"We Made it To Prudhoe Bay"

Matthew called from downtown Prudhoe Bay, Alaska (population 47) at about 6:00 PM on Sunday. They got there just fine after an spectacular flight about directly over the top of 21,000 foot Mt. Denali . There are a "trillion mosquitoes" and they have already seen some Caribou. The carts arrived at the post office and it was unexpectly open on Sunday. They would already be biking south except for a minor setback. Matthew's bike box arrived in good shape but his seat post was nowhere to be found. It must have fallen out during a TSA inspection in Anchorage. We did a brief search for it here at home with no luck. The next step will be to get a local machinist to find a pipe for Matthew's bike and then they should be on their adventurous ways. I feel like something good will happen from this temporary delay. There will be no worry about it getting dark too early as the sun is up for 24 hours per day at this time of year. Matthew said the land is totally flat and the temp comfortable in the 50's. We will probably not hear from them for a few days as there is no cell phone service after 30 miles out of Deadhorse, AK.