Well yesterday I got back from my second highway run leading my own tour. It is a pretty fun time. The youngest person I've had on one of my tours was 34. My last group was soooo... funny. One fellow from Penn. kept heckeling me from the back. Before this job that would have been tough for me to deal with, but it really helps make people laugh when you're able to go back and forth. Just before we said "bye" he told me that he used to have red hair like mine- whats left of the hair on his head is gray. It was fun.
Had a funny experience that will give some insight into the kind of group I had. They were sarcastically talking about how intimidating I was. So I jumped in and started agreeing with them- how big and bad I am- and then was trying to take off my jacket. The zipper got stuck and I pointed that out to them as one more reason I was so manly. I said "see I cant even get my zipper undone." A lady half way back in the bus offered to help with a "I'll give you a hand." With that the coach erupted with laughter and me and the nice lady turned a matching shade of red. It was great.
A little about the Taylor highway run- We leave fairbanks after doing a tour of Gold Dredge No. 8 about 1 pm. We drive past North Pole, AK. Stop at Rika's Roadhouse for a coffee break- I get some strawberry rhubarb pie. We drive past Delta- entering the end of the Alaska Hwy heading south. We stop for the night in Tok, AK a small town of 1500 people in the summer. We leave there in the morning at 6am and drive into Chicken AK at 7:30 for coffee- i get blueberry muffins and cocoa. Chicken has a population of 10. Pavement ends 3 miles before chicken. We leave there and head for polly's summit where we stop in case nature is calling and hand out lunch. Then we head down 40 mile canyon and arrive in Eagle, Ak about noon. Eagle has a healthy 150 people in the summer. Quaint little town on the banks of the Yukon river. It is very peaceful there. The tourists get on a boat and head up river to Dawson as we wave goodbye.
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I would really have loved to make that Eagle run with you - it looked like a neat little town to visit (and with more details the trip sounds even better!) but alas, the air fare alone was more than the budget would bear. By the way, what's a mo mo? Is that an off road capable bus? I'm glad all those old folks are having so much fun with you, I don't feel so bad not being able to, since I know they are! :-) Don't you just love uncles?
a momo is us mormon's nickname as a group...
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