Day 22 - One Tok over the line sweet Jesus

STATS	DAY	MILES	CLIMBING	CALORIES
DAY	22	57.68	5512	3231
TOTALS		1212.34	53,511	68,019

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Just before I turned in last night (day) the sun was low and was casting some nice shawdows on the Wrangells so I tried the telephoto on my camera and got a pretty good shot.

Drama  on the Wrangells

Another short day today (about 58 miles).  With the time change, coffee and breakfast is a hour later  (Tom runs by the clock).  I woke up a few times during the night and it was broad daylight.  Very strange.  I could hear birds singing and the ducks splashing around in the lake.

As were were getting ready to leave, Mike discovers that the reason his rear wheel is out of true is because the rim is cracked.  Fortunately, he brought a spare wheel. I have to diminish the wisdom of Mike a bit here.  You see, the wheel he trashed cost about $500, the spare wheel he brought was an identical one.  Now, he brought a spare wheel and needed it, I brought spare spokes and needed them.  Joe, on the other hand, brought nothing and needed nothing, making Joe the smartest man on the planet.

Speaking of Joe, there are a couple of more things about Joe and his family I want to mention.  First, Joe loves to tell stories, and he is good at it.  He has kept us entertained and enlightened by all kinds of stories he has told.  I could not do any justice to the mans talent by repeating any of them, but let me describe it this way.  Joe could take a lone encounter with a credit card pay at the pump gas tank fill and weave it into a story that would keep you spell bound for 15 minutes, and at the end, you would be glad he told you about it.  He is that good.

Also, many of Joe's family have been following the blog, include his Mom, Grandma Esther, who just got into computers at the young age of 92.  Hi Esther, I hope you are enjoying the blogs and I hope I can meet you some day.  Joe was a little nervous about telling you that he got his first Tattoo, so I thought I would break the ice for him and reveal it to the world for the first time.

Joe sez:  Hope Mom won't make me have my new tattoo removed

Back to Mike,  I think he is getting a little stir crazy.

Mike is going to need therapy.

We arrived in Tok Alaska today.  We got to the campground and I went in to see if they had something cold to drink and I scored the best thing on the planet, and it was only 50 cents

Nothing better after a hard fast ride on a warm day than an orange Popsicle to match my jersey

 After showers we rode back into town to fufill some Tee-shirt obligations we have.

For those of you getting Tee shirsts from me - Nothing but the finest

Tomorrow is the last day of riding, from Tok to Delta Junction.  Should be around 110 miles.

Tale of the tape