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From: |
"Bruce Brownstein"
<brucebrownstein1@mac.com> |
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Subject: |
Kamloops |
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Date: |
Mon, August 27, 2007
5:17 pm |
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To: |
DraginRun@gotsky.com |
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I stayed at the same
motel in
Kamloops and
saw the bike there, it was inspiring
and made me wish I was on a similar
trip. I wish you good luck and
clear weather.
Bruce |
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| From: |
"Bob Hawkins" <hawkins.bob@gmail.com> |
| Subject: |
Hi Jan and Jack |
| Date: |
Mon, August 13, 2007
10:26 pm |
| To: |
DraginRun@gotsky.com |
You are
getting closer. If you are coming thru
Vancouver and have time, we would love
to see you two. And we have a spare room
for you. Call us at 604 574 3498, or 250
743 9368. The second number is our home
on Vancouver Island where I spend about
half my time. |
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| From: |
"Touchstone, Gary" <Gary.Touchstone@sabre-holdings.com> |
| Subject: |
Best wishes for your
ride |
| Date: |
Mon, August 13, 2007
3:09 pm |
| To: |
DraginRun@gotsky.com |
Jack and
Janet,
I just
stumbled across your trip page while
investigating buying a Chang sidecar
rig for fun. Our real family
station wagon is this Honda with a
Texas Sidecar, but it sure doesn't
work offroad. I've ridden in
England, but never in the
adventurous places you will be. I
was living in London not too long
after they rode and filmed Long Way
Round with a ride that started in
London and went East until coming to
NYC. You're living the adventure of
which I sometimes dream.
Be safe. Have
fun.
Best regards,
Gary "SideCar"
Touchstone
ps If you make
it back to Texas and need anything
while you're here, don't hesitate
calling. We have some great bike
mechanics and bikers in the DFW area
and elsewhere.
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| From: |
"C.J. Billings"
<kb2skb@twcny.rr.com> |
| Subject: |
We met at Aerostich |
| Date: |
Sun, July 29, 2007 9:53
pm |
| To: |
DraginRun@gotsky.com |
Jack and
Janet
It was great
talking to both of you at
Aerostich in Duluth on my way to
West Bend. Not only are you
among the most interesting
people I've ever met, you make
me serioulsy question my status
as a "motorcycle adventurer".
Best of luck,
C.J. Billings
Watertown, NY
'01 1150GS
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| From: |
"rongbin xue" <rongbin.xue@gmail.com> |
| Subject: |
hi dude |
| Date: |
Wed, July 25, 2007 4:07
am |
| To: |
DraginRun@gotsky.com |
Hello Jack & Jennet,
I was one of your first class
students when you were in Changchun
in September 2001 just after 911. I
miss you two.
I am happy to have your information
on internet.
Really nice trip, have fun.
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| From: |
"cliff kasie" <ckas28@yahoo.com> |
| Subject: |
Duluth, Mn - 150 miles
north of the U.S. . |
| Date: |
Mon, July 16, 2007 6:07
am |
| To: |
DraginRun@Gotsky.com |
Hi Jack,
I was the guy asking a lot of
questions at the Comfort Inn in
Duluth, Mn. I was half expecting to
see you on our "in-house list"
tonight, July 15th, but I'm guessing
you two didn't make it to West Bend,
Wisconsin this weekend due to
the "iffy" weather. Anyhow, good
luck with the rest of your trip. I
hope I can do something like that
someday. You're one of the most
interesting people I've talked with
in a long time. I hope everything
goes good for you two!
If you make the
return trip around the
world, stop here again!
Sincerely,
Cliff
Duluth, Minnesota
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| From: |
"Larry and Rose
Crerar"
<lrcrerar@telusplanet.net> |
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Subject: |
Grande Prairie,
Alberta |
| Date: |
Mon, July 16, 2007
12:38 am |
| To: |
draginrun@gmail.co,
draginrun@gotsky.com,
jjmurray_china@hotmail.com |
| Cc: |
"Cristin Crerar" <ttccrerar@myfastmail.com> |
Jack & Janet,
Have you got a schedule
update for Calgary and
Grande Prairie
Larry & Rose
780-876-2417
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| From: |
"Kate Johnston"
<katej0505@yahoo.com> |
| Subject: |
from your visit in Palm
Bay, FL |
| Date: |
Tue, July 10, 2007
11:14 pm |
| To: |
DraginRun@gotsky.com |
Jack and Janet -
I really enjoyed meeting the both of
you and your friends when you ate an
early dinner at the Chili's in Palm
Bay, FL. I was your server, Katie,
and am now following your journey -
living vicariously through you. Any
time you are back in Palm Bay
visiting friends, please stop in to
say hi! It would be great to share
some laughs with you.
