Trip Photos

One thing about riding a motorcycle is that it is not such an easy exercise to snap a picture of some passing scenic view. It becomes a major production to stop the bike, make sure it is secure on the kick-stand, remove gloves, (if you want to use the view finder - remove the helmet, which is a production in itself), locate the camera in some hopefully waterproof zippered bag, and then take your picture.

So I tended to take pictures when it was convenient, more so than when there was something worth capturing. Nevertheless here are some photos from the journey.

First is a shot of the Fraser River Canyon - a very dramatic road through an impressive canyon.


Now here is what turned out to be quite typical - cloudy, rainy skies, with a glimpse of lighter skies in the distance that I kept forever chasing. This is from somewhere in central British Columbia.


Just to prove that I was at the start of the Al-Can highway, here is a photo of yours truly underneath the arch marking the start of the highway in Dawson Creek, BC.


In Watson Lake, Yukon Territory they do not have much to attract people, so they created this - a Sign Post Forest. Quite enterprising of them, because everyone stops, everyone wonders around and it really is the quirkiest thing on the highway (kind of like the giant ball of string in Darwin, Minnesota, or Cawker City, Kansas, except better - here you can actually nail up your own sign).

Another shot in between rain storms - this is pretty typical for this part of the world. It is beautiful though - isn't it?


There were times when it wasn't raining and the scenery was stunning - check this out on the road from Tok to Glenallen, Alaska.


Next we have the Matanuska Glacier - this is quite close to Anchorage.


On the return trip now, this is a glacial lake just south of Beaver Creek.


In Haines, Alaska - the northerly tip of the Inside Passage, here is the good ship Columbia, the ferry that took me to Bellingham.


The Inside Passage is a great waterway, you are always near land, very near land on both sides.


Here is a nice shot as the sun set as we were passing between Victoria Island and the British Columbia mainland.


This is a nice view of Mt Shasta as I approached it from the north side.


Finally, this is the machine that behaved so well - my BMW 1200 GS