Joel and his friend Todd had been planning a motorcycle trip to Alaska for some time. Their goal was to travel through Canada to Hyder, AK, which is the southernmost point. Last month, everything clicked, and the adventure began. Joel drove 710 miles from North Ogden, UT, and Todd drove 860 miles from Waverly, MN to meet the first night in Billings, MT.

As Todd is a retired law enforcement officer,  he got great discounts at some of the major hotel chains, so there was not a lot of roughing it! The route took them through Canmore, Jasper, past Mt. Robson, to Prince George, Stewart, BC, and then 2 miles from there to Hyder.

They made it to Hyder but didn’t stay long. The drizzle and rain had followed them most of the way through Canada!

They turned around and headed home basically the same way – 8 days and 4320 miles  total for Joel! My rear end is sore just thinking about it!