Sorry I didn't get input to the blog the past two evenings. Couldn't get to the internet at the motels we were at. It was traumatic, but we persevered and made it through.
July 6 - Temps in the high 50's and up to about 70 degrees - Skies cloudy.
The ride took us South to Wasilla then West to Tok. Alot of nice mountain scenery heading to Wasilla, but the ride West to Tok had alot of tall mountain roads along the river but later turned to rolling hills as we got closer to Tok. We got to see a moose along the road. Full grown male, big antlers and a nice looking coat. He was right beside the highway when we came upon him. Pearse's exhaust (I think) scared him a bit and he began running and cut into the brush. Too quick to get a picture.
July 7 - Temps in the high 50's heading into the high 70's. Clear all day.
I had a shimmy in my bike as we headed out of Tok. In about 10 miles we encountered construction for many miles. Then later we hit 50 miles of very rough blacktop roads. Looked like wash-outs in the road that were patched and were very rough. Also, alot of roller coaster type road surface, causing Mike/Lea to have to slow down to navigate the roads. Somewhere during the day we noticed that one of my wheel weights came off the front wheel. I stopped at a couple tire repair places, but no one had stick-on weights. Hopefully I can get one tomorrow in Whitehorse as they have motorcycle dealers there. Lets hope. Got into the hotel and found it to be clean and nice. Haines Junction is the only town for nearly 100 miles in any direction. It is basically a cross roads, with a police station, gas station, motel, rv park, general store and 3 restaurants. We go to the first restaurant and believe it or not we couldn't eat there because we did not have a reservation and they were full. Had to take second best and eat at the motel restaurant. I don't think we are starving though.
Tomorrow on to Whitehorse, then Watson Lake.
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