In the morning, I drove into Prudhoe Bay. Keith had chosen to sleep in and join me later. ​My first order of business was to visit the welder and have the trailer repaired. As I pulled into the welder's parking lot, a man chased after me. "Whoa, whoa, wait a minute!" he shouted as he ran. "Did you ride that bike here?" A group of welders gathered around Bluey and me. I told our story to the men.

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