On August 6, 1999 my son Zachary Tabor and Da;le Thornton and I began the first leg of our TIP-TO-TIP ride from Omaha, NE to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Later we would ride Central America and finally ride all the way from Omaha to Ushuaia, Argentina!
This motorcycle ride included Mexico, Belize and Guatemala from 1/30/00 to 2/13/00. Dale Thornton and I, Frank Tabor, were invited to join five other dual sport riders from Omaha to trek through Mexico and visit the Mayan ruins.
Dale and I had already had a wonderful ride to Deadhorse Alaska and back. We are both married with families and jobs so we hade to wait a year and a half to continue the adventure. We left on December 21, 2001. What follows are an account of our ride to the tip of South America. The only miles we didn't ride was from Panama City to Bogatta, Colombia. I estimated that to be about 500 miles. I wouldn't go to Bogatta again and will explain why in this account.
Frank TaborOmaha to Ushuaia
The first of our emails to family and friends on our trek to Ushuaia from Omaha and the final part of a Tip to Tip ride. Sent 12/27/200112/27/2001 Hi all, Dale and I are in Tonala, Mexico. Tomorrow we plan to cross into Guatemala and spend the night in Esquintla. We lost Kevin when he stopped to take a picture of a magnificent double rainbow! We heard from hime by email but were not able to reconnect. Ride safely, Kevin, and enjoy!!!
After Getting separated from Dale and I, our third riding partner, Kevin comtinued on to see Tikal and Belize then rode up the east coast of mexico. Following is his email from 12/31/2001Well - I got such a good response to the last email, I thought Id send another. I think Ill start with the part that I left out the last time. You see, I crossed the jungle of Guatemala under the light of a full moon. It wasnt the best idea lve ever had.