Trying to fit everything onto my bike!

Dave doesn’t look confident that I’m going to join him on this round-the-world adventure. I’m not all that convinced either, at this moment!

We’re ready! I think…?

Heading right for Barb’s gardens…

And we’re off!

A good luck charm from my sister.

Dave jump starting the Stallion in clod weather — a sign that this bike might be problematic.

In Nelson, B.C. with my cousin and his partner.

Dave in his home shop before selling his house, working on adding suspension to Heather’s bike.

Heather’s crash in Idaho. The boulder shows a dark scratch where the pannier rode up and over the rock before breaking off.

Heather’s crash in Idaho.

Heather’s wrist in a sling after her crash.

The Stallion in the back of Neil’s truck.

Sheffy’s garage, where Heather stored her bike for a few weeks.

Heather and Dave at lunch with Neil and Linda.

Round two starts in Arizona.

Heather riding in Arizona for the first time after her crash.

The Blue Cabin along the Idaho BDR.

Perfect camping along the Idaho BDR.

Brrr!

Overloaded along the Idaho BDR.

Here comes Dave!

Dave driving Neil’s three-on-the-tree.

Evening in Bogotá.

Flying into Bogotá. Our bikes were on a different cargo flight.

Heather putting everything back on her bike after landing in Bogotá.

Heather and Dave on Valentine’s day at Tramonti restaurant.

Diners inside Tramonti.

Candle on table at Tramonti.

City street in Bogotá.

Grafitti tour in Bogotá.

Grafitti tour in Bogotá.

Grafitti tour in Bogotá.

Grafitti tour in Bogotá.

Santiago’s entryway in Bogotá.

Santiago’s hallway in Bogotá.

View of Bogotá.

In Bogotá, we took a gondola up a nearby mountain to get a view of the city.

Plaza in Bogotá.

Street in Bogotá.

Camping in the mountains.

Colombia is filled with beautiful waterfalls.

The Stallion cools off by a waterfall.

Riding through Colombia.

Riding through Colombia.

Tramonti restaurant.

Camping outside of Lima, Peru.

Lush scenery in Peru.

A sweet road in Peru.

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Blessed Piss Town!

Camping in the boiling heat near Cañón del Pato.

The tiny rock that caused a hole in my radiator.

Dave trying to figure out why my radiator warning light keeps coming on.

Cañón del Pato has many, many tunnels.

Don’t go off the edge!

Heather’s burned brakes after she had her foot on the pedal without knowing it.

It gets slick sometimes!

Mountain road in Peru.

Scene in Cusco.

The perfect road surface.

Camping outside of Lima, Peru.

The Stallion near the border of Bolivia and Chile.

Heather riding along the Death Road.

The Death Road.

Staying left on the Death Road means you can see the edges easier.

Salt in Salar de Uyuni.

The super-imposed images that some from playing around on Bolivia’s largest salt flat are super fun to create.

The super-imposed images that some from playing around on Bolivia’s largest salt flat are super fun to create.

Salt crystals that look like giant hexagons.

Can’t miss getting a shot of the Dakar sign!

A gorgeous waterfall in Bolivia.

A road leading up to the Argentina border from the Chilean side.

The iconic “Ushuaia” sign

We made it!

A sure sign we made it!

Cute tourist companies by the water.

Yes, thankfully it’s a long way to work ;0

Remaining snow from the storm we rode through a few days earlier.

Ushuaia is very close to Antartica.

A huge moutnain hovering over Ushuaia with the fresh snow we experienced the day before.

I love signs like this.

Mountains above Ushuaia.

True!

The differnce between my old chain sprocket and the new one.

A crumbling home roadside.

Fall in Argentina.

A rude awakening!

Winter is coming.

Hiking near San Martin de Los Andes.

The Hand of the Desert or Mano del Desierto.

Heather and Dave find shelter from the wind and cold in a culvert.

Heather riding into El Chalten.

Torres del Paine.

Heather and Dave just before the gates into Torres del Paine.

