Alan Goldsmith's Mystery Animals

Hi it is Alan Goldsmith. Its a quarter to 8 on Monday morning. I'm in a motel in Pinedale. I'm still with Dominik. We had another huge day yesterday. We were up on the road just before 6 and we rolled into Pinedale just as it was getting dark about 10 to 10, grabbed a subway and went to bed. Yesterday, was a bit big because the snowy stretch Brooks Lake. Its bad on the snow but it is even worse where the snow has melted. As more snow melts its going to get muddier and muddier. On the map, it says impassable when wet and I would agree with that. My bike must have weighed about 50 lbs at one point. I could barely push it. The back wheel wouldn't go around and it was skidding along. I fell over with it a couple of times. Dominik just laughed at me. That sort of broke the mood. That was good. We saw some animals in there that I don't even know what they were. The were a cross between marmots and beavers. They were climbing trees. I'm sure I wasn't imagining it. After that Union Pass was dottle, just a few drifts of 100 meters. Then a long, long stretch of wilderness down to Pinedale. Amazing, I expected to see a bear at any moment. I just saw a wolf and some moose. Not much else apart from spectacular scenery. Anyway the plan is to cruise down to Atlantic City for some dinner then Head out into the Basin and camp at Dingaus Well. that strategy seemed to work will for my compatriots last year. Anyway, bye. (recorder time: 2008-06-23 08:52:21 EST.)