07/15 On some great advice from Tim I went ahead and switched out the rear tire with the front one. Well, kind of. The Park Manager here is an ex-bike guy and he brought over a piece of tubing from an old tire he had. We cut that down to size and tomorrow I’ll fit it up against where the inch-wide gash is. I’d work on it now but it’s pouring rain. I thought for sure I was going to get a flat today but the sweet talking worked again. If the Travel Contact tire that was on the front and that now has 5300 miles on it, survives to Whitehorse I’ll take back all the bad things I said about Continental tires.
John and Ed took off this morning and are on their way up to Fairbanks. Safe travels guys. On the road today a southbound rider said he’d passed 3 other bikes heading north. John/Ed would have been #1 and I passed #2 who was pushing his bike up a very long ascent. So there’s one more biker out there I haven’t run into yet.
I have some more company tonight. The CG is full so a couple in a van asked if they could split my site with me. They paid for more than half which was cool. They are traveling all over the US and Canada in an 18.5′ cargo van. I guess they have it decked out with a sleeping area too.
I didn’t see as much wildlife today. A few caribou and that’s about it. Of course I only rode 34 miles so that didn’t help. Tomorrow I might see some buffalo. In fact the lady that runs the Mucho Lake store tried to give me a warning pamphlet because so many tourists have run-ins with them. I’m not worried since I know from Yellowstone to stay far away. Besides, who would want to mess with something that weighs a tonne, can jump six feet in the air and can burrow underground? Not me.
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“…weighs a tonne, can jump six feet in the air and can burrow underground?” That also fits the description of one of the creatures that Kevin Bacon was constantly fighting in the first “Tremmors” flick…
Having a buffalo come up under you is not a pleasant experience.
Damn near spilled my oatmeal.