is Salmon Glacier next to Hyder, Alaska
Put yourself firstlife in your years! You've worked hard ... you've done this, done that ... so have millions of others. Join the elite few who actually make their dreams come true. Take off some time in July 2010 and join us! This is a picture of bears fishing for salmon next to Hyder. The salmon won't be running until the end of July so that's why the timing of the trip is so crucial -- leaving July 17, 2010. Too early, no fish, no bears ... too much snow in mountains, can't get up to see glacier. and clear your calendar and let's go North to Alaska in 2010! My 96-year-old Dad who still rides his motorcycle daily says it is not the years in your life ... it is the LIFE in your years! C'mon and join us!
Spectacular rainbows, vibrant waterfalls, wild animals! Come and experience Alaska with a group of bikers! For your information, the temperature during this July 2008 day was just 74 degrees and it was very muggy in the mid 90s in the lower 48 states!
You can read what were live updates from 2004 to 2007 in "2004-2007 Notes" button at the upper left of this page.
In a future trip (2015 and 2020), drive on the original Alaska Highway and cross this wooden bridge!
The trip planned in 2015 and 2020 will give you a choice of places to go. For instance, once you arrive in Fairbanks, you can drive to Denali and Anchorage and Homer and Valdez. At Denali, you can take the shuttle into the park to spot glaciers and bears, and gaze up at Mount McKinley. The more you see and do in Alaska, the more you will want to join us every year. In 2015, I am planning an optional side trip to the Northwest Territories. Why? Because it's there!
What to do? If you drive south of Anchorage, you will see Turnagain Arm and it's heart-grabbing scenery with Russian Orthodox villages. If you want to stay around Fairbanks, go about 100 miles east and find Chena Hot Springs and its enormous boulders which surround a big, steamy outdoor pool. If you want serious bragging rights AND you have a bike designed for dirt/gravel roads (or you can rent one in Fairbanks or rent a car or take a van tour), take the Dalton Highway North to Deadhorse. Try Dalton for 20 miles. If you are still game, keep going about three hours and you will reach the Arctic Circle (the above picture shows me on my '02 Silver Wing on my 14,000-mile Key West/Maine/Arctic Circle/Mexico trip). Keep going and you will reach the Beaufort Sea and outbrag even the Alaska Highway crowd. Biker wannabes do events such as Sturgis, Daytona Beach, etc. but serious bikers will do this! Darryl Petrack made it to Deadhorse on his Baby Wing in 2007! You can see a link for his photos so you can admire his determination and excitement! Do read the 2007 updates, though and feel his excitement and determination in his detailed notes.
This 2010 adventure will leave St. Augustine, FL July 17, 2010 (you can join us at any of the overnight stops to be listed in the 2010 schedule page) going up through Montana to Alberta via Jasper and then British Columbia via the TransCanadian highway to Hyder, Alaska, July 25. There, we will stay one and a half days, taking in the sites.
Many bikers are planning on continuing North to interior Alaska. When you join up with us, you will find out who is going where and you can change your trip plans or continue back home with me. Check "Bikers Registered" and you will see some of them have posted their general plans.
For 2010 through 2014 and 2016 through 2019 we are taking the same route which is the shortest possible way to get to Alaska on roads with NO GRAVEL. Beginning in 2011, some of these will be 16-day trips (averaging 500 miles per day) meaning you can leave Florida Saturday morning and be back in two weeks on Sunday, taking off just two weeks from work. This is planned specifically for people who have full-time jobs and can't take off too much time. Of course, you can join us at any point in the trip and leave at any time. Some bikers have ridden with us for as few as six days.
Our 2010 schedule is deliberately designed so we will arrive in Hyder for the salmon run but also late enough in July so the mountain roads will be open. In 2008, the mountain roads were still closed at the end of the first week of July. You will see one of the largest glaciers in North American spread out as far as you can see from horizon to horizon.
The 2010 Bed and Breakfast Tour will take nine to ten days getting there and eight to nine days coming back. Don't let the "Bed and Breakfast" title scare you ... singles are most welcome and there are also hotels with some Motel 6 rooms as little as $16 per night per person (two in a room). Three people are already planning on flying up to Calgary, Alberta, renting cars, and following us to Alaska.
