I am busy watching the MITOC gallery as new photos are loaded tonight. Eric and Matthew went to the library to post the photos. Thanks guys!. Click here to view slide showSunday night the bikers called from the Front Street Bed and Breakfast in Fairbanks, Alaska. http://www.39bucks.com/ Up to this time they had biked nearly 500 miles in six days and according to the GPS the vertical ascent was over 30,000 ft. That means they were going up and down a lot as the altitude gained was only about 500 feet. Memorable stops along the way were a creek by Fox, AK where Matthew caught a 14 inch Artic Grayling on a dragonfly. The fish had gone for a horsefly Eric swatted but missed the hook. The dragonfly worked very well. Matthew used fish fileting techniques learned from Grandpa Gilbertson and the hungry bikers feasted on delicious fresh fish. It was truly caught in the midnight sun at 12 midnight. 
The bed and breakfast was a welcome stop and a place with charecter with posters and Loons on the walls. The owner liked to tell tales of his days driving an 18 wheeler on the Dalton Highway to Prudhoe Bay.
The food of choice was a Chinese buffet and then baking some pizzas in the inn. And best of all there were no mosquitoes in Fairbanks. The next stop will be in Tok to get more groceries. Whitehorse in the Yukon is the next big town in sight in another 500 miles or so. 
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