We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary by going on an Alaskan Cruise. As luck would have it, two of the shore excursions offered were bike tours. My hubby agreed to forego a salmon fishing trip to join me on the bike tours. How fun is that!?!
The first ride was outside of Juneau. We began our 8.5 mile ride near University of Alaska/Juneau - we actually biked through the campus to Auke Lake. We took the Mendenhall Loop Road, with good shoulders and a few miles of off road trails, to Mendenhall Lake on the West side Mendenhall Glacier. After a short rest and a chance to take a few pictures of the glacier and lake, we continued the ride on a fire trail to the east side of the Mendenhall Glacier for a stop at the Visitor’s Center.
It was neat to ride in Alaska and see the glacier. The bikes did not have fenders and I was not wearing rain pants, so I did get quite wet and dirty from the stripe of dirt up my back. All in good fun.
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| Near Auke Lake - Before the Rain Started |
Our next bike tour was outside of Skagway, Alaska on the Klondike Highway. We took a train from Skagway to Fraser, British Columbia, Canada and biked the 15 miles back to Skagway. It was cold and rainy at Fraser but I was much better prepared with rain gear and gloves. Roughly 1/3 the way down the mountain the rain stopped and the temperature warmed. The ride was AWESOME with spectacular views and wide shoulders!! We passed through US Border Control on the bike too. A first for me!!
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| The only climb - and a short climb - on the entire ride. |
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| The Klondike Highway!! |
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| Returning to Skagway, Alaska!! |
