Kinda headed home, but not really yet

Today Keith got his parts in and we tried to work hard together and get them on. Time just wouldn't be our friend but after a few challenges we got everything finished and we were headed off....At 6:15pm. Despite the late exodus, we needed to get a few hundred miles down the road to keep on schedule. We pretty much used all of our "sick" days in Anchorage.





It was a dreary cool misty day as we throttled toward Tok Junction. It was 300 miles away so we settled in and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the gorge we were riding along. The river flowed along like a long snake nestled between 2 rocky cliffs. The road wound along the side of it dipping down ever so often then climbing back up giving us spectacular views of the valley and glaciers we passed
























The rain started an hour into our ride and wouldn't stop for the rest of the night. It got heavy at times but with our super waterproof gear we stayed warm and comfortable. We stopped for a few minutes for Keith to refill the gas tank since every station we passed was closed. I ate a few fruit rollups and a granola bar which would eventually count as supper.
As we approached Tok, we found a grassy field where w pitched camp and climbed in our dry tents.

As I am typing this the rain is gently tapping on may rain fly and the mosquitoes are swarming and breeding under it.

For some unknown reason my iPad isn't tethering to my iPhone, so I will have to wait and upload this some other time.

Tomorrow we will ride up the Dempster Highway. It is just over a 1000 round trip miles of dirt road that passes the arctic circle and endes in the town in Inavik. It is the farthest north one can drive in all of Canada. Prudhoe Bay is the farthest north one can drive on the North American Continent....but we already did that!


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