PowerCycle

07/31 My last day in Canada! Maybe. It started raining a couple hours ago and it’s supposed to be like this all day tomorrow. I’d rather not make my big ride into Alaska in the rain. It seems like it hadn’t rained in forever but I looked back on some old posts and it was only 7 days ago. Hopefully this will help with some of the fires burning in area around Fairbanks. My right foot is a bit sore so resting it for a day might be a good idea anyway. No luck trying to figure out what the noise is on my bike. It only does it when I’m pedalling so it could still be the bearings. Hopefully it will hold out because I’m not sure when I’ll be near a bike shop again.

Today was fairly quiet but it was a bit cooler than yesterday so I didn’t drink water like it was going out of style. Only had to dip into a lake once. Saw a juvenile black bear walk across the road and wander around some buildings. Didn’t take any pictures. I was hoping to see some grizzlies and eagles along one of the rivers the Milepost mentioned but when I got to the “scenic overlook” the river was a good 2 miles away. At that distance everything looked like it could have been a bear.

Finally had dinner at a place that had some Yukon Red and Yukon Gold beer. It’s brewed right up here in Whitehorse. The Gold was much better. Ate a delicious plate of lasagna and was informed by the waitress that she’d never seen anyone eat the whole thing. She would have been even more impressed if she knew I came back to motel room and ate an entire bag of cookies for dessert. The place I’m staying at is called Buckshot Betty’s. And no that not the name of some girl I picked up.

GPX Track