http://yukonho.neenerneet.net Biking to Dawson City, Yukon from Vancouver Island, BC Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:30:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So. This is the end. Bones broken: 0 Innards eaten by wild animals: 0 Spokes busted: 2 Items lost: 2 towels Number of times the gas can came close to being lost: 2 For those of you who care to come back even though the riveting storytelling has ended, we'll soon post the pictures from Whitehorse ... http://yukonho.neenerneet.net/2006/08/22/epilogue/ We biked out to the ferry terminal the next day with an older couple named Doug and Gayle -teachers from Nelson, BC, who were cycling around the province on a Tandem. We ferried over to the tiny island airport, waited around in the super-70's terminal, didn't get searched at all, ... http://yukonho.neenerneet.net/2006/08/22/august-4-%e2%80%93-august-6-prince-rupert-to-sayward/ The ferry docked in Ketchikan at 330am the next night and Sean and I rode off into the mist and the rain in search of a good place to camp. Luck was finally with us as we rode right past a high school that had covered, outdoor, end-to-end basketball courts. ... http://yukonho.neenerneet.net/2006/08/22/july-30-%e2%80%93-august-4-ketchikan-to-prince-rupert/ The massive candy-cane striped DCMF tent and all it's steel supports and stakes came from Whitehorse via two huge flatbed-hauling pick-up's. Tytus, the guy in charge of the tents, drove one down, while the makeshift crew of six French travellers he'd assembled the day before coming to Dawson, drove the ... http://yukonho.neenerneet.net/2006/08/22/july-26-%e2%80%93-july-30-whitehorse-to-skagway/ The ride into Dawson was quick and painless -no hills anywhere. I kept waiting for a mountain to rise above us and make us climb it before dumping us into the city. Fortunately it was nothing but a slight downhill the whole lovely way. I'm not doing a day-by-day account of ... http://yukonho.neenerneet.net/2006/08/22/july-6-%e2%80%93-july-26-whitehorse-to-dawson-and-dcmf/ We spent our last night camped out on a hiking trail near the hostel and started getting ready to leave early the next morning but Whitehorse had other plans in store for the day such as sucking. We had breakfast at Tim Horton's, then rode to the library to do some ... http://yukonho.neenerneet.net/2006/08/02/july-5-11-whitehorse-to-dawson-city/ Woke up and snarfed the all-you-can-eat breakfast at Mukluk Annie's kitchen. The morning food and service were both much better than the evening and we stuffed ourselves with blueberry pancakes and coffee. The ride that day was pretty rainy but not too bad and we met a lone Alaskan cyclist named ... http://yukonho.neenerneet.net/2006/08/02/june-28-31-teslin-to-whitehorse/ Biking time: 11:00AM to 5:30PM End: Mukluk Annie's (near Teslin) Distance: 104km We woke up at 4:30 to the sound of a thousand or so birds fighting over a single piece of bread about 2 inches from the tent. Despite it being bright as noon already, we managed to get back to sleep, ... http://yukonho.neenerneet.net/2006/07/15/june-27-2006/ Biking time: 12:00PM to 6:30PM End: Swan Lake Rest Area Distance: 52km We woke up at 9am in sweet sweet darkness instead of the neon yellow glow of the tent at 5am. For your reference, today's sunup was 4:30AM and sundown will be 11:11. When we get to Dawson City, sundown will be ... http://yukonho.neenerneet.net/2006/07/15/june-26-2006/ Biking time: 11:00AM to 7:30PM End: Rancheria Motel Distance: 97km We woke up about 730am and packed the tent in record time to avoid being eaten alive by mosquitoes, then biked up the road to Sally's. The cafe was packed with 6 bikers and 2 big-rig drivers but Glen had the table on the ... http://yukonho.neenerneet.net/2006/07/14/june-25-2006/