Were in British Columbia Today! it was farewell to the Yukon and hello to BC.
Amazing day riding today - even though we had more roadworks and more rain again, absolutely stunning scenery!!
It was up there in the top 5 rides of my life, maybe even the top two! just mountains mountains mountains and rivers, bridges, twisties, hills and just great great riding. It was a big day, 7hrs and 514km.
Here's the latest tracklog form the GPS - Each colour represents a day's riding:
We saw 6 bears and I made damn sure I got pics and head cam of at least one of them. Wifi is pretty shit where we're staying at the moment, but I'll try and upload something. I at least have pics off the Camera to upload. This time I actually pulled over and did a U-turn to go back a take pics.
It sucks when you see something you would like to take a closer look at but can't. I would definitely like to come back at another time and do the Alaskan Highway in a camper. There are just so many places to stop and stay, you really are spoiled for choice.
We also saw today 3 Bison, 2 moose, 3 big horn sheep, and 4 ptarmigan, and prairie dogs!
The other bears are on the helmet cam and so are the moose - but as usual - I bet they are small even though I was right beside them!!
Here is the brown bear encounter, If it uploads to youTube that is, it was closer than it looks... I was trying to get him to sit nice for a photo, as you can see from the pic above - it just didn't work out - He wasn't having a bar of me,
The day started out a bit overcast, and clearing into a hot and sunny day, and then the heavens opened with a storm again about lunchtime.
We stopped at a great log house for a snack (peanut butter cookies and bananas) right near a place that has more hot springs like the ones we visited on out day off in Whitehorse, but these ones were Au-naturale and required a hike through the forest to get to. Next time.
We rode through more stunning scenery and great roads, over rivers, through valleys and over hills, before we ended up at more roadworks.
It must have been the best place to work on a road gang I have ever seen... I swear if I was working that job - I would be dragging it out for as long as I could! It was in the middle of a beautiful valley with towering peaks all round, and bubbling stream running right through the middle. I would have seriously slept at work in a tent to save the commute time.
I took helmet cam of the whole thing, but it's far too long to post on the crappy Wifi we have at the moment here in Fort Nelson. It's taking half an hour just to upload a 90 second video of me annoying the brown bear above!
About 130km from our goal, Megan reported over the Radio that she was having problems with her bike. I had tightened the chain first thing, and it was now making a crunching noise when riding at low speed. we pulled over and I took the bike for a test ride, and couldn't find anything wrong. so we continued on.
We rode through more more valleys, around peaks and over rivers before descending into pasture and rural farming areas, and arriving at Fort Nelson.
First thing I did was take Megan's bike for a spin. At low speed I could finally hear the problem she was reporting. I need to adjust the chain properly, but I didn't have a socket to fit the back axle nut. After finding a hardware store on the Motel Wifi, I went there and couldn't find one, and they recommended I go to a tool supply company on the other side of the main road.
It was a Friday afternoon and a 1/4 to 5.
I raced over there, explained the issue to the guy behind the desk - who then took me next door and asked the guy there if he could adjust the chain Free of Charge. Turned out it was a bike shop next door and the two were friends.
Happy days! they adjusted and oiled the chain for free, and I rode back with the issue hopefully solved. subject to Megan's approval. She says she can still hear the noise it was making as I rode it round and round the carpark - but we'll see tomorrow if the fix passes muster.
The crisis solved for the mean time - we found the local pub across the road and had a couple of pints to clear the roadworks dust from out throats - purely for medicinal reasons of course. :)
Tomorrow we are off to Dawson Creek and the end of the Alaska highway. I'm a bit sad about that. I think I could ride the Alaska highway for the rest of my life and not be disappointed.
Amazing day riding today - even though we had more roadworks and more rain again, absolutely stunning scenery!!
It was up there in the top 5 rides of my life, maybe even the top two! just mountains mountains mountains and rivers, bridges, twisties, hills and just great great riding. It was a big day, 7hrs and 514km.
Here's the latest tracklog form the GPS - Each colour represents a day's riding:
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| Track log at day 6 of Riding |
We saw 6 bears and I made damn sure I got pics and head cam of at least one of them. Wifi is pretty shit where we're staying at the moment, but I'll try and upload something. I at least have pics off the Camera to upload. This time I actually pulled over and did a U-turn to go back a take pics.
It sucks when you see something you would like to take a closer look at but can't. I would definitely like to come back at another time and do the Alaskan Highway in a camper. There are just so many places to stop and stay, you really are spoiled for choice.
We also saw today 3 Bison, 2 moose, 3 big horn sheep, and 4 ptarmigan, and prairie dogs!
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| Road Side Bison. |
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| Brown Bear. He wouldn't sit still despite yelling at him?..her? |
Here is the brown bear encounter, If it uploads to youTube that is, it was closer than it looks... I was trying to get him to sit nice for a photo, as you can see from the pic above - it just didn't work out - He wasn't having a bar of me,
The day started out a bit overcast, and clearing into a hot and sunny day, and then the heavens opened with a storm again about lunchtime.
We stopped at a great log house for a snack (peanut butter cookies and bananas) right near a place that has more hot springs like the ones we visited on out day off in Whitehorse, but these ones were Au-naturale and required a hike through the forest to get to. Next time.
We rode through more stunning scenery and great roads, over rivers, through valleys and over hills, before we ended up at more roadworks.
It must have been the best place to work on a road gang I have ever seen... I swear if I was working that job - I would be dragging it out for as long as I could! It was in the middle of a beautiful valley with towering peaks all round, and bubbling stream running right through the middle. I would have seriously slept at work in a tent to save the commute time.
I took helmet cam of the whole thing, but it's far too long to post on the crappy Wifi we have at the moment here in Fort Nelson. It's taking half an hour just to upload a 90 second video of me annoying the brown bear above!
About 130km from our goal, Megan reported over the Radio that she was having problems with her bike. I had tightened the chain first thing, and it was now making a crunching noise when riding at low speed. we pulled over and I took the bike for a test ride, and couldn't find anything wrong. so we continued on.
We rode through more more valleys, around peaks and over rivers before descending into pasture and rural farming areas, and arriving at Fort Nelson.
First thing I did was take Megan's bike for a spin. At low speed I could finally hear the problem she was reporting. I need to adjust the chain properly, but I didn't have a socket to fit the back axle nut. After finding a hardware store on the Motel Wifi, I went there and couldn't find one, and they recommended I go to a tool supply company on the other side of the main road.
It was a Friday afternoon and a 1/4 to 5.
I raced over there, explained the issue to the guy behind the desk - who then took me next door and asked the guy there if he could adjust the chain Free of Charge. Turned out it was a bike shop next door and the two were friends.
Happy days! they adjusted and oiled the chain for free, and I rode back with the issue hopefully solved. subject to Megan's approval. She says she can still hear the noise it was making as I rode it round and round the carpark - but we'll see tomorrow if the fix passes muster.
The crisis solved for the mean time - we found the local pub across the road and had a couple of pints to clear the roadworks dust from out throats - purely for medicinal reasons of course. :)
Tomorrow we are off to Dawson Creek and the end of the Alaska highway. I'm a bit sad about that. I think I could ride the Alaska highway for the rest of my life and not be disappointed.
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| Lunch Stop at an amazing Log cabin Lodge right on the edge of a Lake complete with a Sea Plane Dock. |
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| Stopping to put on our rain gear AGAIN! |
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| Our first rest stop 200km in, at a little Log cabin |
Very cool, I love the log cabins, scenery and wildlife... I can just imagine how the rest stop encounter went down a couple of days ago. Feeling like i want to make our next trip a road trip. K :)
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