Yesterday and today have been just terrible for getting any kind of workout. I work all night and sleep from 7 am to 2 pm. But both days I got no sleep at all. They weren't emergency phone calls but were important enough that I am glad I answered them. I have been awake over 48 hours now and still have to go to work tonight! I keep wanting to turn my phone off but with my mom just moving to assisted care, I know I need to be there if she needs me. So I am learning to live on no sleep!
I tried to ride yesterday but they had just graded the road and the water truck had just gone by. My poor bike nearly sank into the mud. Today was a bit better although still tough riding. But I did ride about 5 miles to and from the Prudhoe Bay General Store. I needed to pick up some bear spray and some heavy duty rain gear in case on my long ride south I encounter one of the torrential downpours that like to come rolling through. I don't want to get completely soaked, and I find that my Gortex stuff tends to fall down if it rains too hard.
It was pretty windy riding the bike today and as the trucks went by, they spattered me with a combination of dust and mud. I have lots of grit in my teeth now! I suppose that is good training for riding the Dalton Highway in a couple of weeks. The conditions on that rough gravel road will likely be more challenging than the distance and hills that I will encounter.
The sun is up 24 hours these days, the clouds this morning brought a little color, even though it really was neither sunrise or sunset at 3 am. Caught this shot with my iPhone from the window of the Flight Service Station where I work.
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