Alaska Day 10

As usual, we were up early and ready for breakfast at 6:00 am. We ate breakfast at the same restaurant that we had dinner last night. The service was a lot better and the waitress a lot friendlier. After checking out of the motel we headed north towards Alaska. Today is the day we should cross the border

Nothing exciting happened on the morning ride. We stopped in Haines Junction for a break and then continued on. The views were fantastic. Surrounded on two sides by snow capped mountains just made the ride perfect.

Here's one for you Lydia.  I haven't been able to wipe that smile off his face for two days.

After leaving Haines Junction we arrived a short time later in Destruction Bay. This is where we started to get into some serious road construction. Upon arriving at the bay we had to wait for a short time for a pilot car to lead us through. This is pretty much the norm if you ever drive up the Alcan.

Waiting at a construction site.

The construction was not bad. The gravel was a bit loose but dry. On three wheels like I am it was really a non issue. The guys on two wheels had some butt puckering moments though. We stopped in the community of Destruction Bay for a break and some gas. We also have been told about a grilled Cinnamon roll that is served here. We wanted to try it out.

After gassing us we went to the restaurant and ordered the roll. They also had regular ice tea. That is a rarity in Canada. Most of their tea is served out of a can. I was in heaven, a grilled Cinnamon roll and ice tea. It can't get any better than that can it? Well it can, it seems they had free WiFi at the restaurant. Brian, John and Dick ran, and I mean ran to their bikes to get their computers. It sort of looked funny with the three of them sitting at the table fixated on their computers.

Sorry, I already took a bite or two before I remembered to take a picture.

After our sugar, tea and computer fix we hit the road again. The road condition was terrible. Numerous frost heaves, pot holes and just general construction. This went on all the way to the boarder. We did finally make it to the Alaskan State Line, which is also the US boundary with Canada. Of course we stopped for some pictures before continuing on. We all made it through customs and decided to take a break at Boarder City, which is a gas station, restaurant, lodge located just inside the state. We had a light lunch and waited out some rain and then continued on to Tok.

I guess this means we made it.

We arrived in Tok around 4:30 local time. We checked into the Tok Motel for the night. We decided not to go to dinner since all of us were not really hungry. We walked to a nearby store and picked up a few snacks instead.

Tomorrow Brian heads out early for Deadhorse. The rest of us are going to get a late started and slowly make our way to Glenallen. Its only about a 140 miles, but we wanted a short day to rest up a bit.