Yukon Episode Five: All Good Things Come to an End

Mary and I hitch from Fairbanks to Eagle, float a canoe to Circle, then hitch back to Fairbanks. 

This is the fifth and final episode. Read the first, second, third, and fourth episodes.

August 2013 - Yukon River

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On the fifth day we woke to wander the grounds of Slaven Roadhouse until the mosquitoes made us tire of our explorations in bloodletting. Tidied up camp on the hill then packed the canoe by the river. I couldn't resist a dip in the cold, clear Coal Creek, flowing into the Yukon just upriver. I walked a short ways to a hole deep enough to disappear in - eureka! A fine chilling dip, dried by the sun, bliss. Afterwards, returned to the lady who disdained this cold creek and steered our craft back out into the constant flow.

My Country Tis of Spruce Island

My anticipation of the extended July 4th weekend was so eager, several people corrected me when I sputtered about plans to go kayak camping - on Thanksgiving Day. My mind thought that this holiday I was so thankful for couldn't be named anything else. Thursday night packing became Friday morning packing, but the boat was geared up and paddling north by noon thirty.

Seagulls standing off a rock in Ouzinkie harbor, the dome of the
village's Orthodox Church peeking out in the distance.