Today was a 5 bear day. No photos to prove it, but there really were 5 black bear at various points along the road from Prince George to Chetwynd. And in Chetwynd there are 64 chainsaw carvings. This is the chain saw carving capital of the world. I picked up a map for tomorrow's bicycle ride. See more at gochetwynd.com. Maybe you can pick up a photo of one of the chainsaw carver artists at work since I am missing the big contest by two weeks.
This morning in Prince George we biked on a path along the Nechako and Frasier Rivers at Cottonwood Park. Not long ago there was a flood and Ice Jam. It took out chunks of the path so that we had to portage the bike around. The park is officially closed because of the flood damage, but we were not the only ones breaking the rules. There was a blind dog who liked to go swimming in the river, a kayaker putting in, and numerous bikers, walkers and joggers. I am now OKAY in the middle gear at 2600 feet on flat roads. I guess that is improving.
I passed two gentlemen with Middle Eastern accents right after Carl passed them. I said " Passing on your left" which caused them to jump off the path in alarm. I suppose Carl had just said the same to them, because they said, "So, it is always on your left?" (Please fill in your own version of their accents). "Yep", I said. They had poor short term memory. I passed them three more times on my ride, always saying "Passing on your left", and they did various things, but never did they move right. Mostly I went through the middle of them.
Daisy was given three dog biscuits at the full serve diesel station. I know you want to know how much diesel is here....$5.60 a gallon, roughly. But the premium over regular gas is not as great as in the states. $4.99 for Diesel in Seattle, I heard on the news tonight. The good news is we got 18 mpg on the last tank. Those air tabs Carl installed on the RV are starting to pay off. They reduce the dirty air behind us like the little wing tips on aircraft. It also helps we have not had those headwinds lately.
We drove about 200 miles north today, with various bear stops, and one very nice waterfall, cool as melting ice, called Bijoux falls. In addition to Bijoux falls, there were about 1000 falls of all sizes coming down the cliffs on the side of the road. We are going back into the Rockies, this time from the West, and snow is melting.
We are now arrived at the point that we can use the MILEPOST, the official guide to the Alaska Hiway, mile by mile. Tomorrow we reach Dawson Creek, Mile 0. In the old days, it was the jumping off point for the Yukon gold rush, and the Canadian government required each prospector to take with him 1000 pounds of supplies. I guess we had better get some sleep tonight, because we have work to do tomorrow. That's a lot of flour, sugar, beans and coffee.
Speaking of sleep, it is still light at 10:30 pm.....we are getting more daylight everyday, and we are only halfway up British Columbia.
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