In June 2009, I'll be riding up to Prudhoe Bay and back (to Portland, OR)! The proposed route is:
http://schluting.com/temp/AK_Trip.jpg
This is the first of many trips. For months now I've been addicted to reading advrider.com and horizonsunlimited.com - sites for motorcycle travelers. The latter is mostly for RTW (Round The World) travelers, but it's chock full of useful information.
I'll probably start a new blog or Web site to document the trip, and future trips.
Future trips are:
1) Portland to the Panama Canal, round trip. This is a 3-4 week trip.
2) Brazil (ship bike there) to the southern tip of Argentina, then the PanAm "highway" all the way back to Portland. This is also a 3-4 week trip.
4) Somewhere in Europe to Cape Town, South Africa. Probably more than 4 weeks

3) ??? RTW some time when I'm between jobs? Or when I retire. Only 30 years to go!
Dammit, this is all going to be expensive. I blame Dr. Greg Fraizer's books for my new-found passion. I'd really like to go in 2008, but cannot for two reasons. First, I have to take a cruise. Shucks, right? We have these points we have to use from this vacation package we bought... no, really, it was a good deal. And I'm using the points up, dangit. Second, I just bought a 2007 R6 last spring, so I want to pay that off before buying another bike. I can't very well ride an R6 to AK!
I'll be getting a new or slightly used Suzuki V-Strom
DL650 (the wee strom) with a
caribou case system. Many other accessories, too, but I'll save that for another blog.
Oh I can't wait.