06/28 No more Rocky Mountains. At least for a while anyway. Rode out of Jasper National Park and into the hill country. The area east of Jasper reminded me a lot of Yosemite. Huge, treeless mountains and lots of rivers/lakes. Very nice area. Had a strong tailwind for most of the way so I flew along at a pretty good clip along the Trans-Canada Highway. There was a good bit of traffic from people heading back home but the shoulders were in good shape so no worries. Tomorrow I jump on Hwy 40 heading north so it should quiet down a bit.
About 5 miles out of Jasper a guy riding the other way leap-frogged across the highway to say hi. Amazingly enough he just rode down from Anchorage on the same highways I’m going to be taking. 20 minutes later I think I finally wore him down from all my questions. Got some good intel on climbs, road conditions, camping, wildlife and the availability of food. Basically I should carry extra food, always fill up on water when I can and don’t bathe in honey before getting in the tent to sleep.
Right before Hwy 40 there was a KOA Kampground so rather than battle what would have been a strong headwind I pulled in here for the night.
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Hi Scott, Sorry I haven’t been following for awhile, have been in hospital after surgery. Sorry you weren’t able to stay at my friends in Columbia Falls. He does have a bear in his yard about every day. I wish I knew you were going through Kalispell and Whitefish, I have friends there also. Hope you enjoyed the Swan & Seeley Lake. Fish there alot.
Be careful and will keep trying to catch up.
Hey Uncle Dave! My Dad filled me in on where you were. Glad you are back in action.
I do have to respond to your rain comments. You are from Canada so you know there are only two seasons….Skiing and rainy. I have a friend that is in Alaska right now and I’ll find out the area he’s at. I think Denali right now, but haven’t heard from him in a couple of weeks. The last I heard from him he was telling me something about grizzled or griz something. He just suddenly cut off.
Uncle Dave
Very funny. I’ve read that summers there are very wet so I’m expecting nothing less when I get there. I could do without the wind but I expect to get lots of that too. Oh well.