Entering Torres del Paine.

A sweet caming spot just before the Torres gate.

Love that evening light for photos!

Mountains that look cut by a knife.

High, rugged, WINDY peaks

Hard not to create good photos in Torres del Paine.

The “calendar” image.

A beautiful loop in Torres del Paine National Park.

Nature’s lovely contrasts.

Dave looking back to where we’ve hiked in from.

A river near El Chalten

Glaciers near Fitz Roy.

A gorgeous mountain lake.

More scenes on our hike around Fitz Roy.

Hiking into Fitz Roy.

Fitz Roy.

Fitz Roy.

Mount Fitz Roy.

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Fall in Patagonia

Fall in Patagonia

Fall in Patagonia.

Sheep in sheep’s clothing.

Monkey trees in Patagonia.

The bikes awaiting their next adventure.

Dave’s bike ready to get shipped back to the US.

A quiet road to great camping.

A bumpy ride down into a Utah valley.

Photographer Dave getting ready to shoot the Grand Canyon.

Desert flowers.

Flowering cacti.

Layers of desert rock.

Dave flying along the Utah BDR.

Near Monument Valley.

Monument Valley, Utah.

Camping on Navajo land.

A Navajo homestead.

Cowboys in Monument Valley.

A happy dirt rider.

Rock spires along the Utah BDR.

Looks like a good spot to spend the night.

Along the Utah BDR.

Even the desert produces green stuff!

Along the Utah BDR.

Always taking time for photos.

B.C. logging roads are the best.

Getting better at river crossings.

The start of Telkwa Pass.

Heather doing a river crossing along Telkwa Pass.

An inviting lake along Telkwa Pass.

Gettin’ tricky!

Got the Stallion through the toughest part!

An old boat in Atlin, B.C.

Camping on a lake in northern B.C.

Loons make the most beautiful sound. It sounds like true relaxation.

You can just hear the loons calling.

Atlin, B.C.

Atlin is a beautiful town on the water.

Exploring in Atlin.

The truck Dave rented to get his bike to Whitehorse, Yukon.

The broken wheel bearings from Dave’s bike.

Interesting decor!

The Stallion among skeletons.

The ride into Stewart is full of gorgeous glaicers.

The Salmon Glacier.

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A beautifuo blue glacier on the way into Stewart.

Glaciers can be seen from the road

Life is for these moments.

Another view of the Salmon glacier.

The Stallion posing at the Salmon Glacier.

Always stop to appreciate nature.

Covered in dust from the ride up to the Salmon Glacier.

A Pelican case makes for the perfect safe, weather-proof camera storage.

A very cool junction in northern B.C.

Gotta get hyderized when in Hyder!

Paraphenalia at the local bar.

Dave loves looking at maps and finding the hardest section of road to ride within a 100-mile radiius.

To keep bears and other critters out of our food, we hung a food bag off a bridge.

A marmot with big teeth!

You must respect the bears!

Crossing the Arctic Circle.

Entering the Northwest Territories.

How we carried bear spray on the bikes.

Love these empty roads.

Heather riding off into the horizon.

Standing on the pegs creates easier balance for loose road surfaces.

Riding along the Dempster Highway. Also the cover of my book!

Nothing is built underground in Inuvik due to permafrost.

Inuvik’s greenhouse community center.

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A building leftover from mining days above Keno.

After finishing the Dempster Highway.

Joan and Dave in Whitehorse.

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A commanding inukshuk at sunset.

Idyllic lunch stop.

The Tombstone range.

A hike in the Tombstones.

A welcome food stash from Joan.

Up north, roads also act as landing strips.

Waiting for the ferry over the Peel River.

We’re getting closer to the furthest we can get by road in Canada!

This photo was taken at 10PM.

This is around 1AM.

Meandering river along the Dempster.

Dave on the Dempster Highway.

Another midnight sun.

Love these klondike towns of the north.

Time for a walk around.

No shortage of culture in the north!

Dave loves his beer.

Absolutely!

Cute border crossing from the Yukon into AK.

