Alaska Day 18

Last night we discussed what time we should be ready to leave. We have already decided to get breakfast down the road because we did not want a repeat of, last night at the resort's (and I use that word loosely), restaurant. If you want to know how the kick off time is decided, it sort of works like this.

We were all in my room when I asked what time we should get started in the morning. Everyone just sort of shrugged their shoulders, so I stated since we said 7 this morning and we were all ready and loaded by 6:30, lets just say 6:30. Man you would have thought I touched them with a hot poker. "Hell No, I mean HeLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO", lets keep it at 7 they all said. I said "OK", 7 it is. We were heading down the road at 6:10, go figure??????

The ride started off down right cold. Nothing exciting about the ride, it was territory we have already covered. We stopped for breakfast at some roadhouse about 80 miles down the road. It was a pretty good breakfast, even though we got served one at a time. At least the meal was hot. After breakfast we continued on to Junction 37.

When we arrived a Junction 37 we stopped to top off the gas tanks. I knew from riding this road before gas stations are far and few. Our destination is Dease Lake, and I wasn't sure if there was even a gas station in that 140 miles. Turns out there is at least one. Before we left I called a motel in Dease Lake to make reservations. First she told me they were all booked up, so I asked her about other local motels. Not sure how it got there, but we ended getting reservations in this already booked motel. Even got ground floors with one of the rooms having 3 beds. Go Figure?

It was casual but rough ride from Junction 37 to Dease Lake. Some road construction, gravel, and just bad road made for slow going. We did stop once at a rest area to relieve the bladders and take a break, but those biting little critters we a bit much for me, so off we went. We arrived in Dease Lake around 2 pm. We gassed up and headed to the local restaurant. The restaurant wasn't much, it tried to be unscaled, but the only thing upscaled about it is its prices.

We checked into the motel around 3, and it is a nice place, thought the internet is crappy in our room. Funny they all say they have internet, but once you get to the room you can barely connect. After I got to the room, I called the Sea Alaska Inn in Hyder to make reservations for tomorrow. We were lucky to get some rooms. The Sea Alaska Inn is the Mecca for adventure and endurance riders. Some say you can not be a true rider if you have not been Hyderized.

Tomorrow Hyder, supposed kick off time 7 am, real time probably 6.