Journal from biking the PanAmerican Highway from Alaska to Argentina
Here are some links to help you navigate through the journal from our Alaska to Argentina trip. I’ve put key passages here and you can click on the link on the bottom of each post to take you to the next one. That way, it should be relatively easy to get through the entire journal (Yikes! There are something like 1018 days!)
Here is a map of our route complete with awesome pictures!
(It’ll take me a while to get this completed. The trouble is I keep finding mistakes in the entries so, of course, I need to fix them up. And reread them. And walk down Memory Lane… Please bear with me, I’m slowly making progress. February 9, 2012)
June 4, 2008 – Four days til takeoff
June 8, 2008 – We’re OFF! To the ends of the earth!
June 10, 2008 – Leaving the end of the earth
June 20, 2008 – At the Arctic Circle
June 23, 2008 – Reached the end of the Dalton Highway!
July 8, 2008 – Entering Canada! Our first international border crossing
July 14, 2008 – Civilization! (Whitehorse, Yukon)
July 26, 2008 – The best of times; The worst of times (Liard Hot Springs, British Columbia)
August 12, 2008 – Mile 0 on the Alaska Highway (Dawson Creek, British Columbia)
August 24, 2008 – Headwind or Hurricane? (Jasper National Park)
August 31, 2008 – Snow? In August? (Banff, Alberta, Canada)
September 8, 2009 – Back in the USA (St. Mary, Montana, USA)
September 15, 2008 – Bike store at last! (Missoula, Montana)
September 29, 2008 – Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock (Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park, USA)
October 2, 2008 – String of Disasters (Jackson, Wyoming, USA)
October 9, 2008 – Barely beat the storm (Pinedale, Wyoming)
October 16, 2008 – Made it to Utah!! (Flaming Gorge Dam, Utah, USA)
November 4, 2008 – Ya don’t mess with Mother Nature! (Canyon de Chelly, Arizona)
November 14, 2008 – Accident! (Albuquerque, NM)
November 23, 2008 – Flashing lights (Socorro, NM)
November 28, 2008 – The Best Laid Plans… (Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, USA)
December 5, 2008 – Issue Resolved (El Paso, Texas, USA)
December 10, 2008 – Is it Cold? Or Warm? (Van Horn, Texas, USA)
December 21, 2008 – Claim It! (Dryden, Texas, USA)
January 3, 2009 – Our Classroom (Zapata, Texas, USA)
January 13, 2009 – Goodbye America, Hello Mexico! (Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico)
January 29, 2009 – Hospitality (Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico)
February 8, 2009 – Motorcycle Angels (Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico)
February 24, 2009 – Showers (Or A Lack Thereof) (Cardena, Tabasco, Mexico)
March 14, 2009 – Goodbye North America! (Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico)
March 22, 2009 – A River Hike (Spanish Lookout, Belize)
March 28, 2009 – Forget It Pills? (by some lake, Guatemala)
April 6, 2009 – Bittersweet Reunion with Verhage Family (Omoa, Honduras)
April 18, 2009 – Culture Shock (Utila, Honduras)
April 23, 2009 – I Saw a Turtle, Mom! (Utila, Honduras)
April 29, 2009 – The whole story behind my trip to Miami
May 6, 2009 – As the bike tires turn: Part 2
May 26, 2009 – The Time has Come (Choluteca, Honduras)
June 8, 2009 – One Year on the Road
June 25, 2009 – Small World, Episode 863 (Playa Bejuco, Costa Rica)
July 5, 2009 – Border Town – Again (Paso Canoas, Panama)
July 23, 2009 – Epsom Salts (Panama City, Panama)
July 25, 2009 – My Cheerleader (Puerto Lindo, Panama)
August 6, 2009 – Bathing in Mud (Cartagena, Colombia)
August 13, 2009 – Bikes and Sloths (Tolu, Colombia)
August 25, 2009 – THE CLIMB (Valdivia, Colombia)
September 6, 2009 – A “Normal” Climb (Santa Barbara, Colombia)
September 30, 2009 – Davy’s Toes (Again)
October 10, 2009 – Wusses (Mondomo, Colombia)
October 31, 2009 – Why are people afraid to travel? (by Davy)
November 9, 2009 – Water? Lights? What’s that?
November 28, 2009 – Festival of Shanshipamba in Ecuador
December 3, 2009 – The EQUATOR!!!! (Cayambe, Ecuador)
December 20, 2009 – Christmas holidays (Quito, Ecuador)
January 1, 2010 – An Ecuadorian New Year
January 15, 2010 – Up & Over! (Papallacta, Ecuador)
January 26, 2010 – Separated (Puyo, Ecuador)
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October 1, 2011 1:28 pm
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