The sign says it all!

Which way to go??

Chicken’s chicken.

Crystal clear drinking water (after filtering of course).

Caribou along the Alaska Highway.

Bear prints.

Going up Atigan Pass.

Hiting the Arctic Circle for the first time in four.

The Stallion gets towed to Fairbanks using Ed’s truck.

A great use for an old pick-up.

Heather coming back from Prudhoe Bay, with a missing sidestand.

Dave’s bike caked in calcium chloride.

The Stallion getting hammered by calcium chloride.

Prudhoe Bay, the farthest north you can drive in America.

Someone helping Dave jumpstart the Stallion.

Hatcher’s Pass.

A home-baked roadside snack.

A quiet moment in the forest.

Napping after a leisurely hike. Denali in back.

Heather riding along the Alaska Pipeline.

Fall is settling in.

Fall colors along the Dalton Highway.

Ground brush turning in the fall.

What a highway looks like built on top of permafrost.

Trying to kill as many mosquitoes as we can.

Camping with the bugs.

Dave cleaning off the road debris.

A moose wanders beside the road.

Heather’s laptop stand.

Heather off exploring.

Heather’s next ride.

Swapping the G650GS for the F800GS.

A brand-spanking-new F800GS.

Heather testing out the F800.

Heather beeming (under her helmet) with the new F800.

Heather’s new AK plates.

Dave the photographer.

The bikes awaiting their next adventure.

The Alaska pipeline.

Dave in a bar in Chicken.

The quaint townsite of Chicken.

It was surprisingly hard to find water this far north.

Meeting other overlanders in Skagway.

Camping in Skagway.

Fresh blueberries.

Camping in Skagway.

Heading up Hatcher’s Pass.

The best place for a cabin ever!

The Copper River.

Heather looks at ski lines.

Cute general store in McCarthy, AK.

McCarthy, AK.

McCarthy, AK.

Heather’s been up north too long ;0

A mine near McCarthy.

A mine near McCarthy.

Heather and Dave riding in McCarthy.

The moose that wandered through our camp.

Sunset (about midnight).

Our ridng posse.

Roadside glaciers.

A huge glacier seen along the way to Valdez.

Lunch with a view.

Alaska is full of incredible vistas.

A stunning peak at dusk.

Northern lights near Denali National Park.

Dave looking for a place to camp.

Mt. McKinley/Denali

Heather riding her new F800 with Denali in back.

Dave posing in front of Denali.

An eagle flying above Skagway.

Boxing up the Stallion to send it home.

The view from Table mountain.

A cute little friend on Table mtn.

Heather hiking up Table man.

There are penguins in Africa!

Crafts at a local market in South Africa.

Hand-crafted masks at a local market.

Heather’s bike, released from customs in Cape Town.

Reaching the southern-most tip of Africa.

The funny pineapple story.

Dave popping the bead off the tire to get to the inner tube.

The leak caused by an abrassive sticker inside the tire.

Patching the inner tube.

Fixinng my first flat tire with a rock “jack.”

Gorgeous rock formations.

Dave photographing an oryx.

A mountain village in South Africa.

Heading up to Sani Pass, the highest motorable road in Southern Africa.

Gorgeous scenery in Lesotho.

Dave at gorgeous Sani Pass.

Baboons hiding in the grasses at Sani Pass.

Men dressed in traditional clothing in Lesotho.

The pub at Sani Pass.

The South Africa border.

Setting up camp at the South Africa border.

Having a braai in Lesotho.

The guys from Durban.

A meal made from items in my pannier after being stranded at the South Africa border.

Dave with Rentia and Stoffel on their front lawn.

The “bakkie” Rentia and Stoffle loaned us.

Heather making the ubiquitous G&Ts.

Warding off milaria ;0

A dik dik.

Dave photographing a springbok.

Dave and a pile of elephant crap.

Zebra and wildebeest.

A lurking crocodile.

Cheetahs in the distance.

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Zebras in Kruger National Park.

Hulking rhino.

