Posts

Showing posts from July, 2019

Day 12: July 15, 2019 Epilogue

Image
Today is our last day. I dropped my Harley off at the shipping facility. The place was wild. They crate the bikes for transport, and there were 26 bikes ahead of me. There were all sorts of bikes: adventure bikes, foreign touring bikes, Harleys and so on. I even saw another blue CVO! Maybe Blue CVOs are common in Canada and Alaska.  The guy told me that many people ride to Alaska, and don't want to ride home. It is a long, long ride. Accordingly, they arrange to ship their bikes home while in Anchorage. He also showed me a group of 12, one of whom had left from Mexico City.  He took my bike, with nothing more than me writing down my name, email and phone number. I picked up a rental car as I had a night flight and had the full day before I had to leave.  We decided to travel to Whittier. Getting there is a wonderful drive along the water. It bills itself as the gateway to the Prince William Sound. Along the road next to the water is a railway as you will see,...