Day 18 Time to Head South

It took me a while to get everything loaded up and ready to go this morning but finally I was ready to go and it was already lunch time. 

One last Wendy's Taco Salad and I'm "outa' here". 

I decided not to do some of the sight seeing things suggested by other riders as I'll be back with Lyle next year and we can do them then. I'm just heading for Tok and the border. 

On the way to Tok, I'm cruising along and I see off to the right side of the road, a BIG black shadow and then I realize it's a moose. And a really large one too. He was back against the trees in the shadows and I could barely make him out until I was right there. He looked to be totally black but it's hard to tell colors when the sun comes in at an angle and the shadows are so dark. He could have been a really dark brown. He had the biggest rack on him I've seen in books and pictures. Boy he was big. I was by him so fast I didn't get a chance to even think about taking a picture. 

Didn't see a single bear today. Where oh where are the bears? If I see one tomorrow I'm going to stop and take his picture. 

As I was having supper in Tok, two state troopers went through town running over 60 mph or so heading South. They were definitely going too fast through the center of this small town. A couple of minutes later an ambulance went through much slower. Must have been an accident South of Tok. Hope it wasn't a biker. 

Tomorrow I'm heading for Haines Junction. If the weather holds up, I'm going to go for an iron butt run the next day. See if I can get back to the states a little quicker than when I was coming North. 

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