Texas to Alaska Motorcycle Ride 2004

The Great 2004 Texas to Alaska Motorcycle Trip

These pages document the 2004 motorcycle trip taken by John and several friends. In most sections there are thumbnails of the photos for that day. You can view larger images by clicking on the thumbnails. If there are only a few pictures for that day, then the large images are shown on the main page.

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The Riders

John Bissell, 2000 Honda ST1100A

Charlie Gipson, 2003 Honda Gold Wing

Clif Grim, 1998 Honda Valkyrie Tourer

Marty Kaminsky, 1993 Venture Royale

Tom Zimmerman, 2004 Gold Wing rental

All the Way!

The Itinerary

Charlie, Clif, and Marty departed from Laporte, TX and picked me up in Austin. The four of us then rode together to Seattle. In Seattle, we split up for the trip to Anchorage:

Tom Zimmerman flew in from Connecticut to join us in Seattle. After renting a Gold Wing in Seattle, Tom made the trip to Anchorage with Charlie.

Marty and I (along with Jane, who flew into Seattle) took the Alaska Marine Highway Ferry from Bellingham, WA to Juneau. We then switched to another ferry and crossed the Gulf of Alaska to Seward. From there Marty and I motorcycled to Anchorage while Jane took a bus.

Clif took the first ferry with us but continued past Juneau to Skagway, AK. He then rode to Whitehorse, YT and met up with Charlie and Tom. They continued on to Anchorage where we all regrouped.

Charlie's wife Janice, son Mark, and Clif's wife Terry, all flew to Anchorage and spent several days touring the area with us.

Here are the routes that I took (note that these are large PDF files):

Daily Log

What follows is a daily log in words and pictures of our trip. Each day has the actual map of our route for that day.

July 2004
Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	5 Seabrook/Austin, TX to Brownwood, TX	6 Brownwood, TX to Dalhart, TX	7 Dalhart, TX to Durango, CO	8 Durango, CO to Provo, UT	9 Provo, UT to Grand Tetons NP, WY	10 Around Grand Tetons and Yellowstone NP
11 Grand Tetons NP to Missoula, MT	12 Missoula, MT to Colfax, WA	13 Colfax, WA to Seattle/Renton	14 Seattle	15 Seattle	16 Seattle to Bellingham, WA	17 Inside Passage
18 Inside Passage	19 Juneau	20 Juneau and Departure to Seward	21 Aboard the M/V Kennicott	22 Seward, AK to Anchorage, AK	23 Anchorage to Homer	24 Around Anchorage
25 Around Anchorage	26 Anchorage to Denali NP	27 Denali NP to Tok, AK	28 Tok, AK to Whitehorse, YT	29 Whitehorse, YT to Watson Lake, YT	30 Watson Lake, YT to Ft. Nelson, BC	31 Ft. Nelson, BC to Grande Prairie, AB

August 2004

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1
Grande Prairie, AB
to
Jasper, AB 2
Jasper, AB
to
Radium Hot Springs, BC 3
Radium Hot Springs, AB
to
Helena, MT 4
Helena, MT
to
Gillette, WY 5
Gillette, WY
to
Alliance, NE 6
Alliance, NE
to
Pratt, KS 7
Pratt, KS
to
Austin, TX