Take care - Katie Johnston
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| From: |
Chigger8118@aol.com |
| Subject: |
Exit 40 on I-35 in
missouri |
| Date: |
Sun, July 8, 2007 3:02
pm |
| To: |
DraginRun@gotsky.com |
Jack and Janet I was the one
that asked if your motorcycle
was Russian at the restaurant in
Lathrop Missouri at the 40 mile
marker exit on I 35 in Missouri,
And we asked if you were
traveling the country, when you
told us you were traveling the
world by motorcycle. We saw the
website on your windscreen, and
thought it would be neat to see
where you had been, we have only
looked at your shake down ride,
and most people would have quit
before they started.We will
continue reading your journals
and follow your progress, have a
safe trip and wish you well on
your travels.
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| From: |
"Arlene" <seearlongo@cox.net> |
| Subject: |
Happy Birthday
America!!!! |
| Date: |
Wed, July 4, 2007 6:23
pm |
| To: |
DraginRun@gotsky.com |
Dear
Jack & Janet, (my old, old
friends)
I
just got caught-up on your
journal entries. If all is on
schedule, you should be on your
way from Memphis to Arnold
today. Each time I read another
adventure I smile, knowing how
much you are enjoying
yourselves, and understanding
that there are not too many
people in the world who are like
us- eager to see what is around
the next bend of the road,
experience new cultures unlike
our own, and willing to put up
with inconveniences to do
so......
I'm
sure you will enjoy great riding
in Canada and the Yukon. Lon
and I drove 7,000 miles on the
Alaskan highway two summers ago
(something he had always wanted
to do). The beautiful vistas
were magnificent, but the lack
of visible wildlife was
disappointing. Maybe all the
moose, bear, caribou & mountain
sheep were waiting for you to
ride by!!!!
When
you head back south, please
remember that I have guest rooms
available (if Jay doesn't have a
new house by then), and I will
be waiting to hear some of the
stories up close and personal
from you both. Love,
Arlene
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| From: |
"miles to go"
<miles-to-go@hotmail.com> |
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Subject: |
hi from claire and
Leon need help! |
| Date: |
Wed, July 4, 2007
12:01 pm |
| To: |
draginrun@gmail.com,draginrun@gotsky.com,jjmurray_china@hotmail.com |
Hi Jack and Janet!
Hope al is well! We are sorry we
haven,t been in contact that
much!
We are even more sorry to ask
you for HELP!!! We have gotten
ourselves a bit of a mess!
At the moment we are in Turkey
and plannıng our trıp to İndıa.
We met someone that went to
turkmenıstan, uzbegıstan,
kızırıchstan and then a little
corner ınto chına(İ know İ
haven,t spelt them rıght) to
take the katakoram Hıghway back
to pakıstan. It looked like a
greet trip, so we got in contact
wıth and agancy in Chına, got
all our vısa for the stan
countrys only to just dıscover
that our agancy ın Chına has
been messıng about! He hasn,t
done anythıng yet!! We sent him
all our ınfo 2 months ago! He
has been ın contact wıth us, but
hasn,t organısed ıt! All our
vısa ıs planned on entring chına
on the 1 of september.
Our questıon ıs can you help us
get a visa by then, or tell us
how and mayby you know a guıde
for 7 days (because thats all
the time we need to get from
the katakoram Highway into
Pakistan.
Hope to here from you soon!!!
Leon and claıre
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Subject:
THANKS FOR THE CHAT
From:
"guy" <g2mp@cox.net>
Date:
Mon, July 2, 2007
Just wanted to say thanks for the visit, we
really enjoyed meeting you two wonderful people,
We are Guy & Sylvia and the Little Taco dog, we
talked with you at Loves Gas Station on
Interstate 10 in Alabama, we were in the gold
chevy colored truck. WE both wish you the very
best, we might get back on our bike
now.
guy & sylvia |
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Subject: visit to wales:
From: "Sue Rea" <salutation_inn@yahoo.co.uk>
Date:
Mon, June 25, 2007 1:29 pm
Hi Both,
Thank you so much for your comments about our
pub the Salutation, Kel and I are so glad that
you enjoyed your brief stay with us and that we
where able to feed you so well!!!
Good luck with the rest of your trip.
