We all slept in a bit this morning, but were all feeling really sleepy (we've been having too much fun to go to bed on time). It rained a little last night, so we were happy that Papa Mike had the idea to hang a tarp over Michael's tent and our tent. Like usual, we made our oatmeal and got everything packed up. We made it to the top of the hill coming out of the driveway for the rest area we stayed at and Michael had broken his chain on his bike (his chain is 2x the length of ours because he's on a recumbent). Once that was all fixed, we had a pretty long hill to climb out of Johnson's crossing. When we had only ridden about 6 miles, I saw Michael and Joey at the top of the hill along with a lady walking. The lady talked with them for a few minutes and then went running off, waving to me as she went by. When I got up to the top, Joey said "A lady ran out of the woods and gave me a beer!" I was so surprised but laughed at the same time because of how Joey said that. He was so excited! Just as Papa Mike was getting to the top of the hill, the lady and her son came back with a half a case of root beer (since Michael was a minor (14) and Joe knew I would rather have that too. We had a nice conversation with the lady, Marty and her son Michael. We found out that they are from Haines Junction and that they were working on building a cabin in the area that we were in. They knew we were going to be going through Haines Junction and offered for us to stay with them when we got there! We were all amazed at just how nice people have been to us along this road. The next few miles seemed to take longer than usual. There was a slight head wind and our sleepiness didn't seem to help. We stopped for lunch at a campground on Squanga Lake that was closed, even though we had only done about 13 miles (it was already lunch time). It sure was a prefect place to take a break. We made some mac and cheese and then relaxed for quite a while. Joe and Michael went on another adventure down to the docks. Later on they tried to make a boat out of the dock and it was pretty funny to watch. They were easily able to unscrew the bolts and push it into the water. As Joey was wading in the water to get a stick to use as an oar, he stepped in a soft spot and all of a sudden was in water up to his waist. It was so funny. After they were successful at making their boat, we decided we better get back on the road. We ended up taking a really long break of about 2 hours. The next 7 miles took just as long as the other miles this morning. The scenery however was beautiful. The area is so vast that it makes you feel so insignificant, but at the same time you become a part of it. We stopped for a while at a rest area after we hit the 20 mile mark. It was already almost 5. Whlie we were sitting there, a couple cyclists came rolling in. Their names were Monika and Martina. They were both from Switzerland and started riding in Argentina. They have been on the road for 2 and a half years and the funny thing is that before this tour, they didn't know each other. They met in Argentina and have been riding together ever since. They also knew of Lorenzo and had also met the two other great touring cyclists we met a few days ago. It is so funny how touring makes the world seem so small, and how small the touring cyclist community really is. As we were leaving the rest area knowing that we had another 20 miles to do, I was wondering if I was going to make it all the way because I was so sleepy. I had put my mp3 player on to try to take my mind off of it and maybe give me a little energy. Luckily, the terrain flattened out quite a bit. We stopped at the gas station/restaurant at Jake's Corners for a few minutes to take a rest. Inside they had a stuffed polar bear which was kind of neat. We snacked on some cookies and planned on doing another 10 miles. Somehow, I managed to get a second wind for the remainder of the miles today. I think everyone else was still pretty tired, but we all still made it. For a little bit I was riding ahead of everyone, even Joey. When we hit 40 miles we started to look for campsite, except there were a bunch of houses in the area because we were riding next to a lake and were getting closer to Whitehorse. Eventually we found a really unique spot to make camp. The ground was a little rocky in places and it was a little hard to find a place to set up all of our tents, but the view was amazing. We were right on the edge of a cliff overlooking Marsh Lake. We sat their and watched the "sunset" and made a little campfire for our marshmallows. Joe and I had some baked beans for dinner and since we had some macaroni left over from dinner last night we mixed that in with our beans too. It wasn't horrible, but I wouldn't want to eat it everyday. It was however very filling. Since we had such a slow beginning of the day and took such a long break for lunch, we made camp pretty late and by the time we had everything cleaned up, the food hung and all of our marshmallows eaten it was already after 11. Even still, it was another wonderful day! We rode 44.39 miles today, tomorrow we will be in Whitehorse!