The only place place in Watson Lake that serves breakfast opens at 8am, the signpost forest office opens at 0830, and it was a short day to Whitehorse so we took our time getting going. I downloaded a couple podcasts and then inexplicably the hotel Internet stopped working. And i had no cell signal either. Odd.
At breakfast there was a sign that we had party with cash; but we used a credit card last night?
Luckily the signpost forest office ( https://www.watsonlake.ca/p/sign-post-forest ) had a couple nails so we were able hang our sign near the bottom of a pole on the north side and feed the local mosquito population as well. It was interesting ... they swarmed in the shade of the trees, and the black flies swarmed in the sunlight. Our hotel window screen had about 15 skeeters trying to get at our sweet sweet blood.
We found the only pay at the pump but they only accepted cash. We put $20 CAD into each bike (all we had) and hit the road.
We didn't go far before our next wildlife sighting, a large fox sauntering down the road. The sky was brown from the wildfires north of us. In Teslin we gassed up - they took credit cards, but there was decent line at the pump. We passed Oliver (a Slovenian and his dog), pushing his three-wheeled carriage towards Anchorage. The fact that I know that about him illustrates how small our world is, despite the distances involved. There are very few roads up here so what few people there are talk about what they see. Oliver was sighted by the travelers we met in Dease Lake, and also Jamie wrote about him in Liard Hot Springs a few weeks ago.
We regained our cell signals west of Teslin, but still no data (i.e. Internet) was available.
In Whitehorse we took stock of Marks' rear tire and decided to ride it to Anchorage, about 1000 miles away. He hasn't yet worn through the outer layer of rubber ... after that he has cords to wear through. There might be a spare tire in Tok (there is a tire changer there) and we'll assess the situation again there.
In Whitehorse we grabbed some dinner and beer ... paying cash because there's no internet. Apparently someone cut the only fibre cable to the east.
About 10km east of Whitehorse there is a new Yukon Motorcycle Camp where they have tent-cabins. We stayed there and met fellow two-wheeled travelers ... One from the Netherlands, two from Utah. And magically, the internet started working again.
