{"id":162,"date":"2024-06-18T03:52:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T03:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gisellebill.org\/bike\/uncategorized\/recap-the-trip-so-far\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T03:52:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T03:52:54","slug":"recap-the-trip-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gisellebill.org\/bike\/uncategorized\/recap-the-trip-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: the trip so far"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s only been a few days but we\u2019re having a FANTASTIC trip. The weather has been phenomenal and the views are majestical. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday night we finalized our packing. This is both a huge amount of stuff and an absolutely minimal amount of stuff considering we\u2019re going to be out for months!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organized chaos. Three boxes to check, two small boxes to carry on, and two little backpacks. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At 4am Friday morning we set off for Dulles in our monster-SUV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wide awake. And we definitely needed a big vehicle. Joia took one for the team by getting up to document (and probably make sure we didn\u2019t miss our flight!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Bill dozed on the flights, Giselle binged a ton of movies. When we got to Anchorage mid-afternoon we were utterly gobsmacked by the views from the terminal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our hotel shuttle worked perfectly, and then we got organized and slept for about 10 hours (still waking up about 6am local time). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

First test ride was a success!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Anchorage has so many beautiful bike paths winding through the city, we didn\u2019t have any trouble getting out of town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So many of the highways have separated bike roads and even when we ride on the road the shoulders are wide and well-maintained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also, if you\u2019re not afraid of avalanches you can totally pan for gold.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The ride up Hatcher Pass was a ton of work. A slow slog. But we made it, partly due to the encouragement of a friendly Alaska State Park Ranger we kept bumping into. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

High-point of Hatcher Pass <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Our photo drone named GlaDOS did a great job with our first video (which we sent out earlier), and we\u2019re slowly getting to know her foibles. At one point she was \u201ctracking\u201d a pebble instead of Giselle and just hovered in mid-air which raised someone\u2019s frustration. It was all worked out and we\u2019ll find new problems next time. But hopefully have more great videos too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

GlaDOS frozen in mid-air watching the ground instead of tracking bike riders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Worth pushing our bikes for a bit!!!! GlaDOS snapped this photo and we aren\u2019t sure how or why but we loved it. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Denali is pretty huge! <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re spending the night in Talkeetna and have lucked out with fabulous views. More pics from our big camera eventually. But not today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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