I am not riding with Fred today. His satellite locator beacon does not show my location. I stayed in a motel last night while he and Joe tented outside town. He left for Tok this morning and I decided to spend an extra day here. It should be sunny and dry tomorrow.
Yesterday we rode from Dawson City through Whitehorse to here. It was a long, cold day. It began to rain last night and was raining this morning. I extended my room today and will leave for Tok in the morning.
There are a bazillion RV's here this morning. There is some sort of RV convoy going through. Were it not for this crowd there would be almost no traffic on the highways up here. This is a mixed blessing. RV traffic is a nuisance but results in parks, campgrounds and paved roads. RVers spend money and require infrastructure but I never met such a bunch of uninformed folks. Not one in ten has any idea of the significance of "Call of the Wild" or "The Cremation of Sam McGee".
There are quite a few bicyclists on the road. Talk about adventure touring! This must be as strenuous as it gets, and the mosquitoes here are ravenous! I like bicycling but I draw the line well short of this.
Joe had a mechanical problem with his motorcycle and is going to Haines and catch the ferry to Washington State. Fred is getting a new rear tire installed in Fairbanks. I should meet up with Fred in a couple of days. Maybe.
I will try to keep this blog up. In the meantime, I am not being tracked by satellite. Fred is.
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