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Great Pics. Are you going to share the tale?
Stewart
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"It's outside your field of expertise."
"Poppycock normally is."
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Ak on a sportster eh?
Probably more maneuverable than the 40 ft motorhome I had borrowed last time.
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cool...great pics man! got any more?
you rented the HD, right?
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I know "Confucius say..One picture is worth a thousand words", but come on Mike! Give us a little insight into what these beautiful pics are telling us here, Dude!
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Right OK. Sorry.
So, not to sound too bourgeois, but the Mrs. and me'selwf too a seven day cruise from Seattle, WA to Jueanu, Skagway, Ketchikan and Victoria BC
When we docked into Ketchikan, I had planned a 3 hour motorcycle tour of the island. The rental was this 883 you see pictured above. It rode like a paint mixer. I could have upgraded to a Softail Deluxe, for an additional $85. But, since the tour was $255 to begin with, I opted to take the Sporty. The weather was rainy.. the bike handled poorly..any stock America could tear this thing apart.
The trip was amazing. We also took a Jeep through the Yukon.
The landscape of Alaska is truly remarkable.
I have lots of pics (around 200). When I get them posted, I will throw an OFOTO link up here, for all who are interesed.
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Cool! Be lookin' forward to those additional pics.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Wow Seattle to Jueanu if you do it again, contact Tourmeister first and volunteer to be a rain gear tester.
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Oh.. when I say cruise to Alaska from Seattle.. I mean oceanliner. I didn't ride from Seattle to Alaska.
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Quote:
I had planned a 3 hour motorcycle tour of the island. The rental was this 883 you see pictured above. It rode like a paint mixer. I could have upgraded to a Softail Deluxe, for an additional $85.
And there was me thinking you were test riding the new Triumph 1200 cruiser 
Nice pictures. I envy you. I know a few people who have had the pleasure of visiting Alaska. The storeys and pictures always make me jealous.
Arsenalfan. AKA Mark Able
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Nice pictures, I'll have to post my pictures. I just got back from Kenai. I was a little disappointed with the commercialization of the Kenai River. Big fish but too many people and boats to get that real Alaska feeling.
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little disappointed with the commercialization
Funny you mention... because with the exception of Ketchikan, each port town seemed as fabricated as a Disney Epcot Country - built for tourists.
But, I suppose if a souvenir T-shirt shop was once a store which sold baby seal pelts, I am ok with the homogenization of the town.
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