Alaska 2012

Here’s the motel we are staying in for the first few days. It’s in Santa Rosa in Sonoma County just a few miles from SF. After arriving on the evening of the 13th I’m hoping to pick the bike up on the 14th and just do a few miles locally to acclimatise before starting the trip proper on Saturday the 16th. I plan to ride with a few others down to the Golden Gate Bridge on the 15th ………. but more on that after I arrive.

Just been told the bike – or rather the container it’s in – has arrived at SF and has cleared customs ……………

I’ve also got everything organised to go: So roll on next Wednesday when, in the early evening, I should be enjoying a steak and beer in Santa Rosa, California!

The ship’s position can be tracked here: It’s just left LA and on its way to San Francisco where the bike’s container should be unloaded.

I’m reliably informed the ship is in the Panama Canal! Getting closer by the day.

Seems the bike is nearing Canada. But then it has to go down to the Panama Canal and round to San Francisco. Plenty of miles to travel yet!

At the end of April all of us who are going to America took the bikes to a depot in the Midlands where they would be loaded onto a container – mine’s the yellow one in the foreground.

So, my bike is now on the high seas heading towards California.