Today was about meeting Brent Carroll from Livinglovingadventuring.com.
As I mentioned, we had made arrangements to do the Dalton Hwy up to Prudhoe Bay together. Partly to share costs by doubling up in rooms, and partly to have some security in case something goes wrong.
Dalton Highway
The Dalton Highway is purported to be one of the most dangerous highways in the world. Check out these articles among many others:
http://www.dangerousroads.org/north-america/usa/50-james-dalton-highway-usa.html
http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/alaska/james-dalton-highway-ak/
https://www.gapyear.com/articles/216021/the-22-most-deadly-highways-in-the-world
http://www.history.co.uk/shows/ice-road-truckers/articles/the-10-deadliest-roads-in-the-world
Starting the Day
In any case, we were meeting up this afternoon to stay at the Eielson Air Force Base. Brent is a US Navy Veteran and so he could get us into the Gold Rush Inn on the base for $30 US each.
First though it was laundry, packing up the motorcycle, and off to Starbucks. Starbucks should really pay me something for all the advertising I give them and for being such a loyal fan. So Starbucks, if you are listening 😉
After my morning coffee I went to the Air Force Base to meet Brent. After some paper work for a foreign national to enter the base, I was in. Off to the Gold Rush Inn.
It was actually pretty nice. A few beers, something to eat, and time to get to know each other.
Brent Carroll
Brent was in the Navy for 20 years, and then working as a civilian for the US Coast Guard for almost nine years years as an engineer, and finished his PhD. His Dad passed away when he was 51. That was enough motivation for him to realize life is too short.
Brent believes that the world is full of good, purposeful, and striving people, and that everything we hear distorts our world perspective in really negative ways. Riding a motorcycle is the purist form of therapy possible, and that you get to see the world while riding all the better. You get feelings, sensations, smells, and experiences riding a motorcycle you simply cannot get on a vacation or in a car.
Brent is on a 17-month motorcycle trip leaving from Virginia, to Newfoundland, cross Canada, up to Alaska, and then follow generally the Pan-American Highway in its entirety all the way south through Patagonia to the southern tip of South America. And then turn around and head back to Seattle.
As an engineer, Brent likes to attend to every detail. Now I use to be like this, but on this trip one of my themes in my adventure. is to plan not to have a plan ha ha ha. Huuuuuummmm potential problem? ha ha ha
Regardless, we are both authentic, and value adventure and people.
The Route for July 13, 2016 was Fairbanks to Eielson Air Force Base
