Tag: finish

Well there it is ladies and gentlemen. The ride is finished. Another conquering of a continent and another major mountain range bicycled into submission. The red line extends from the Arctic coast down along the spine of the Rockies, crossing the Great Divide X number of times before basting out onto the high plains of Kansas and then on into the swamp of Louisiana. It-is-finished! From Arctic Coast to Silverthorne was 6,086km and then from Silverthorne to New Orleans was another 2,383km so 8,479km total from top to bottom. Not bad.

In New Orleans I take full toll of the oyster bars for a week before packing up the bike for the flight back to Sydney on New Years Day. Loads of great food. Lashings of Gumbo etc. (although the Jambalaya is a tad disappointing I must say).

At LAX as we are herded around in endless lines in a manner learned, no doubt, from cattle ranchers. Am struck by the sheer number of gormless clots off to do whatever. They haven’t just conquered the North American continent on a bicycle. What right they to claim this space with me? To get checked in before me? Pfft. Little do they know.

Await the next exciting episode of Buff3y’s bicycling adventures.

• 

Tuktoyaktuk	0
Camping	61
Camping	50
Inuvik	37
Inuvik	0
Camping	63
Camping	61
Fort Macpherson	51
Fort Macpherson	0
Camping	57
Camping	51
Camping	53
Camping	25
Eagle Plains	0
Eagle Plains	0
Eagle Plains	63
Camping	73
Camping	85
Camping	77
Tombstone Mountain Campsite	112
Dawson City	0
Dawson City	0
Dawson City	91
Camping	65
Moose Creek Lodge (D96.7m)	95
Pelly Crossing (D155.6m)	89
Tatchun Lake camping [km8.5] [WL362.2]	35
Frenchman Lake Campground [WL341.3]	82
Drury Creek Campground [WL290.9]	82
Camping east of Faro	85
Camping on lovely verge	78
Camping at lake side mosquito coast 250	82
Frances Lake Campground [WL106.5] 170	93
Simpson Lake Campground [WL50.5] 82	82
Watson Lake DC612	0
WL	0
WL	110
Camping	106
Liard River Hot Springs	0
LR	60
Northern Rockies Lodge	65
Toad River	76
Tetsa River Campground.	115
Fort Nelson	0
Fort Nelson	98
Camping (Bougi River beyond Prophet River)	100
Sikanni Chief – Cabin	116
Inga Lake Camping	73
Fort St. John	75
Dawson Creek	0
Dawson Creek	131
Grande Prairie	101
Kakwa River – Camping	95
Grande Cache	0
Grande Cache	143
Hinton	73
Jasper	0
Jasper	105
Next ‘Ice-fields’ Camping	100
Mosquito Camping (Hut)	85
Banff	0
Banff: [Meeting with Howard Jang]	20
Cranmore	80
Canyon Camping	95
Elkford	37
Sparwood	130
Rooseville – Eureka, HA  Brewery, Grave Creek Camping	95
Columbia Falls	99
Polson	0
Polson	112
Missoula	75
Hamilton	122
Wisdom	112
Dillon	89
Storm camping	89
Island Park (Chinese Hotel)	81
Squirrel Creek Guest Ranch	89
Colter Bay Village	0
Colter Bay Village	0
Colter Bay Village	86
Lava Mountain Lodge	103
Camping (National Forest)	50
Pinedale	160
Atlantic City	126
Camping [near A&M reservoir]	90
Rawlins	118
Ladder Ranch	93
Steamboat Springs (rabbit Ears)	95
Colorado River	135
Silverthorne	0

Frisco	14
Alma	50
Johnson Village	66
Salida	37
Westcliffe	77
Pueblo	97
	0
	0
La Junta	105
Lamar	87
Syracuse	79
Garden city	85
Dodge City	85
	0
	0
Laverne	127
Woodward	64
Seiling	55
Watonga	61
Oklahoma	117
	0
	0
Ada	137
Atoka	82
Hugo	92
Paris	50
	0
Mt Pleasant	97
Jefferson	84
S. Shreveport	77
Natchitoches	130
Alexandria	84
Marksville	56
Baton Rouge	140
New Orleans	148