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Below is the final version I posted for the 2004 bicycle trip I took
from Houston, TX to Fairbanks, AK when I moved to Alaska:
Houston, TX to Fairbanks, AK
Well, I've finished the journey, but I am still occasionally posting
updates as I try to get settled in Fairbanks. Those updates along
with all the journal entries during the trip are available under the
Daily Journal link. I also have a page of summary statistics you
can link to below.
Click here for the Daily Journal
from the trip (links to lots of pictures)
Click here for the stats
Hi, my name is Robbie Herrick, and this is the home page for my bicycle
trip from Houston to Alaska. I am a 39 year-old scientist who
studies
the planets for a living. I have worked for a decade at the
Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), a NASA-funded research institute
in
Southeast Houston. I have just accepted a position as research
faculty
at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska - Fairbanks
and
my start date is July 1, 2004. To make the journey a little more
interesting, I'm going to attempt to bike from Houston to Alaska, a
distance
of roughly 4500 miles by land. So that you can follow the
progress of
this insane idea, I plan on chronicling the journey on this web
site. Above is a link to a daily journal with pictures taken
along the way. You can click on links below to see some of
my preparations for the trip.
Why?
You might be wondering what would possess me to do this. Well,
I've
had some pretty bad things happen to me over the last few years, and I
feel the need to do something big to turn things around. It's a
great
adventure, and I'll probably never have another opportunity to take a
few
months and do something like this again. Hopefully it will be a
lot
of fun, and I should end up in great shape. So, onward to Alaska.
Preparations
Click here to see the to-do list of
stuff I mostly completed to get ready for the trip and the big move.
Click here to see the list of
supplies for the trip I started out with.
Click here to see an overview of the
planned
route.
Contacting Me
You can email me at herrick@gci.net
. I check that email address every few days or so. If you
don't
already have my cell phone number, you can email me for it and if I
know
you I'll give it to you. If you would like to mail
something
to me, my address in Fairbanks is:
Robert Herrick
422 Eagle Ridge Rd.
Fairbanks, AK 99712