Adventures on a bicycle

The temperature outside was just 7 degrees Celsius this morning. It was a good thing we were sleeping in a cabin!

Packing up to leave

Gerald enjoyed a big breakfast at the Toad River Lodge Restaurant and the other two opted for oatmeal in the cabin.

Hamburger steak, hash browns eggs and toast for breakfast

We set out just after check-out at 11 am, ...

Warm soup, fresh bread and award winning cinnamon rolls. We found a haven.

We each had a cinnamon bun to start the day

Tetsa River Lodge felt like a God-send. We had been on a long stretch of road looking for the place where Ray had left our water (and where we thought there would be a campground), and hadn’t seen a single sign. It was getting late and we were g...

Lukewarm oatmeal began the day. And it was just up, and up from there…

Breakfast

Just half an hour after setting out, we found reception at the top of a hill and took an extended break that set us back a little bit.

The last 10 km of the Liard highway, before the Alaska highway, included some lovely downhills.

On to the Alaska highway to White...

*Written Thursday, July 23, but posted the following day due to lack of cellular reception. Welcome to the wilderness!*

Today we said goodbye. Goodbye to air conditioning and four pillow beds, goodbye to our vehicle and goodbye to Ray Bock.

Before departing from Fort Nelson this morning, we stopped at a car wash to hose down our bikes. We wanted to look o...

Shrubs flanked by stubby evergreens make way for towering birches guarded by fireweed and goldenrod. The empty pavement waves and winds under a celestial sky of wispy, white clouds, and we pedal, three in a row, in the middle of the road.

To get to this point, we endured two 12 hour plus days of driving. Gerald and Ray Bock (a family friend to whom we are forever i...