Glennallen - Tok
Trip Start
Jun 28, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 19, 2008
Tok,
Alaska,
United States
Friday, July 11, 2008
Weather: Cool, partly cloudy w/thundershowers
The ride to Tok and Thompson's Eagle Claw was straight forward (no pun intended). We departed the (overpriced) Caribou Hotel in Glenallen at ~1130. The road was smooth and relatively fast. Just like every other Alaskan road, the scenery was great. By now, fourteen days into our trip, the glorious views are beginning to run together. After yesterday's spectacular views of the Chugach Mountains todays trip seemed routine. However, it really wasn't in a big picture sense.
We arrived at Thompson's around 1500 and immediately secured 'our' cabin. A nice surprise was the addition of a sun umbrella with chairs. This would come in handy later in the day when the rains would come.
When we rode in, I noticed another Harley Electra Glide parked by the 'shop'. Later the owner came over and introduced himself - Bob Ruddle from Minnesota. Bob and I hit it off and after a quick run to the store, we settle down to knock down a half rack of Bush. The rains came and we sat under the umbrella solving the Nation's problems (we need to drill)
Bob & 'The Mattress"
. Now Bob is an accomplished motorcycle tourer. He has tens of thousands of miles under his belt. In fact he has a '95 Road King with over 100k miles on it. Anyway the point is, Bob had many touring tid-bits he shared with me. But the one tid-bit that really got my attention was that even though he preferred a tent he used a queen-sized air mattress to sleep on. That's right boys and girls, a QUEEN size complete with fitted sheets. In fact he blew the thing up with a DC powered inflater. I did have to show him DC power outlet on in E-Glide. Well, I'm getting rid of my back-packer air mattress' for sure. I do ride a Harley Electra Glide for Pete sake! I can probably sell my 'mini' mattress' to some BMW Adventure rider:) It was a great evening. Bob is just one example of the many great people I have met from all over the world while on this trip. This trip has been great.
Comments
cool!!!
sounds good so far you guys keep it rollin! throw a beer back for me!!! love you guys be safe!!!