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9 July: Days-32, Total-33; Miles-34, Total-1191 – Chuck

We like Tanana (Tan-uh-naw). Upon arrival yesterday afternoon, I checked the Post Office then sent/received email on the town's only pay phone. Bill got some groceries then went to check out the community campsite. After getting a re-supply of food, they have produce; I packed it away in my canoe and returned to make several phone calls. To my dismay, when the grocery closed they locked the foyer where the phone is located. I checked with some locals and found that the foyer is normally unlocked. However, after some one heaved a log through some windows, they lock the foyer when they are not there. I was told they took their kids up the river to a party. I really wanted to make the calls that evening so we could depart earlier the next morning. After waiting until 11pm, which is 3am EST, I gave up, no one wants to talk to me at 2 or 3am anyway. It was a quiet one mile paddle in the midnight sun down the river to the community campground.

This morning, Bill and I decided to wait until 10am when the Community Building opens. Bill called PocketMail, they told him he would need to buy a new unit. He decided that by the time he received it the trip would be nearly over, so he did not order a replacement.

Bill started downriver while I completed my calls and sent responses to the emails received yesterday. By 12:15, I was on my way. It was smooth paddling and the miles went by rapidly. Somehow, I missed Bill; we talked on the radio and decided to camp at our separate locations and link-up in the morning.

Q: Ann & Morrie Doyle of Naples, FL asked if they could charge the drinks to me at the next dinner meeting of our local Alligator Amblers hiking club.
A: Sure, Morrie, and have the bill sent to me somewhere on the Yukon River. Good Luck, we cannot get our own supplies to the right places at the right time.