Rachel's C90 Adventures from Alaska to Argentina – Life in the fun lane!
We woke up fairly early for us, knowing we had a lot of miles to do. I thought it was a cold, grey, and overcast day, but once outside the tent I discovered it was quite the opposite. Due to being in a bowl of mountains the sun hadn’t got to us yet! …
We got up pretty late as usual. It was a beautiful sunny day, and the yellow leaves on the trees were a striking contrast against the bright blue sky. It was most definitely autumn, and I loved it. Leaves covered the ground and continued to fall, flipping over in the breeze as they did. …
It was so wet and grey that we couldn’t fully appreciate the scenery. It would have been a beautiful ride on a dry, sunny day, with mountains and hills on both sides. We rode past big lakes and through Chugach National Forest, and as we got nearer to Seward it cleared a little and I…
We stopped off for lunch at a place in Ninilchik, Ed hadn’t eaten all day and I was due for my next feed. We didn’t really have that far to go so we took our time, we weren’t in any rush, as usual. We finally finished up and went outside, where we got chatting to…
As soon as we got on to the coast road, the wind was ridiculous. We were getting blown all over the place. Couple that with not actually being able to see, and I started to think ‘Hmm, this is actually quite dangerous!’ And if it went seriously wrong, there were only two options; into…
We rode back to Motoquest to say hello and pick up our post, when we spotted Mark again. Chrissy from Motoquest had kindly offered us a place to stay, so as Mark knew where she lived, he provided an escort. It was so nice to have a house to stay in, to recoup and relax…
We got dropped off at the Wilderness Access Centre around 7pm, where we were thankfully reunited with our bikes, and our freedom. What I still didn’t have, however, were lights. With the sun due to set soon, Ed set about finding the problem, while I set about making us dinner. Bellies full and lights…
