6/23/2016. To Beaver Creek. 50 miles then we had to shuttle 60 miles of construction on the highway which took us another 3 hours by car. But that did gain us a day.
6/24/2016. Beaver Creek to Northway Junction. 63 miles. Another beautiful day of biking but we leave so early in the morning that we arrive in camp many days before noon. That leaves a lot of free time. It so happened that the campground was a real dive but we stayed there anyway because there were no other options. We did manage to meet some locals to chat with and that was how we passed the afternoon. The big news is that we crossed into Alaska today. Locals tell us that this is the real Alaska here. Very primitive, seen old log cabins and not much else. Everyone in the group have seen grizzlies except for Russ and I. We have been on the lookout but really haven't seen any wildlife for 4 days or more now. Just the luck of the draw.
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| Alaska at last. |
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6/25/2016. Northway Junction to Tok. 50 miles. Again we arrived by noon but this time the campground is nice and this is the last town of any size before we hit Anchorage.
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| Leaving the Yukon |
we are in Haines - biked yesterday to Chilkoot lake up the river road and along the fjord - gorgeous! Jim's going fishing and getting his license now...today we biked to Chilkat lake - other direction out of Haines and tomorrow we'll take the fast ferry to Skagway for thef 4th, and train ride up to Fraser and bike down...enjoying our trip as you are too - but we sleep late cuz it's hard sometimes to go to sleep in the light! Walked thru a working cannery and went to a community salmon bake/crab boil fundraiser for the building of a new women's shelter here - so many good locals and fine folks...hope you see some bears - we've seen a bunch and not too close which is great with us! At the last campsite in Wrangell, we were right on the ocean and the one other couple in the entire campsite had gone fishing and gave us fresh salmon filets which Jim has loved!...be kind and enjoy these last days of your trip (I'm in the library using the web and it's oh so nice)...take care - be safe and have fun!
ReplyDeletewe are in Haines - biked yesterday to Chilkoot lake up the river road and along the fjord - gorgeous! Jim's going fishing and getting his license now...today we biked to Chilkat lake - other direction out of Haines and tomorrow we'll take the fast ferry to Skagway for thef 4th, and train ride up to Fraser and bike down...enjoying our trip as you are too - but we sleep late cuz it's hard sometimes to go to sleep in the light! Walked thru a working cannery and went to a community salmon bake/crab boil fundraiser for the building of a new women's shelter here - so many good locals and fine folks...hope you see some bears - we've seen a bunch and not too close which is great with us! At the last campsite in Wrangell, we were right on the ocean and the one other couple in the entire campsite had gone fishing and gave us fresh salmon filets which Jim has loved!...be kind and enjoy these last days of your trip (I'm in the library using the web and it's oh so nice)...take care - be safe and have fun!
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