For the past eight years, I've been experimenting with various routes (some as long as 14,500 miles) and have decided from now on, will take the same route most years so I can cultivate discounted rates in the future (and hopefully get deaf associations and interpreter affiliates and parent groups to host meal stops for us). The 2015 and 2020 trips will take in the Arctic Circle via Fairbanks and will be almost four weeks with a side trip option to take in the Northwest Territories.
In closing, you are absolutely encouraged to take side trips ... for example, in 2009, Paul Glunt and Wayne Cox drove up together to Prudhoe Bay on a "side tour". Another biker took an airplane ride over the tallest mountain in North America. Another took a bush mail flight to a remote Eskimo village way up in North Alaska.
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"Wow, and I thought with being a police officer for 37 years in Miami, Florida, that I had "been there, done that, and bought the T-shirt." Au contraire mon frer. Forget your riots and hurricanes, this is the real deal. I tend to ramble, so I'll get to the point: All members of our riding company have used this phrase many times until it has become stale and worn, but nevertheless, I'll say it again: "This was truly the adventure of a lifetime." Oh, don't get me wrong. This trip certainly wasn't all sunshine, lollipops, and roses. And, it is definitely not for the faint-hearted or the novice rider. You will be challenged in many ways and must be able to keep up. There will be days that you think will never end and all you keeping thinking of as your grinding out the miles are a hot shower and a warm bed. Maybe not even dinner. But, there will be those days that will be truly magnificent weatherwise and even more so scenery-wise and those few bad days will fade. Salmon Glacier, Mount Robson in Jasper National Park, bison, bear and moose right up to the side of the road by Muncho Lake, great little "mom and pop" restaurants and hotels, curvy, twisty mountain roads and so on. In any case, spectacular or not quite so spectacular, each and every hour of each and every day you will be making memories to last your lifetime. 
Put yourself firstlife in your years! You've worked hard ... you've done this, done that ... so have millions of others. Join the elite few who actually make their dreams come true. Take off some time in July 2010 and join us! This is a picture of bears fishing for salmon next to Hyder. The salmon won't be running until the end of July so that's why the timing of the trip is so crucial -- leaving July 17, 2010. Too early, no fish, no bears ... too much snow in mountains, can't get up to see glacier. and clear your calendar and let's go North to Alaska in 2010! My 96-year-old Dad who still rides his motorcycle daily says it is not the years in your life ... it is the LIFE in your years! C'mon and join us! 
Spectacular rainbows, vibrant waterfalls, wild animals! Come and experience Alaska with a group of bikers! For your information, the temperature during this July 2008 day was just 74 degrees and it was very muggy in the mid 90s in the lower 48 states! 
You can read what were live updates from 2004 to 2007 in "
In a future trip (2015 and 2020), drive on the original Alaska Highway and cross this wooden bridge!
What to do? If you drive south of Anchorage, you will see Turnagain Arm and it's heart-grabbing scenery with Russian Orthodox villages. If you want to stay around Fairbanks, go about 100 miles east and find Chena Hot Springs and its enormous boulders which surround a big, steamy outdoor pool. If you want serious bragging rights AND you have a bike designed for dirt/gravel roads (or you can rent one in Fairbanks or rent a car or take a van tour), take the Dalton Highway North to Deadhorse. Try Dalton for 20 miles. If you are still game, keep going about three hours and you will reach the Arctic Circle (the above picture shows me on my '02 Silver Wing on my 14,000-mile Key West/Maine/Arctic Circle/Mexico trip). Keep going and you will reach the Beaufort Sea and outbrag even the Alaska Highway crowd. Biker wannabes do events such as Sturgis, Daytona Beach, etc. but serious bikers will do this! Darryl Petrack made it to Deadhorse on his Baby Wing in 2007! You can see a 
Our 2010 schedule is deliberately designed so we will arrive in Hyder for the salmon run but also late enough in July so the mountain roads will be open. In 2008, the mountain roads were still closed at the end of the first week of July. You will see one of the largest glaciers in North American spread out as far as you can see from horizon to horizon. 
For the past eight years, I've been experimenting with various routes (some as long as 14,500 miles) and have decided from now on, will take the same route most years so I can cultivate discounted rates in the future (and hopefully get deaf associations and interpreter affiliates and parent groups to host meal stops for us). The 2015 and 2020 trips will take in the Arctic Circle via Fairbanks and will be almost four weeks with a side trip option to take in the Northwest Territories. 
