Marsh Lake
Kodak DC50 photo (by Nelson Kibler)
I struggled to get going early from my hotel room in order to
eat breakfast with the rest of the bicycle group at their campsite several
miles away. My friend Richard Lawrence drove me there. As it turned out
we didn't eat until around 9:00.
It was a really long day. There were brutal headwinds blowing right down
our throats through most of the day. It was especially slow going from Whitehorse
to Marsh Lake.
It took me 10 hours to ride the first 65 miles and another couple
of hours to reach Johnson's Crossing. Ritt, Carol and I didn't reach camp
until after 8:00 PM. We were pleasantly surprised to find that Bob, Nelson
and Bill (who had all arrived several hours earlier) had set up our tents
for us. But, we were beat.
In the evening we built a campfire (after Nelson used a whole pack of matches
trying to light it) and with Karen's middle school expertise, toasted marshmallows
between chocolate and graham crackers, to produce "s'mores." Tim
became thoroughly addicted. Note the fact that though it was about 10:00
PM, it was still daylight. That's the was it is up here in June. The sun
never really sets.
I had been salivating all day about the sticky buns at Johnson's
Crossing and by the time we got in, the bakery was closed, so I didn't even
get to see what was offered but Nelson took a picture.
Tom surprised us the following morning by feeding us sticky buns from the bakery. They were great.
80 Miles.
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