Day 66-69
   
   7/02-7/05/01
   Rain days
   Talkeetna, AK
   
   It started raining tuesday, and showed no signs of stopping, so I hung
   out here in this little berg, reading and catching up on my journal.
   I also talked with the Rangers, and found out the one detail I had been
   looking for: according to them I am now the record holder for the
   farthest solo unsupported bicycle trip to, and subsequent summit climb
   of, Denali.  Thanks to all those who helped with my flooded apartment back
   in Houston and made that record possible.  As a side note, the Rangers
   said that they periodically hear people say they're going to bike in
   from some great distance, but then fail to actually show up.
   
   Best coffee I have ever found served in a restaurant (as far as
   ordinary pot coffee goes):  "The RoadHouse", Talkeetna.  Needless to
   say, I spent a lot of time here while it was raining.
   
   Question of the day
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   Q. It sure seems exciting, but don't you get lonely on your travels?
   
   A. Not when you exhibit as extreme a case of multiple personality
   disorder as I do.  There's a whole crowd of people in here, including
   such notables as the Czar of Russia, Hammurabi of Mesopotamia, the little
   Dutch boy who stuck his finger in the leaky dike, the estranged
   grandmother of Sir Issac Newton, two of the Three Tenors, and all of
   the Three Stooges.  Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk!

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