Water was slowly falling out of the Saturday cloud cover, as I pulled into her drive. She looked hot! But I could tell that her getup wasn’t going to get her to Girdwood and back without hypothermia, hell my getup wasn’t going to get me round trip either. To do this run I would need all my electric gear and my hemit. I suggested, we stay indoors but this girl wanted to ride.
South bound on Minnesota headed to the Seward Highway,
cruise control locked on 70 I gave my standard passenger safety briefing. Rule
number 1 never take your hands off the handlebars when driving a motorcycle I
yelled, my arms extended surfing through the soft curve. ISN’T THAT WHAT YOU
ARE DOING? Whoa this girl is sharper than most I thought, as more water fell
out of the sky.
Approaching where it would be convenient to go home I
yelled, we could swing by my house and pick up the mini. It has climate control. I shouted. She yelled
back could we turn the air conditioner on high and make the car as cold as we
were at the moment? Sure I replied. Let’s get the car she said. Sweet!
Down Turnagain arm we headed with a new destination of
Portage Valley.
Portage Glacier once covered the entire valley back in the
last ice age. When the visitor’s center was built after the film the curtains
would open and the glacier was right there. Now not so much.
Using the car we put a little more carbon in the atmosphere
than we would have on the bike, but the car, just like the bike when you try to turn
up the volume on the stereo with the cruise control, you just go faster.
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