starmac
03-19-2013, 10:21 PM
I have decided that different folks have different meanings for springtime.
I also know folks have different ideas of what is fun. lol
I see lots of crazy things, but yesterday 330 miles north of town, I met a motorcycle pulling a trailer. This may not seem that odd, but considering that I had just had to chain up to make it over the pass, it was 9 below zero at the time I met him, and we had a 25 to 30 mph wind blowing and drifting snow to the point visibility was less than 100 feet.
There was another truck in front of me somewhere around a hundred yards (I couldn't see him) and he warned me on the radio that a motorcycle was headed my way. I thought he was joking or dreaming or something, but out of the blow comes a motorcycle. It seems he had come across the ice road from barrow to deadhorse, and was headed south, between where I met him and deadhorse, I ran through temps as low as 25 below along with plenty of wind. lol
I caught up with this cat at coldfoot, and checked out his bike and trailer. It was a 1000 yamahammer with a sprocket almost as big as the rear tire. The tires were close to 6 inches wide and heavily studded. The trailer tires were tiny, maybe 8 inches tall and also heavily studded. The guy said he is just doing this run for FUN. lol
I also know folks have different ideas of what is fun. lol
I see lots of crazy things, but yesterday 330 miles north of town, I met a motorcycle pulling a trailer. This may not seem that odd, but considering that I had just had to chain up to make it over the pass, it was 9 below zero at the time I met him, and we had a 25 to 30 mph wind blowing and drifting snow to the point visibility was less than 100 feet.
There was another truck in front of me somewhere around a hundred yards (I couldn't see him) and he warned me on the radio that a motorcycle was headed my way. I thought he was joking or dreaming or something, but out of the blow comes a motorcycle. It seems he had come across the ice road from barrow to deadhorse, and was headed south, between where I met him and deadhorse, I ran through temps as low as 25 below along with plenty of wind. lol
I caught up with this cat at coldfoot, and checked out his bike and trailer. It was a 1000 yamahammer with a sprocket almost as big as the rear tire. The tires were close to 6 inches wide and heavily studded. The trailer tires were tiny, maybe 8 inches tall and also heavily studded. The guy said he is just doing this run for FUN. lol