Bow Tie Tour

We woke up to a beautiful day and decided to make it to Whitehorse, capitol of the Yukon territory, as I needed to get a new rear tire put on. Before leaving Watson’s Lake we stopped in at the “Sign Forest”

“The forest was started in 1942 by a homesick U.S. Army G.I., Carl K. Lindley of Danville, Il., Company D, 341st Engineers. While working on the Alaska Highway, he erected a sign here pointing the way and stating the mileage to his hometown. Others followed his lead and are still doing so to this day.”

Quotation Source

(picture by Jason)

If you ever drive by you make be able to find a small motorcycle license plate with our names written on it Good luck though their are over 45,000 signs, and counting.
It was a good day of riding and we continued to see some breathtaking views.

We had exchanged cell #s with Jason so we could find him when we got to Whitehorse. But unfortunately when we arrived there was no cell service. But thankfully we “happened” to run into him. We took a look around town, saw the salmon spawning then found a hotel for the night. Three to a room makes things cheaper. Jason invited a guy he had met on the street and we spent the evening eating pizza, enjoying Canadian beer and talking about life. Good times were had by all

We woke up to a beautiful day and decided to make it to Whitehorse, capitol of the Yukon territory, as I needed to get a new rear tire put on. Before leaving Watson’s Lake we stopped in at the “Sign Forest”

“The forest was started in 1942 by a homesick U.S. Army G.I., Carl K. Lindley of Danville, Il., Company D, 341st Engineers. While working on the Alaska Highway, he erected a sign here pointing the way and stating the mileage to his hometown. Others followed his lead and are still doing so to this day.”

Quotation Source

(picture by Jason)

If you ever drive by you make be able to find a small motorcycle license plate with our names written on it Good luck though their are over 45,000 signs, and counting.
It was a good day of riding and we continued to see some breathtaking views.

We had exchanged cell #s with Jason so we could find him when we got to Whitehorse. But unfortunately when we arrived there was no cell service. But thankfully we “happened” to run into him. We took a look around town, saw the salmon spawning then found a hotel for the night. Three to a room makes things cheaper. Jason invited a guy he had met on the street and we spent the evening eating pizza, enjoying Canadian beer and talking about life. Good times were had by all

Today we passed the coolest person in the world, her name is Rosie and though we didn’t know it at the time she is running around the world! Now I thought riding my motorcycle to Alaska made me cool but she wins hands down. She started on her 50th birthday and is currently (sept 07) almost through Canada.

Here she is (pic from her website)

She is going to write a book but in the meantime check out her website.

After riding all day the and seeing an awesome sunset. It started to rain, so we stopped for the night at the Air Force Lodge. While I was unpacking my motorcycle another bike rolled into the parking lot. I asked the newcomer where he was headed and where he was from. He replied that he was from Pennsylvania headed to Alaska. Talk about coincidence His name is Jason and he joined us for the rest of our trip through Alaska.

The Air Force lodge was definitely a cool place to stay.

Originally built at the Watson Lake Airport 1942 as a barracks for the pilots flying during Second World War, it was later moved to the town where it stood empty for many years. Then in 1999 the present owners completely and thoroughly refurbished the interior while leaving the exterior structure in its original form

If you are ever in the Watson’s lake area in the Yukon, stop in

It’s about time I finished this site. I had written all the posts up through the end of our trip and had them set up to post one per day.

THEN

It happened, my hosting servers decided to “migrate” my databases because I was getting too much traffic. Not a bad problem to have but bad if during the migration they lost everything I had done in the last month. So waited in hope of getting more and better pictures from Eric when I saw him in TN but alas I didn’t get any. So here goes. The rewrite of the finish to our trip…. Enjoy!

It’s about time I finished this site. I had written all the posts up through the end of our trip and had them set up to post one per day.

THEN

It happened, my hosting servers decided to “migrate” my databases because I was getting too much traffic. Not a bad problem to have but bad if during the migration they lost everything I had done in the last month. So waited in hope of getting more and better pictures from Eric when I saw him in TN but alas I didn’t get any. So here goes. The rewrite of the finish to our trip…. Enjoy!