Kind Regards
Sue |
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06-22-07
From Jack
Murray
What a
ride so far! We are finally in the States, on
the last leg of the Dragin’ Run and looking at
only 14,000 miles left to go. That sounds
strange until you take into account that we have
already traveled more than 25,000 miles and have
been in 30 countries in the last eleven months.
Janet
and I want to thank all of you who have sent
good wishes, advice and information requests.
I’m just sorry that we haven’t been able to
respond to all of you personally but I hope you
can understand that riding can be a demanding
enjoyment that leaves us pretty well exhausted
at the end of the day.
In many
respects, this leg of our journey will allow us
to visit our sponsors who have so generously
contributed time, product and help all along the
way. Our first visit will be to AEROstich in
Duluth. I can’t wait to see Andy and his troupe
to say thank you for all they have done.
We will
receive our new seat from Bar Enterprises which
should go a long way to improving our comfort as
we begin a 7,000+ mile trek from south Florida
to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
On a sad
note, I found out last week while I was in China
that my good friend Paolo Petronio, at Extreme
Motorcycle Tours China passed away just after we
left on the Dragin Run. He is missed.
For
those of you who are interested, I have included
our itinerary from Palm Bay, Florida to Prudhoe
Bay, Alaska. If you are anywhere along this
route, let us know. Maybe we can hook up for a
coffee or even something a little stronger.
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23-Jun |
Sat |
Palm Bay |
Pt Laura |
220 |
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24-Jun |
Sun |
Pt Laura |
Key West |
108 |
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25-Jun |
Mon |
Key West |
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25 |
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26-Jun |
Tue |
Key West |
Naples |
245 |
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27-Jun |
Wed |
Naples |
Ocala |
251 |
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28-Jun |
Thu |
Ocala |
Marianna |
143 |
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29-Jun |
Fri |
Marianna |
New Orleans |
323 |
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30-Jun |
Sat |
New Orleans |
New Orleans |
20 |
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1-Jul |
Sun |
New Orleans |
Ridgeland |
200 |
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2-Jul |
Mon |
Ridgeland |
Memphis |
200 |
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3-Jul |
Tue |
Memphis |
Memphis |
20 |
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4-Jul |
Wed |
Memphis |
Arnold |
265 |
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5-Jul |
Thu |
Arnold |
KC |
255 |
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6-Jul |
Fri |
KC |
KC |
20 |
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7-Jul |
Sat |
KC |
Clear Lake |
301 |
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8-Jul |
Sun |
Clear Lake |
Duluth |
283 |
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9-Jul |
Mon |
Duluth |
Duluth |
20 |
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10-Jul |
Tue |
Duluth |
E Grand Fork |
262 |
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11-Jul |
Wed |
E Grand Fork |
Douglas |
263 |
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12-Jul |
Thu |
Douglas |
Moose Jaw |
281 |
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13-Jul |
Fri |
Moose Jaw |
Dunmore |
240 |
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14-Jul |
Sat |
Dunmore |
Calgary |
188 |
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15-Jul |
Sun |
Calgary |
Calgary |
20 |
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16-Jul |
Mon |
Calgary |
Calgary |
20 |
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17-Jul |
Tue |
Calgary |
Grand Prarie |
466 |
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18-Jul |
Wed |
Grand Prarie |
Pink
Mountain |
221 |
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19-Jul |
Thu |
Pink
Mountain |
Muncho Lake |
291 |
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20-Jul |
Fri |
Muncho Lake |
Lower Post
Indian |
157 |
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21-Jul |
Sat |
Lower Post
Indian |
White Horse |
289 |
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22-Jul |
Sun |
White Horse |
Beaver Creek |
278 |
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23-Jul |
Mon |
Beaver Creek |
Glen Allen |
256 |
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24-Jul |
Tue |
Glen Allen |
Anchorage |
191 |
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25-Jul |
Wed |
Anchorage |
Anchorage |
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26-Jul |
Thu |
Anchorage |
Mckinley |
241 |
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27-Jul |
Fri |
Mckinley |
McKinley |
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28-Jul |
Sat |
McKinley |
Livingood |
202 |
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29-Jul |
Sun |
Livingood |
Nolan |
193 |
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30-Jul |
Mon |
Nolan |
Sagwon |
164 |
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31-Jul |
Tue |
Sagwon |
Prudhoe Bay |
70 |
Thanks
again to all
Jack and
Janet
still on
the road |
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From
"robert p. long" <blng12@peoplepc.com>
Date
Fri, June 8, 2007
4:44 pm
To
DraginRun@gotsky.com
Jack: It was nice meeting you at Palm Bay
Colony in June of 07, discussing your cycle and
your excursion. I do hope that you will write a
book about your adventures and the interesting
people you met in foreign countries. If you wish
to read of another great motorcycle adventure
from Alaska to South America, read the book by
Ed Culberson entitled "Obsessions Die Hard,
Motorcycling the Pan American Highway's
Jungle Gap" He too used a BMW. Best of luck to
you both. Bob |
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Subject
God Speed !!
