Thanks to my friend Bill I was ably guided through the maze of trails in Chester Park and made it out onto the bike trail along the Glen Highway to Wasilla. New pavement on parts helped. But the trail ended at Chugiak and it was out onto the shoulder of a busy and noisy highway, earplugs help.
Near Eagle River stopped to ask another cyclist if he needed help with his bike but he was okay he said. In the course of that conversation and asking for directions he said there was a German man on a cycle in Eagle River. Didn't think any more about it but a few miles short of Wasilla saw him slightly behind me on the main road while I was on a frontage road. Long story short, he was looking for a hostel to stay in in Wasilla but there were none. Thanks to the grasciousness of my friends Anesia and John we ended up "camping" at their home with a chance to visit and catch up. And as it turned out, out of the forecast rain that began overnight. Michael was concerned about that. John spoke a little German picked up in younger years as it happened. Michael, a new friend from the road, is a retired Luffthansa Captain as it happens. A couple of old farts that have traded in their wings for wheels.
So this AM in a few minutes John will drive Michael and Yo with two bikes and gear to where we left the road at the McDonald's in Wasilla and out on the road again. Talkeenta or some place in the near vicinity will at least be my goal for a destination this day.
Catch you down the road.
Peace Rider
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