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Gordo's Vancouver Adventure (and Alaska, too)

TIDBITS   * I saw this (moose crossing) sign a lot today. But no Mooses. Meeses. Mices. Moose? (excerpt from Gordo's blog. See this photo HERE)   * See PHOTOS FROM CANADA & ALASKA   * See VIDEO OF GORDO BEING 'HYDERIZED'   * See A MID-TRIP INTERVIEW WITH GORDO   * See more PHOTOS FROM THE ROAD

Fort Wayne's Gordon Given will drive his Honda motorcycle on a 6,500-mile trip to Vancouver, British Columbia; Hyder, Alaska; and back again. He hopes to complete the trip in about two weeks. Gordo's Vancouver Adventure (and Alaska, too), as he calls it, started out as just a fun motorcycle trip. After more than a year of planning, he's now riding for a cause: He's raising funds for the Indiana chapter of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. We'll follow Given's trip here, offering photos and tidbits from the trail as he makes his way to Alaska and back. You also can read his accounts at http://gordosvancouveradventure.blogspot.com. Or follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/gordongiven. Read Given's story: Alaska or bust: Fort Wayne man's motorcycle trek will challenge his stamina, raise funds for digestive diseases GO TO GORDO'S BLOG WANT TO LEARN MORE OR DONATE?

The route   Day 1: Fort Wayne to Lodi, Wis., 329 miles   Day 2: Lodi to Bismarck, N.D., 677 miles   Day 3: Bismarck to Shelby, Mont., 605 miles   Day 4: Shelby to Kalispell, Mont. (Glacier National Park), 186 miles   Day 5: Kalispell to Bellingham, Wash., 600 miles   Day 6: Bellingham to Vancouver, British Columbia, to Prince George, British Columbia, 511 miles   Day 7: Prince George to Stewart, British Columbia, and Hyder, Alaska, 434 miles   Day 8: Hyder to Prince George, British Columbia, 434 miles   Day 9: Prince George to Calgary, Alberta, 483 miles   Day 10: Calgary to Regina, Saskatchewan, 470 miles   Day 11: Regina to Grand Forks, N.D., 500 miles   Day 12: Grand Forks to Deforest, Wis. (Madison), 570 miles   Day 13: Deforest to Fort Wayne, 320 miles