Anyday is a Good Day

Hatcher Pass Forth of July Weekend '07

Here is the view looking down Hatcher Pass road towards Independence Mine. It was at the end of my three day 4th of July weekend. I had just come from Talkeenta where I had crashed at Ryan and Heidi's house the night after I finished riding the Denali Hwy.

Rain pretty much dominated my ride. Not wimpy light rain either. These were Big, Heavy drop moving sideways. This day was no different, except on my way back to Anchorage I decided to hang a left in Willow for my first trip over the pass.

Because of the fog visiblity was low but it was still neat peering off the edge of the road into a steep, green, fog covered slope below with no bottom in sight.

By the time I made to down the other side and into Palmer I was soaked. Dripping wet and cold, I decided to stop at McDonald's for a hamburger and a chance to warm up.

After I ordered the woman behind the counter casually said "Not a good day to be on a bike huh?" I replied with a big grin "It's always a good day to be on a bike!"

I must confess that I left a very large puddle on the seat of the booth were I was sitting. I hope nobody sat in it.