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On to day 2. Headed North on the S. Klondike Highway out of Skagway. Had to get a picture at one of my most favorite places up here - the Red Onion Saloon. Yeah, Skagway is a tourist town. But the very cool thing about it is once the cruise ships leave in the afternoons, the place is vacant...

Day 1...Said goodbye to the wife and kiddo and headed to the ferry terminal. Got loaded up in my own special space up forward. Got settled in for the short 4 hour ride to Skagway. Once to Skagway, I had to setup camp pretty quickly - it was already about 1130 and was getting dark, fast! :)...

A little background for ya. During my 23 years of Coast Guard service, 14 of those were in Alaska. I was on Kodiak Island 3x, Anchorage 1x and Juneau 1x. I made it a point to do as much adventure traveling as I could while up there, since I never knew when Uncle Sam would decide to move me and...

I managed to find most of my digital pictures, so thought I'd relive some of my "glory days" during my 14 years living in Alaska (Kodiak, Anchorage and Juneau). Grab a cold one, sit back, and enjoy as I attempt to remember my 2008 trip - 2000 miles on a 2006 Ural GearUp Sidecar Motorcycle!

I'd buy another Trooper in a heartbeat...IF it had a manual transmission and was from the southwest! Montero is on my list as well.

Speaking of maps...here's a few government websites that you can get motor vehicle use maps from... Hiawatha National Forest Michigan DNR U.P. regional motorized trail map - pay close attention to what the DNR says is an ORV...you can only drive on the routes/trails that show a Jeep (over 50"...

A couple really good resources to start... https://upoverland.org/ and https://www.michiganoverland.com/ or check out both their Facebook pages (more active there). I'm sure others will chime in shortly... @michiganoverland

How many waterfalls do you wanna see? There's a bajillion of them near Munising/Marquette. Some you've gotta hike to, others a short walk from parking lot or the road even. When you traveled up to L'anse, did you make it up the Keweenaw to Copper Harbor? How many days do you want to spend up...

So let's just say you've got $6500 cash in your pocket, and enough miles for a free one-way ticket to anywhere in the US of A. You live in Michigan (think RUST) and don't want a vehicle from this area. You've got 2 kids, a wife and a dog and you want a reliable, daily driver rig that'll take...

Sweet, thanks Chris!

Hey Chris - read in another post you put a large size transmission cooler on there...what make and model did you end up going with?

Dude. This is awesome. My '02 has the auto tranny, but for the $1800 I paid for the rig I couldn't pass it up. It's a rust belt rig, but it's in really good condition for a 16 year old rust belter! Was thinking of painting the lower 3rd of mine...but will be Herculining it exactly as you did...

Wanna share your route? I think you replied to my Facebook post on Michigan Overland page.

A buddy and I are planning an 8 day trek around the UP this fall...not totally sure on dates yet. Just know we'll be starting/ending in St. Ignace and heading west. Wanna hit the breweries up there and do some fly fishing. Planning mostly dirt other than pavement when we have to. Would like to...

Good luck and here's to a quick recovery!

Got it on my calendar...no reason right now why I can't make it! Would love to meet some of you yahoos!

That's awesome - thank you!!!

I suggest you practice using a little shooting game we'd use on Kodiak. Get a regular sized paper plate on a string pulley system, about 3-5' off the ground, and about 50 yards away. Have someone start pulling the plate towards you as fast as they can, while you draw and fire, seeing how many...

Absolutely...especially in the wintertime!!!

Just put 265/75R16's on my Trooper and absolutely LOVE this tire. We've been getting hammered with snow the past few weeks, and I was eager to replace the mostly bald tires on the Trooper. I was impressed by the Wildpeaks immediately upon driving out the tire store parking lot. Simply...