HOT SPOT CAFE BATHROOM HAUL ROAD

GREAT NEWS FOR ME AND BAD FOR BILL, BUT IT WAS BILL, THAT BROKE HIS RIBS NOT I.

SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION .

AFTER TRAVELING 5700 MILES FROM MY HOME TO THE ARCTIC OCEAN, I WILL BEGIN MY RETURN.

I STAYED ONLY 2 HOURS IN DEADHORSE BEFORE HEADING BACK TO COLDFOOT.

THE RAIN HAD STOPPED AND THE ROAD HAD DRIED CONSIDERABLE DUE TO THE USE OF MUCH CALCIUM CHLORIDE WHICH IS USED TO SUCK THE MOISTURE FROM THE SOIL. THE WEATHER OF THE FAR NORTH IS CONSIDERED TO BE A DESERT ACCUMULATING ONLY ABOUT 7 INCHES OF RAIN PER YEAR OR A LITTLE LESS THAN PHOENIX, SO RAIN IS WELCOME HERE.

I HAD A FASTER AND SMOOTHER RIDE AS FAR AS THE ATIGUN PASS BUT AS I STARTED DOWN THE SOUTH SIDE THE RAIN RETURNED AND MADE FOR A VERY SLURPY AND SLIPPERY RIDE FOR ABOUT 30 MILES.

SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER I MANAGED TO NOT FALL. THIS IS A GOOD THING.

I DID STOP AND ASSIST ANOTHER RIDER WITH A PUNCTURED TIRE. HE WAS RIDING A BMW R1100 RT WITH THE ORIGINAL RADIAL, LOW PROFILE , BALD TIRES, HE HAD PUNCTURED THE FRONT TIRE THE DAY BEFORE AND NOW HAD ONE ON THE REAR. HE HAD NO TIRE PUMP, NOR SENSE.

FORTUNATELY THE REPAIR WORKED BECAUSE I SAW HIM LATER THAT EVENING AT CAMP.

IT RAINED ALL NIGHT LONG AND MADE FOR A LONG SLIPPERY RIDE BACK TO FAIRBANKS.

I SHALL NOW GO BACK TO DAWSON CITY YUKON AND RIDE THE INUVIK HI-WAY, IF IT HAS RE-OPENED AFTER THE WASH-OUT. I GOT A MESSAGE FROM BILL AND HE HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND IS ON HIS WAY BACK HOME.

BECAUSE I DO NOT MULTI- TASK VERY WELL, I WILL SAVE MY FISHING FOR MONTANA, ON MY WAY HOME.