A female lion in Kruger NP.

Adorable girrafes.

A male lion in Kruger NP.

Even the deer are prettier in Africa.

Warthogs up to no good.

A happy lion in Kruger NP.

Fighting (or loving?) elephants,

A sweet chimp family!

Springbok.

Wildebeests.

Hyena. They look innocent but are dangerous doggies.

Colorful birds.

The “official” Nana bird.

Heather beside an elephant skull.

A stormy savanna.

This really puts an elephant’s hulk into perspective.

Heather looking for wildlife in Kruger NP.

A helmet-cam shot riding in rural South Africa.

Fun roads in Lesotho.

Heather cooking dinner in camp.

Heather handing out stickers to kids in Lesotho.

Heather in South Africa.

Heather riding Sani Pass.

Heather riding up Sani Pass.

Still wondering if this is such a good idea ;0

A smiling beauty.

Locals fetch beer for our group.

Reaching the Highest Pub in Africa.

The southern-most point in Africa.

Riding up to Sani Pass.

Dave on Sani Pass.

Locals at Sani Pass.

Rural life in Lesotho.

Cool rock formations in Lesotho.

Our gracious hosts, Rentia and Stoffle.

Headaches were a common thing in the heat.

Stopping for some water.

Heather riding on the way to Sossusvlei.

Hiking in Sossusvlei.

Heather riding in Namibia.

Crossing the Tropic of Capricorn.

A shipwreck along the Skeleton Coast.

Cute baby seal.

These guys STINK!

Entering the skeleton coast.

What your air filter looks like when riding in a desert.

Dave and the maintenance man at our hotel in Katima.

Dave riding on our hottest day yet: 107°F.

A view in the shade.

Massive canyon in the Namib desert.

Look closely. Dave is riding the road, top left.

My prize at the end of the rainbow ;0

An oryx at sunset.

This really shows the heat coming off the road.

Dave in Aus.

Mediterranean feel in Aus.

Aus, Namibia.

Atlantic Ocean in Aus.

Flamingos in Aus.

My bike is stuck in the sand somewhere behind this shot ;0

Old house along the road.

Dave seeking shade.

A savior with cold water!

Wild zebra in the Namib desert.

Sossusvlei doesn’t allow motorcycles :(

Sossusvlei sand dunes.

An Oryx in the sand dunes.

Sossusvlei sand dunes.

Dave hiking in Sossusvlei.

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Sossusvlei’s dead trees.

The dead trees that refuse to fully die.

Beetle.

No idea what this insect is but it’s pretty.

View from the tent.

Lush landscape riding in Namibia.

Never ride so fast you can’t see the turtles!

Dave at the safari camp in Windhoek.

Our bathroom.

The trail to our camp.

Warm beer? Sign me up!

My exotic meat dish.

Fixing my first flat.

A ship wreck along the Skeleton Coast.

The bikes looking at the view.

My and Ella.

Camping with Magnus, Tina and the kids.

The mud bog that swallowed my bike and pride.

Finally got ‘er out!

Everyone was getting stuck in this part.

Dave hooking up a winch.

A slight sidewind causes the sand to stir.

Goodbye, Magnus and Tina!

This giraffe is curious about me and my bike.

Sunset in the Namib desert.

And we’re camping here…?

Heather in Namibia.

Headaches were a common ailment in this heat.

Stopping for a hit of water.

Heather riding in the Namib desert.

Nothing much out here!

A Quiver tree.

Sossusvlei doesn’t allow bikes :(

Daily life around Sossusvlei.

Daily life around Sossusvlei.

Peasants in Africa are so much more colourful!

Stoic eagle.

Foxy fox.

Wildebeast with egrets.

Giraffes looking for food.

Dave admires a giant baobab tree.

Springbok.

Shack along the road.

A smaller baobab tree.

Is camping really a good idea…?

Everyone deserves a treat!

A luxury safari lodge where we camped.

Bringing home some food.

I do NOT know how they do this balancing act…

Hiking in Zambia.

