False start this morning – we spent a lot of time getting ready for the 205 mile ride to Fairbanks in the cold rain but never even got into 5th gear.  Rich’s bike quit running and as far as we can figure, it’s the fuel pump.  John’s friend Ted brought a truck out with a trailer and picked up Bubba and his bike and about 5 hours later we were on our way.  Safe and sound at Ted’s house and waiting to go to the Harley dealer tomorrow to talk about parts for bikes and service for Bubba’s.  He said that if the repair is too much he’ll just buy a new bike and ride that home.

Oh yea, since we had a “chase vehicle” we threw everything off the bikes into the truck.  That included my satellite tracker so there was no track for this leg of the trip – sorry…..