Day 26 - White River bridge, YT to Fairbanks, AK

Thunder and lightning from about 9:30pm until midnight then steady rain for a couple of hours. The good news is that it it was still nice and dry inside the tent. Since my next stop was home, I just went ahead and packed up my tent, ground cloth and bike cover wet and was on my way by 7:45. I stopped in Beaver Creek for breakfast since I still had a lot of Canadian change to spend. It turned out that I had plenty for breakfast and even a couple of huge peanut butter cookies for the road. It was still cold and damp when leaving Beaver Creek and this is typical of the scenery around the border. No issues crossing the border and I was the only one there i.e. no line.

I kept stopping to put on my liner since I felt cold and taking it off since I was hot. I think it was the humidity making it feel colder than it was.

The fireweed seems to be everywhere now and is one of those things that hint at he end of our summer. This is at the same turnoff as the previous picture.

By mid-morning it had cleared up and was starting to warm up. This is a rest stop between Tok and Delta Junction and I was impressed that it actually had a pay phone here in the middle of nowhere. The nearest settlement was probably 20 miles away. I didn't test the phone for functionality. I just stopped for a snack. I was originally planning on having lunch at Fast Eddys in Tok as they have a great salad bar. Fresh greens are something I haven't had since Oregon. Not much selection besides "road food" for the last couple of days.

Just one last photo showing the Alaska Highway. Nice and empty, a few curves. Nice cleared areas along the sides to make it easy to spot wildlife. Today, only one black bear near the White River bridge in the Yukon but seven moose, all in Alaska and all sitting ponds near the road.

I arrived in Fairbanks by 2:00 running on reserve. I guess Tok to Fairbanks is a bit too far at 220 miles. Total for this trip: 7048.53 miles (11,343.55 km)

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