DAY 116
July 8, 1999
Patrick left around 10:30am and I left at
11:15am. Just when I thought no one could possibly move any slower than me, I catch up to
2 cyclists moving very slow. Randy and Anna have been cycling now for 10 months and are on
their way back to Fairbanks. I slowed my pace and rode with them to "Walkers
Continental Divide". Patrick was there talking to 3 other cyclists. One of them was
cycling from Prudhoe Bay. I think his name was Jamie. Anyway, he was pulling a very
overloaded B.O.B. trailer with a shotgun sticking out of it, and front panniers. Hey now,
thatll shoot out some RV tires huh? :-) Actually, he got it for the road from
Prudhoe Bay to Fairbanks because of the Polar bears and Grizzly bears. Well, Ill
just take my chances with the pepper spray. After about an hour and a half of talking,
Patrick and I started riding west again
As soon as I parked my bike, I was swarmed by hundreds of mosquitoes, this was the worst yet. I saturated myself with Deet, which by the way, will eat holes in bike shorts. Darn the bad luck! We built a fire, had dinner, and drank coffee with Kahlua. Most of the evenings discussion was about the stories we heard from the guy that gave us a ride to Ft. Nelson on day 109. We kept laughing and repeating those stories. We decided to send him a postcard to tell him a good bear story. I made up a ridiculous one about the black bear that chased me and hopped on my trailer as I was pedaling 30mph downhill. The bear was after the food in my trailer and the story continues with a lot of funny, made up, stuff :-) Anyway, we had a good evening with lots of laughter. Today - 67.52 miles |