After a night in the tent with on and off rain, we packet up wet and hit the road around 9am to promising skies. As we rode up from the far end of the spit, the low lying clouds opened up a bit and we could see what we had missed the day before. The views across the water to Lake Clark National Park and Preserve were absolutely stunning. We had cool temps and mostly sunny weather all the way up until just before Anchorage. What a beautiful stretch of road it is between Homer and Anchorage - and you get to do it twice!
We made a quick stop in Anchorage at the REÍ to look for a tent cot. I think that would help my back a bit getting in and out of the tent. Unfortunately they were out of the small lightweight model I was looking for. Then after a quick fuel up in Palmer we were off towards Glennallen on the AK1 with Tok the goal. About 550 miles - a relatively big day. All the way through to the Tok Cutoff was filled with stunning views of rivers, snow capped mountains and glaciers. By the time we hit the 4, the temps had warmed up considerably and I shed a few layers.
We got into Tok around 7:30p and once again camped at Thompson’s Eagle Claw Motorcycle Camp and had a meal at Fast Eddy’s - the things to do when in Tok. It also was forecast to rain overnight so was anticipating packing up camp wet again. Ken had bought a wing shelter to string between the trees so we had some created cover over the picnic table to relax under before hitting the tents for the night. Another great day!
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