October 2009

John Gehlenborg is the President of the Hidden Valley Riders Bike Club. I joined the club in 2009. John presented the opportunity to all of the club to join him on a ride back from Anchorage, Alaska in August, 2010. John is buying his bike from the Anchorage Harley dealer. He has been working on this plan for at least two years.

I bought my Honda VTX1300R in 2009. I put on over 4000 miles in 2009. I passed along the opportunity to my family. We discussed how this could be a once in a lifetime experience. The trip would involve my being away from work for two consecutive weeks for the first time in my career. It also involved making sure I would be back in time for my daughter, Marlee's birthday. With all issues cleared, I assured John I would be going with him on the trip.

My participation in the trip would involve crating and shipping my bike to Anchorage. In talking to the Anchorage Harley dealer, they recommended using the business of Classic Motion in Anchorage. Joni from Classic Motion has been very helpful in getting various quotes and options in order to get my bike to Alaska. She has been in contact with me at various times over the last 9 months coordinating the shipping of my bike.

John has done all of the planning for the mileage and highways to be traveled on a daily basis. He also purchased The Milepost, an essential book for traveling back from Alaska.