From "Debbie Johnson" <djohnson@mijb.com>
Date
Tue, June 5, 2007
6:01 pm
To
DraginRun@gotsky.com
We just met you, and your wife, in NYC as you
were unloading your bike
outside the Comfort Inn on
71st Street.
I made a comment about how much
luggage you seemed to be removing from the
storage areas. We admired
your bike and asked where you were coming from.
You said
China
- which
was surprising, to say the least! We proceeded
to have a very
interesting conversation regarding the school
you started in China to
teach English to students (how wonderful!); your
upcoming destinations
and the fact that you were travelling around the
world - both ways! All
we could say was "Wow"! How exciting and
absolutely wonderful! Thank
you for giving us your email address so we could
keep track of your
journeys. "May the road rise to meet you; May
the wind be always at
your back" ... God Bless
Debbie Johnson and Pam Baumgart from
Erie, PA. |
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"Gillian Smith" <gs1029@telus.net>
Fri, June 1, 2007 8:17 pm
North American Leg
Hi Jack and Janet.
I am still following your adventures. If you are
in the area of
Southern Alberta any time other than Sept 2 to Oct 3 (when
I will be in
Turkey and Greece) you have a resting place and
a tour guide here. Lethbridge is only about 2
hours from the Alberta/Montana border and it is
a beautiful area.
Tamara will be returning to
Lethbridge with me in October. We may then take
a trip to
Southern Oregon
to visit my son in Grants Pass. How far into
California will you be going? Maybe we can
touch base then. When will you be returning to
Changchun?
I'm glad you enjoyed
Wales. I visit N.Wales every time I visit the
UK.
and I love it. My ancestors were from there.
Good luck on the next leg of your trip.
Gill
403-394-1029
#27 - 545 Highlands Blvd. W
Lethbridge
Alberta T1J 4V2 |
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good luck
a jacobs" <mrajacobs@hotmail.com>
Mon, May 14, 2007
Hi Jack met you guys very briefly today at
Servisair Cargo Gatwick warehouse while we
prepared your rig to fly to
Canada. Will make sure your baby
gets on the plane in one piece good luck with the
rest of your trip..A inspiration for most of us
"young" ones to get of our butts and get going
on our own trips.
Regards
Adrian |
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islay and stufff...
"Nils" <nils_in_bayern@gmx.de>
Mon, May 7, 2007 8:17 pm
hi jack, hi janet!
i've been following your travels for quite some time, but
unfortunately
i've been ill the very evening, that phil told me that you're in
town...
bad luck, really! I missed a nice evening in the beer garden,
heike told
me ;-) would have been a pleasure meeting you, but one never
knows,
maybe some other time ;-)
anyway, i just read, that you plan going over to islay, which is
my
absolute favorite spot in
scotland, for obvious reasons ;-)
no, it's not
just the liquid, it's the people as well, you will see :-)
BUT, as being an ardbeg fan it is my duty as an ardbeg committee
member
to kindly ask you to pay a visit to ardbeg, tour the distillery,
have
one of the best lunches you can get in the old kiln cafe and of
course
send jackie stuart, the visitors center manager, the best wishes
from me
:-) and of course have a dram of the finest whisky in the world
;-)
if you need a nice place to stay on islay, try the askernish bed
and
breakfast in port ellen (www.islay.co.uk/askernish), joy, the
landlady
is very nice and her son lewis is a biker himself... ;-) i've
stayed
with them lots of times and i always felt very good there :-) as
well
send them the best wishes from me!
if you want to go for a nice pint and a huge selections of all-islay
whiskies, you must go to the port charlotte hotel in port
charlotte :-)
well, if these tips come too late for you, remember to come back
to
scotland later ;-) in that case i
hope you had a great time on that
beautiful island :-)
we (phil, heike, me an two more friends) will be in
scotland ourselves
from may 26, but phil told me, you'll be on your way to
canada then....
maybe next time ;-)
have a safe journey and enjoy whatever you do :-)
all the best from
munich :-) |
nils |
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Subject: |
Sunday Lunch in Pontargothi |
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From: |
"Sue Rea" <salutation_inn@yahoo.co.uk> |
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Date: |
Wed, May 2, 2007
10:48 am |
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