Denali?
Trip Start
Jun 28, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 19, 2008
Anchorage,
Alaska,
United States
Monday, July 7, 2008
Weather: Crappy!
They say all things come to an end - especially the goods ones. Well, our string of good weather came to an abrupt, in our faces (literally) end.
The plan was to travel to Healy just north of the Denali park entrance and spend the night and possibly go in to the park the next day. Nope. As we headed out from Fairbanks on a typically nice warm Fairbanks morning our spirits were high. The Park Hwy was smooth and fast. As we continued south, we rode in to dropping temps and cloud cover. 40 miles or so north of Denali it began to rain and it didn't stop. We kept stopping and adding gear to where we were at full snivel level. To make things worse, we picked up a nasty headwind. It was going to be a long day.
As we got to Denali it was 50 degrees, blowing and raining. I could almost touch the clouds; we kept going. The scenery was still awesome in a brutal sort of way. I managed a couple of photos.
We rolled in to Anchorage and were reintroduced to a typical city at rush hour. Multi-lane, traffic congestion, horns etc. I was already beginning to miss the isolation of the ALCAN.
Alex and I were wet and cold so we stopped at a Best Western at the south end of town. Not a prime choice. It reminded me of the traffic and it was expensive but...
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Ride Sally Ride...
Bet you weren't feeling it this day.