Arvid and crew enjoyed dinner at Destruction Bay. Soup, grilled cheese and egg sandwich  and Beef Barley soup. A treat to sit down next to the window watching it rain. He is back on the bike and it is raining…

There’s weird, there’s wacky… and then there’s the Hit and Run Cafe. It’s tucked in the bush off the highway somewhere in the rolling hills between Coldfoot and Fairbanks. If you don’t notice the hand painted ice cream or cold…

Now that we have a signal again, here’s a few posts that had trouble loading this morning: Bob’s Place With no hotel in sight we pulled off the road hoping that Arvid and the crew could get a bit of…

Who knew you could find Denver in the middle of Alaska? Omelette that is. With a side of biscuits and gravy, of course. And now he’s talking pizza!       

2 days and 4 hours after setting out from Deadhorse, Arvid said goodbye to the James W Dalton Highway, “for the last time… definitely.” Arvid was met with poor conditions for most of the Dalton Highway. Rain turned the dry,…

It’s amazing how quickly the conditions can change in the Arctic. Arvid left Deadhorse yesterday with a cool, dusty crosswind. 100 km out it warmed to 18 degrees Celsius with the strong wind occasionally swinging around behind him. But 250…

As you can imagine, thousands of hours of preparation have gone into getting ready for this event. Google mapping all 9000 kilometres of the route. The countless hours Arvid has spent training his body. The packing. The driving. And now…

We’ve reached the end of the road in Deadhorse, Alaska! 5132.5 kilometres from home!   

4750 km later, we’ve arrived in Coldfoot, Alaska! Travel slowed today as we reached the infamous Dalton Highway. Tomorrow we reach Deadhorse! Dalton Highway   Alaska 

Currently traveling through Yukon Territory approaching the Alaskan border. On schedule and awesome scenery. Quite variable road conditions so far (even before we reach the Dalton Hwy), so pray for Arvid on the return.        Favourite Arvid quote from…