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WELCOME I invite you to share my
motorcycle ride for charity from
Key West, Florida to the
Arctic
Ocean city of
Deadhorse at
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and back to Key West,
Florida.
This WEBPAGE will allow you to
take a virtual ride with me by accessing my real time position
during the entire trip. You will
also be able to access my daily journal, which will include pictures
I will take along the way.
THE
PURPOSE: This year I will be riding for four
charities;
The Armed Forces Relief Trust,
Agape Family Ministries,
Miami Rescue Mission
and
the
First Choice Women’s Center. I encourage you to support one or
all of these charities. You my access and donate to the charities
by clicking on the link to their WEB Sites located at the bottom of
this PAGE.
100% OF ALL DONATIONS WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE
CHARITIES.
THE
RIDE: I will depart from
Key West
on the morning of
the 4th of July, travel northwest to
Bismarke, North Dakota,
and
enter Canada at the beautiful city of
Regina, Saskahewan. I will
travel west to
Dawson Creek, British Columbia where
I will take the
Alaskan Canadian
(ALCAN) Highway north to
Fairbanks, Alaska. From
Fairbanks I will travel north on the
old Haul Road past the
Arctic
Circle to
Deadhorse, AK, at
Prudhoe Bay, on the Arctic Ocean. I
will spend the night in
Deadhorse and start my return ride back to
Key West the following day. The entire trip should take a total of
25 days covering 11,000 + miles (round-trip). Over one thousand of
these miles will be through
Alaska’s tundra wilderness and over
eleven hundred miles will be on dirt and/or gravel roads. A map of
my trip can also be found on this WEBPAGE.
So I invite you to sit back and
share my journey to the top of the world. As I stated above I will
be sending daily pictures and journal entries which will be posted
on the WEB-site. The WEBPAGE also features a “Where is Lacy now”
button that will provide you with my real time (24/7) location via
Goggle Maps. So just sit back and enjoy the ride.
Very Respectfully – Lacy “Blade
the HopeRider” Betton
Motorcycle and Equipment
2008 Kawasaki 650 KLR Dual Purpose Motorcycle equipped with the
following:
Kawasaki Soft saddlebags and truck bag
MEFO Tires
Russell Day Long Saddle
Universal Tank Pannier
Kawasaki Tall Windshield
Heavy duty engine guard with highway foot pegs
Skid Plate made of aircraft aluminum
Center stand with skid plate
Clothing
U.S. Army Extreme Cold Weather Boots
Gerbing Heated Clothing
Dual Sport All Weather Jacket and Pants
U.S. Army Mosquito Hat Net
SHOEI Convertible Multitec Motorcycle helmet with tinted shield
Camping
Wenzel Starlite Hiker/Biker Tent
MicroTek Ultra-Compact Mummy Sleeping Bag
Communication/Tracking/Photo Equipment
Tracking Solutions GPS Tracking System
Verizon Blackberry
Sony Digital Camera
IBM Lap Top Computer
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