June 20, 2022 - Glennallen, AK - 200 miles

Alaska's weather caught up with us today. Temps on our ride to Glennallen dropped to 45 with lots of rain and some wind. We bundled up and had all electric heating on including rear seat, vest, jacket liner, gloves and hand grips. It really helped.

When we stopped to put on our heated gear we noticed one of the yellow dry bags had almost fallen off. I used some extra tie-downs I brought to strap it down good.

Long stretches of the Richardson Highway was under construction with miles of dirt sections. One of the guys who stop traffic told us they are using more rock gravel on top of tar which does better in the frozen tundra. However sections of it was really difficult to ride on. Several sections has a lot of the loose rock in fairly deep layers which makes it a little dicey riding a big bike with 2 people and  fully loaded with baggage. We did okay and made it through in one piece.

We stay here in the Lake Louise Lodge one night and head down to Valdez tomorrow. We will ride through Thompson Pass on our way to Valdez which is supposed to be beautiful. 

Strapping down the loose bag in the rain

It's hard to tell in this picture but the road is under construction with mud and gravel and rain. Congratulate Susie for taking this picture while riding.

A muddy motorcycle and fully geared-up Susie happy to be through the rough road section

Gearing up in the middle of nowhere 

Lake Louise Lodge taken from our dinner table