Heather photographing butterflies.

Hiking in Zambia.

Cool rock formations seen while hiking in Zambia.

What a beauty.

Colorful butterflies.

Colorful butterflies.

More interesting rock formations in Zambia.

More interesting rock formations in Zambia.

More interesting rock formations in Zambia.

Random zebra strolling through our campsite.

Victoria falls.

Victoria falls.

Heather pulls down a tree ;0

Camping near Lake Malawi.

Cute kid on the beach.

Fishing boats, ready.

The shores of Malawi.

Look closely and you’ll see a naked man bathing.

A man teaching his son to make fishing nets.

A young man about to go fishing.

Repairing fishing nets.

Weights for fishing nets.

Handmade crafts.

Handmade crafts.

Camping by Lake Malawi.

Dave chats with a guy selling rubber balls.

A lovely entrance to a restaurant.

Crazy lineup to get $50 from the bank.

Lake Malawi is beautiful.

Orphans along Lake Malawai. We stayed a night at an orphanage.

Peter and Rose.

Our snorkeling guide.

Snorkeling with a fun guide.

Proof that Dave did try to snorkle.

Colorful fish while snorkeling.

Our snorkeling guide with the fish.

A sea treasure.

Cute kids.

Bronze sunset in Stone Town.

Hawkers in Stone Town.

Evening in Stone Town.

Testing food in night market.

Art walk in Stone Town.

To-go food ;)

Heather in Stone Town wearing her one and only nice piece of clothing.

Speaking of sweet moments… ;)

This kid has some big boots to fill!

Fast food in Stone Town.

People-watching.

Stone Town has a strong Muslim culture.

Boats ready for tourists in Stone Town.

Kids eating lunch.

Curious crab.

Dramatic sky. Vibrant color.

Pathway to the beach from our hostel in Zanzibar.

I think this tribe is the Maasai people.

A Maasai man gives Dave a fist bump.

Maasai men walking long the beach, chatting.

If it goes, it goes on the road in Africa!

Homesteading in Zanzibar.

Cute little boy.

Rose’s delicious chai tea spices, harvested locally and drying in the sun.

Peter and the guides he recommended for gettign us up Kilimanjaro.

Just a carcass, hanging out….

Bananas for sale!

Heather and Dave with their guides on Kilimanjaro

Rose’s chai tea.

Rose getting ready to make dinner.

An adorable girl at Rose and Peter’s house.

Armed guard on the streets of Moshi.

Setting out to climb Kilimanjaro.

Bizzare glaicer formations on Kilimanjaro.

Heather standing under huge heather.

Heather hiking up Kilimanjaro

Sunset close to the peak of Kilimanjaro

That propane tank is coming with us and going on someone’s back… or head.

Staging area.

Mini elephant tusk plant.

Dave surveying the land.

The hot water brought o us each morning and evening for washing.

One of the porter’s tents.

Cool ground plant.

Heather exploring a cave on Kilimanjaro.

The view from our tent in the sky.

A porter carrying things for us on his head.

A porter carrying things for us on his head.

Dave gets tested for oxygen levels.

A giant groundsel.

Close to the summit of Kilimanjaro.

Dave almost at the summit of Kilimanjaro

Closing in on the summit!

Well, the cat’s out of the bag now!

A happy meal after the summit.

H&D in Scotland.

Some holligans trying to steal our bikes ;0

Dave and Andy.

Classic Scotland.

Andy teaching Francis how to climb.

A nice day at the beach.

Lovely stone fence in the country.

Andy climbing.

Dave climbing.

Heather getting ready to do a presentation at BMW Scotland.

Heather presenting at BMW Scotland.

Dave’s bike that finally made it from Kenya.

Heather and Jenny hiking in England.

Sheep in England.

Heather and Jenny.

Heather and Jenny.

Heather in London, where her mom was born.

London.

Changing of the guards.

Dave and Jenny’s husband climbing.

England countryside.

Martin climbing.

Martin climbing.

Dave orders fish and ‘chippies.’

