This is probably a good time to toss this out, as Dave has hinted at it:
A special run up to Hyder, AK is a real possibility after CFR.
Those of you who followed TWN's trailblazing adventure, and I am not talking about our run to Hyder last summer but, rather, his ride into the great unknown, probably think that his ashes were all placed under that tree at Don Carver's wonderful Honderosa spread. In reality, Patti wants some of the ashes spread near Hyder. At the time of the memorial gathering, I contacted a local minister who agreed to help out and I was going to ship him a small parcel for sprinkling aff the Bear Walk. Later I thought, wait a minute, taking Tim back there would be even better. Next thing you know, the Cannuks plan CFR 2009 in British Columbia. Now, it takes a bit longer for stuff to bubble up through the tar than it did ten, fifteen years ago but this one seemed pretty obvious pretty quickly. Hyder is only "semi-Alaska" and those who want to do the Dempster or another route to the heart of the state won't find the run very appealing. But for those who might want to do a four-five day run up and back with all the joy and tears that are inevitably going to be part of the package are welcome to help make this run what it should be.
Besides, I know a great place to eat in Victoria, Vancouver Island BC on the way down....and to make things even more interesting/complicated:
I introudced my friend Mark to our friend Tim a few years back and the three of us did a few rides together. You may recall that Mark rode with Tim and I from Vancouver Island to the San Francisco Bay Area on the return leg last summer. Mark and Tim hit it off (Tim hit it off with almost everyone) and Mark told Tim about Mark's house is Los Barilles, BC - Not British Columbia but Baja California, about fifty miles up from Cabo on the gulf side. We talked many times about a Socal to Baja ride. But Mark lives in Seattle and owns a restaurant in Victoria that Tim just loved. So, Mark and I want to put together a BC to BC TWN North American Three Country Quasi-Memorial Mariscos y Cerveza Run. The months of May or, dare I say, June are both being talked about as the time to do this. Whether this would work after CFR and/or a Hyder run is really hard to tell but you never know and many us will already be near the proposed starting point. We figured that we could pick up riders along the way (Seattle, Bay Area, L.A., South Bay, San Diego, etc.)
All of this may just be a pipe dream but, with this crowd, I suspect both runs will be made at some point and maybe back to back. Of course I am told that by the end of June hurricanes become an issue.
