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Labrador… or bust?

Well, times might be conspiring against me this year. I might not get to go to Labrador this year with all that’s going on at work. As much as I want to go, it seems that it would be a … Continue reading

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Planning for next year

So, next year I’ll be heading out to Labrador. The opposite side of Canada. The planning has already begun. Things that’ll be different next time around: More time Less milage Backup GPS The Zumo’s going back to Garmin for some … Continue reading

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A change of plans – Part 4

Well, through CouchSurfing.com I found someone to send my tires off to. They're in Whitehorse — almost. So, I guess I might ditch the Robert Campbell highway on (at least) my out leg of the trip. Here's a new chunk … Continue reading

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This is actually happening

I’m sitting here at 2 in the morning. I can’t go to sleep. It just dawned on me that this is actually happening. The thing that triggered it is looking at the shipping options for the business cards I’m getting … Continue reading

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Camping information found

I was looking around some more for something to load into my Garmin Zumo that’ll help me find camp grounds and I think I might have found it. I was all ready to do something myself (see the previous post), … Continue reading

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The mother-lode of camping info goodness!

I think I found what I was looking for. The government database of all of their camping info! Now all I have to do is write something to parse through 24 gig of XML and spit out a GPX of … Continue reading

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Booked!

It’s official folks. I booked my return flight from Anchorage to Cleveland! Sunday, August 3, 2008 Depart Anchorage 1:38 a.m. Arrive Phoenix 8:15 a.m. Depart Phoenix 11:00 a.m. Arrive Cleveland 5:54 p.m. Total travel time 12 hr 16 mn image … Continue reading

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Route – Part 3

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Crazy Woman

So I was at Appalachian Outfitters last Friday and got to talking to some guy about the BMW MOA rally that’s coming up soon. I took the bike there and was picking up pillows and the freeze-dried food that we … Continue reading

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Route – Part 2

View Larger Map So this time we’re going to be leaving the rally in Gillette on Sunday and heading out towards Yellowstone. We’ll very likely stay in Yellowstone (or someplace around it) that night. The point of this trip is … Continue reading

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