Riding around England.

Dave and Ron.

Catching a little moment.

Harry and Ron.

Heather finding a moment.

Cutness in London.

London.

Love this.

Always stop to listen to the music.

England underground.

England underground.

England decor.

Dave’s bike in France.

Dave getting ready to jump off a cliff.

Heather and Dave paraponting.

A new dress.

Escargots.

Waiting for the ferry between England and France.

White Cliffs of Dover.

The bikes secure on the ferry.

Dave riding in France.

Meeting Karen in France.

Karen.

Dave holds a pair of handmade skis.

Handmade wooden skis.

Around France.

Heather and Karen eating croissants.

Around France.

Around France.

French humour at its best.

An evening in France.

Alpine home in France.

The view from a home in France.

Mt. Blanc.

Mt. Blanc.

Chamonix.

Around Chamonix.

Heather in Germany.

A brand we came to know well!

Visiting the Porsche museum in Germany.

Here, you can take cocktails to go :)

Cool architecture.

A castle in Germany.

Heather admires the view.

A Touratech event in Germany.

Signing our names.

Stelvio Pass in Italy.

Heather riding Stelvio Pass in Italy.

Lunchtime in Italy!

Home in the Dolomites.

Stelvio Pass in Italy.

Helmet-cam shot.

Dave in Poland.

The border lineup from Poland into Ukraine.

Ukrainian girls posing on Heather’s bike.

Walking around Neuchatel with my cousin and family.

Dinner with Alison and family.

Heather and her cousin, Alison.

Glorious church in Neuchatel.

Hiking in the Swiss alps.

Heather in the Swiss alps.

Heather in the alps.

My cousin’s first son, Leo. Love the t-shirt!

My cousin’s second son, Eliot.

Pretty garden in Neuchatel.

Heather’s bike in Poland.

Poland traffic.

A church in the village where my grandfather grew up.

Around Ukraine.

Ukranian ladies.

Staying with friends in Ukraine.

Our Moscow friend, Al!

Al and Dave wearing Burger King hats to really get the job done.

Heather takes a rest.

Nalichniki: are decorative, carved wooden window frames or surrounds, a distinctive feature of traditional Russian wooden architecture.

Nalichniki: are decorative, carved wooden window frames or surrounds, a distinctive feature of traditional Russian wooden architecture.

Nalichniki: are decorative, carved wooden window frames or surrounds, a distinctive feature of traditional Russian wooden architecture.

Our moto posse in Moscow.

Moscow at dusk.

Moscow is beautiful at dusk.

Saint Basil’s Catherdral.

It looks like something out of a fairy tale.

Red Square.

Red Square.

This boy is curious about us.

“Do Russian’s have a sense of humour?”

Hilarious translations.

More funny translations.

The Russian visa in Heather’s passport.

100% cock ;0

Al teaching us the Cyrillic alphabet.

The Night Wolves’ Sexton clubhouse.

Old cell block housing in a small village, maybe abandoned.

Always a nice sight to wake up to.

A rainy day on the road.

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Dramatic sky, delicate flowers.

Great people we met after crossing into Kazakhstan.

Beautiful ladies at Kazak wedding.

Kazaks havng the time of their lives.

So much drinking at the Kazak wedding.

Our good friend Darkhan, who took us under his wing in Kazakhstan.

Darkhan and some watermelon!

The machinist making a bolt for Dave’s bike.

Maching a bolt for Dave.

The bolt a machinist made for Dave’s subframe.

D&H with farmhands

Our friend Darkhan and his farmhands.

Farmhands at Darkhan’s farm.

A combine Darkhan built on the property.

Dave and Darkhan.

The souvenirs Darkhan bought us from his town’s only store.

The equestrian cow walker ;0

Cows returing to their owners.

Dave, Darkhan and a yurt — what could go wrong?

A holy place.

What a great coffee urn!

Some lovely ladies who cooked for us at Darkhan’s.

What brake pads look like when they’re spent.

