Wednesday, May 18th.  Got out of Tok at 7 AM, or 8 AM Pacific time.  Spent too much time in Alaska looking for a proper Alaska ball cap.  Finally, in desperation, bought one today.

Customs was all good.  Nice guy, no silly questions.

Spoke to two motorcyclists, both traveling into Alaska and alone. Their timing was probably better than mine.

Cold, partly cloudy.  Just a touch of rain on me, but lots around me.  Snow too I think.  There is new snow on the hills/mountains.  All in all, it was a fabulous view for hours.  Hills, mountains, lakes, rain squalls.  My words cannot describe the beauty.  Sadly, I wasn’t feeling especially eager to take pictures because it was cold and . . .

I had to drive through 30 miles of gravel, then 20 miles of mud.  Horrible.  The gravel of two weeks ago had had another layer applied.  The mud was insane.  They even had a grader pushing some, but not all, of the mud to the center.  I’m not an engineer so I didn’t understand their intent, other than to provide financial assistance to car washes.  And stress out motorcyclists.  I think a bicyclist got hurt on the road, but I had my own concerns and can’t be sure.  My shoulders are in pain.

Anyway, I made it to Whitehorse as per plans.  First thing I did after checking into the hotel?  No, buying a drink was the second thing.  First thing was washing the bike.  The capital of the Yukon Territory is mine to explore tomorrow morning.  I’ve got a much easier drive tomorrow.

No pictures worth posting.  No animals seen.  I think I’ll be out of wifi range for the next few days.  We’ll see.