Alaska Caper -- Day 9

June 12, 2007
Posted by: Dick Wilson

Start: Haines Junction -Yukon, Canada
Destination: Tok, Alaska
Miles traveled: 321 miles

After loading the bike this morning, we went to the city bakery. They had an unbelievable assortment of delicious, not so low-calorie pastries of all sorts. After devouring more than we needed, along with a generous caffeine infusion, we headed north. The roads in the Yukon are chip sealed. They were repairing a 40-mile stretch which gave us a taste of what we might have to deal with further down the line. We then passed from the Yukon back into Alaska. The attitude and treatment we received from the U.S. custom’s officials was night and day compared with their Canadian counterparts. It turns out that the agent who processed us has a daughter who lives in Boise. He wisped us through with no harassment and only a minimum of the "usual" custom questions. It was then a clear shot to Tok Junction, Alaska, where we pulled into the Sour Dough Camp Ground and RV Park and set up our tents for the night. The day, which started cloudy with a bit of mist, had cleared with blue sky, and the forecast was for no rain during the next 48 hours. With our sleeping bags rolled out and the tents pitched, we "hit the hay" early.