[dsn_klr650] alaska trip and farewell

[Arne Larsen]

----- Original Message ----- From: John Laybolt To: Arne Larsen Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 3:37 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Alaska Trip and Farewell > Hi Arne, > > With regards to my Alaska trip, I have unsubscribed a > while back. I would gladly e-mail you short updates > as i go, can you forward them to the group if you see > fit? I will sign back on when I return. Here's a > brief status update that will probably be of little > interest to you or anyone else. Certainly John. Keep us posted and have an awesome trip! Cheers, Arne > Well, here it is, the final hour of my last day at > work. Wow, it has come so fast. I still have a lot > of preparations to make, my planned departure of June > 11th will have to be blown out. This is in part to a > nightmare experience I have been having over the last > month with the KLRs leaky waterpump. I think I have > now found a decent competent dealer to fix it up. I > should have her back by mid next week. New departure > date of June 16th. I'll keep my fingers crossed. > > The bikes looking good, Tims racks showed up very > impressive. Tool tube is built and filled but due to > leaky waterpump has yet to be mounted. The MSR skid > plate has been off and on like a wh##es drawers. > Petal bike panniers made the grade as luggage of > choice, a river bag on the rear of the seat will hold > the tent and sleeping bag. The rear deck rack is home > to a small gas jug or 2 if needed. I have forsaken > any tank bags. Clothing is a Frank Thomas jacket and > rubber Halley Hansen rain pants for downpours. > > My wide open plan of taking the whole season has > changed. I have signed on for a job in Halifax > starting on Sept 18th. This'll give me 3 months minus > any time I loose now while waiting for the bike to be > repaired. Route is much the same, West to Edmonton, > North to Yellowknife, West to the Yukon, North to > Inuvik, West into Alaska, North to Prudhoe > Bay(hopefully for a dip in the artic ocean) and south > on the Alaska ferrys to Prince Rupert visiting Sitka > on the way, South through BC, and finally east across > Canada to Nova Scotia in time to start work for the > winter. Hopefully October will provide a weekend for > a rip to the Cabot Trail. > > I will send an update from the road in a bit, > hopefully I can head out soon. > > John the wanderer. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > --- Arne Larsen wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: John Laybolt > > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Alaska Trip and Farewell > > > > > > > Hi All - This is my last post and testament. > > >>snip > > As time is getting short for my departure for > > Alaska, > > > I am going to be unsubscribing from the list, I > > don't > > > have time to keep up with it any more, as helpful > > as > > > it is. Way too many things to do. > > >>snip > > I would be interested in meeting anyone from the > > list > > > I'll list my addresses below. I check e-mail > > > infrequently on the road and will do so daily > > until > > > June 9th. I look forward to hearing from you. > > > > > > John - the Bluenoser on the Big Green Bike heading > > for > > > the Great White North. > > > > John... this sounds like the trip of a life-time. > > Could I suggest > > something? Rather than "unsubscribe" from the list > > when the time comes, set > > your subscription to "web only". While you said > > that you check your mail > > infrequently while on the road, when you "do" check > > it you could log onto > > the DSN_klr650 site at eGroups and give us a few > > brief trip reports. We > > love this stuff! > > > > No pressure - but keep it in mind when the time > > comes. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Arne > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! > http://photos.yahoo.com