D day came and went.

Due to some other influences Stuart had to postpone our trip. We still plan to do it but it won't be in '09. Not a problem for me since I bought a boat and could use a year off, given the amount of time I rode last year.

Next up will be meeting Tom Reiter from Moscow in Morocco next spring. After that I'm not sure which way I'll head, but there is a lot I have yet to see on those continents so I will come up with a good plan.

In the meantime, here's the video from my ride through Deal's Gap two weeks ago:

Next Up: Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Antarctica

(Stuart and I posing for a Norwegian newspaper while waiting on a ferry to Kalvag Norway for the Music festival. Thanks to the article the whole town knew us as the guys who motorcycled from China to get to the concert!)

For those of you thinking I'd fallen of the planet that's not the case. I've been hiding out in my Airstream at an undisclosed location in Northern Michigan planning my next trip. It will begin August 1st when my Kiwi mate Stuart and I travel to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and then turn south to Ushaia at the tip of South America. If all goes according to plan, I'll then catch a spot on the sailing vessel Barque Europe to Anartica.

Until then I'll be enjoying the summertime in Northern Michigan. For all my Scandinavian, European and Eastern European friends who aren't familiar with Michigan you will remember this very popular song from last summer - a top five hit in Austria, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, Australia, Norway, Poland and Estonia!. Do note the 'Kid' and I where the same hat;-)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to one and all!

I'm not traveling at the moment, but encourage you to check out my Kiwi mate Stuart's blog as he travels from England to Australia.  He's currently in India, having already passed through Iran and Pakistan.

Stuart and I rode together for two months from China to Germany and again in Norway.  He invited me to join him but I had some other things going. Please look, it's an interesting trip and he's rather direct in his writing:-) 

Check it out at http://nzl04.blogspot.com/

Me and Stuart in China

(Photo by Tom Reiter from Moscow)

Stuart and me at the start of our muddy trek through Siberia

(again thank to Tom Reiter for the photo)