Jun
28
2009
by Mr Cubes
Delta Junction to Moon Lake (94.0 miles)
Total Miles: 733.7
In an effort to improve my eating habits, I decided to draw up a new eating schedule. Start the day with a big breakfast and then stop every hour to eat. And on a day like today, it was lucky I did...
Leaving Delta Junction you immediately come onto the Alaska Highway and are 
greeted by a monument signifying the end of the road. 1,422 miles of it. As far as the eye could see it was dead flat and dead straight too, so most of the day's cycling was fairly boring but low impact and easy going. Even so, by the time I got to Dot Lake - my planned stopover after 60 miles - I was fairly tired and ready for a rest. Unfortunately the town had closed. A few locked up buildings and a school with a massively overgrown play area gave plenty of opportunities for stealth camping, but no availability of water - nor the large cheeseburger I was craving.
While standing at the sign of the road weighing up my options and studying the map, I was overtaken by a hitchhiker which made me think there must be life there after all. Still it was only thirty miles to the next official State campground so I decided to just carry on. Luckily the road remained flat despite the impressive Alaska Range threatening in the distance. And I got to the site with no problems. This site was called Moon Lake and was worth the extra effort, a very beautiful place 
though it cost $15 to pitch a tent. These campsites have no facilities at all, just a pump and outhouses, so it was fairly expensive but as the host was there I had to pay up.
While cooking up my gourmet evening meal of seafood satay (tuna, peanut butter and rice), an inquisitive squirrel started to edge ever closer to check out what the gorgeous smell was. Despite my shooing and general protestations he eventually got onto the picnic table and right into my pots. And I bet he didn't pay the $15...
So another day over ninety miles and now Tok - which everyone said was a fun place - was less than twenty miles away. A chance for a much needed day off was just around the corner.