City of Teslin

We drove out of the rain. It is still cloudy and misty.

Marsh Lake Dam

Stopped raining.

Not the Waldorf Astoria

Here is the hotel we stayed at last night. The weather forecast is for rain. Light mist falling now. Yuk.

Boring bike technical report

With my new air filter and plugs I though I would get a bump in gas mileage and some more peppiness. I was discouraged as this did not happen. However, it did happen when I filled up with regular octane gas. You see since Winnepeg, I have been putting 91 octane because I thought that it might burn better than regular. (my bike calls for regular and that is what I normally use) when I changed to regular as the station did not have 91 octane, the bike was transformed to it's old running style. I got 44 mpg and the pep was back. The next tank ran the same. However this third tank, I noticed some sluggishness and less mph. I did notice a little surging at times. However I have resolved not to worry so much about every little sound and mechanical happenings with the bike, I am way over sensitive. I need more faith, maybe this trip is giving me more faith...

Getting better each mile

Yesterday we started about 7:45 am and rode until 8:00 pm. We did stop along the way to take some pictures. The road is like a two lane country highway but in places there is loose gravel and bumps. Most of it is regular paved highway. There is more traffic than I thought. A lot of campers and a lot of big trucks. But the further we get the less the traffic. Each mile is better. The distances here are vast. Miles and miles of valleys with creeks/rivers running through them. Mountains galore and wide expanses of mountains on both sides with views that are beautiful. The day was perfect except the last hour and a half when we rode through a steady rain. My new boots he'd up great and my riding suit as well. We did stop at a hotel which is expensive for what you get, but at least it's dry. We meet two other single riders at a gas stop and they are stopped here two. We probably have two more riding days, maybe three before we reach Fairbanks. I definitely underestimated the time it would take. Hope and pray for some more dry weather please. It makes it a lot nicer.

Best day so far!

I was doing two things I love, motorcycle riding and photography. It was really a struggle to do both. I didn't want to stop because I love riding, but you can't shoot on the bike!