Today is my last full day in Canada. The last 14 days in this beautiful country have been incredible. Canadians are very friendly people and have been so generous with us. Numerous grocery stores and restaurants have donated food to us, and Texas 4000 is not even a registered non-profit organization here. That proves how […]
Day 63 Burnwash landing to Lake Creek YT August 3rd Miles: 57 Wake up time 8am. I woke a little late today to find a line to the restrooms and timed the people going in and out. Found a small closet that goes down a basement by the lodge to quickly change and made my […]
Day 62 Haines junction to Burnwash Landing YT August 2nd Miles: 77 Wake up time 730am. I woke up early around 7 to get to the hot showers on time. It’s been days since I got access to hot water and the water ran out last night. Clean and ready to ride, Wes greeted me […]
It is my first time doing a long ride. It is my second time riding to train. The last time I rode, I completed 35 miles. Today, I would more than double that distance. It was an 88-mile challenge with 7 of west Austin’s toughest hills. I woke up at 6am and we started the […]
Day 61 Whitehorse to Haines Junction YT August 1st Miles: 99 Wake up time 730am. It’s odd seeing so many people at once getting ready now. For the past 2 months its only been 20 people and now the population has doubled more than 40. This also means more competition to morning poops and the […]
Day 60 Rest day in Whitehorse, YT July 31st Catching up with sierra resulted in me and a few of us sleeping at 4am. That means in the yukon, sunlight was already coming out lol. Majority of us later woke up at 10am that day. Slowly we see sierra and rockies mingle with each other […]
Day 59 Teslin to Whitehorse July 30th Miles: 109 Sag day means waking up early and feeding the heard of riders that shall soon make their way to the propane stove for their expected meal. Adriana, mars and I prepped a splendid meal of pancakes (I think I’m finally getting the hang of making pancakes) […]
Day 58 July 29th Rancheria to Teslin YT miles: 88 Blog readers and supporters, if this seems inappropriate, I apologize but these are just the facts and life of a t4k rider. Morning poops. It’s an essential part of our day. And in many ways its what gets us out of our sleeping bags and […]
Day 57 July 28th Nugget City to Rancheria unincorporated YK Miles: 60 The drill is now getting so usual hat you know what to do. Each rider has a specific time to wake up after the assigned wake up call whether its 10 min before, on the dot or even 30 min after each rider […]
July 27th Miles: 74 The idea of getting up with close to 9 hours of sleep is a wonderful recharge. I feel so much better with more sleep thanks to the late wakeup times. For breakfast dj made us pancakes cooked with cranberry oats inside it. A new good twist to the pancakes. The morning […]