Doesn’t QUITE look like a holiday zone…

Riding in the Altai Region with the Latvians.

A summit in the Altai Region.

Troubleshooting with a bottle of whiskey.

Heather riding in the Altai Region.

Old cell block housing in a small village.

Dave and Oskars.

Guess which boots are mine?

These guys are pros.

Another great camping site.

Where to camp? Anywhere….

Heather at the Russia/Mongolia border.

Wildflowers in the Altai Region.

Heather and Dave on a summit in Altai Region.

Seared meat time!

Those are some balls!

A UAZ vehicle.

No wonder I’m not stoked to get my bike off the ferry.

Cowboys in the Altai.

Cheking out some maps for the Altai Region.

Seared meat always makes Dave Sears happy!

Dave and the Latvian’s in the Altai.

A beautiful shelf road out of the valley.

A UAZ vehicle.

Riding in the Altai Region.

Stunning waterfall.

Heather’s bike in the Altai.

Heather’s bike in the Altai Region.

Top of the pass.

Heather before the Mongolia border.

Altai wildflowers (fireweed).

The bañya that is a spa-like experience.

Cute kid near our yurt.

What are YOU looking at?

A quiet scene along the road.

Taking some time to cool off.

Dave riding free.

Colorful roof designs in a stark place.

The flat spot in my wheel after Dave got it fixed.

After the storm.

The guy who knows the guy who sold me my F800 in Alaska.

Cute kid playing on Dave’s bike.

Short doors in the yurt!

Yurts make for a fun place to stay for a night or three.

Dave showing how short the yurts are.

Hiking on a day off.

Yak-shepherding

The ripped fork seals from my pot hole incident.

A common scene in Ulaanbaatar.

I hear ya, girl!

Cruising along.

One of many vast views in Mongolia.

Wild camels.

Heather and some wild camels.

Common mode of travel.

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Yaks.

After the storm.

On of many great camping spots in Mongolia.

The roads are rough!

Idylic scenes.

Why a GPS doesn’t help you in Mongolia.

The goat leg lunch stop.

The roads that likely wrecked my back for life… ;0

Roadside attractions.

A hostel with our people — overlanders!

Cleaning my forks to keep out grit.

A scenic lunch stop.

Heather and Dave arriving in Irkutsk.

Dave and Didzis.

Dave leaving for the BAM road with Team Latvia.

Our good friend Oskars from Team Latvia.

Dusk on Lake Baikal.

Lake Baikal.

Sunset over Lake Baikal.

Sunset over Lake Baikal.

He got close!

Dave had the BAM road pre-programmed into his GPS.

A bridge on the BAM road.

Another bridge on the BAM road. Now you may see why I wasn’t keen ;0

Showing how the door doesn’t open onto the train platform for getting Dave’s bike off.

My poor crashed bike and a collection of broken parts I found on the road.

My messed up instrument cluster after my crash.

Looks bizarre without a dash!

My bent crash bars from the crash.

My poor bike is getting tired.

The bike after Dave correctd the handlebars and removed some of the broken parts. Still looks odd!

Lots of giant crabs!

A huge crab I’m about to eat for lunch.

The scrapyard watchman who beckoned us to the crab feast.

The watchman showing Dave how to crack crab legs while dropping ash from his cigarette.

Crabs from a rusty bathtub ;0

The Night Wolves logo.

Dave with Oskars, Didzis and two random guys at the Night Wolves party

Russian scenes :)

How cute is this?

The beginning of the end on the Night of Vodka.

A mess of cables in Yakutsk.

The garages where men pretend to work ;0

One of the kind souls who helped find parts for my bike.

She’ll be comin’ around the mountain….

My goth look. But really, I’m proud because I feel like a road warrior ;0

1800 kilometres to go to Magadan.

One of the apartments/cell blocks we stayed in in Magadan.

Idyllic scene in Magadan.

Dave settling his bike into the cargo container for the long haul home across the Pacific.

It’s supposed to say “40.” I forgot one country.

Kissing my girl in Magadan!