So Abigail gave me a ride out of anchorage. Dropped me in Glenallen. The cross roads for Valdez and Anchorage. Half way to toke. Whatever.
There is a trailer there that is pink. They have ten dollar meals of some pretty good Thai food. Highly recommend it.
I made I'd stop for you V2.0. After about two hours a kid stopped for me. Tacoma xtra cab. His name is (B)ryan I should know because I spent like two days with him but I actually never clarified it. So here is where the small world thing kicks in. He went to GMC (Green Mountain College). He date(d?) a girl that's friends with a girl I used to date and works at the same farm as her. And he ski patrols. I just did some Facebook research. His name is Brian.
Originally he was going to drop me in Tok. We ended up camping at that same campsite hostel I stayed at before 15 bucks for two people. Hot showers included. What a bargain. I saw that girl briefly. Didn't get her name. Dagnabbit.
Went to the same eatery. Saw my hitch hiker waitress. Her name was Mary. I know because she sat down and asked my name - which opened the door for me to do the same. It was rather convenient. Drank two fire rocks. Ate a burger.
Went back to the campsite and crashed.
Next day...
He was pretty sick and slept in. I got into East of Eden. Its a good book. I'm kind of surprised. Had some instant cider ( wierd right?) with the campers next to us. It was 25 degrees when I woke up. Seriously? Its fucking august Alaska. I mean WTF?
Brian got up around 10 and we stopped at the grocery store and he grabbed a thermometer. Good thing. We got on the road and headed through to Haines Junction. He drove to the border. Which we breezed right through. Then we switched and I took over. He had a fevor up around 103. We talked girls, life, love and immunizations. We got to haines junction and he was in no shape to drive so instead of sticking there for the night we continued on to Haines. I drove. We got into Haines and grabbed a motel room. I went and got us some food.
Next morning we went to the clinic and I played with his dog Healy. He dropped me off at the ferry and we exchanged info and parted ways. The ferry ride was uneventful. Joe had given me the number of a girl he met off okcupid who lives in Whitehorse. She was kind enough to drive down to Skagway and pick me up.
Hour and half drive. I don't know what it is about Alaska but I didn't really dig it. I really like the Yukon. Maybe its because its sunny. I don't know. Something is different. It seems warmer. Kate is a very enthusiastic mountain biker and a politician on the socialist side of things. A great host. I think we're going to go mountain biking tonight. Should be fun.
Oh and I got my hairs cut. Apparently I look sixteen. As of right now....
Wow Blogger just fucked me. It didn't save the last two hours I just spent even though I clicked save like three times. What bullshit. Ok well heres the short version.
Did a ton of sweet ass mountainbiking. Met some awesome folk. Whitehorse is great. I can see living here.
Here are the pictures. FUCK YOU blogger.
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