On my second night in Jasper National Park, I ended up meeting two Kiwis who were cycling north. Really cool people and we spent the night together with John who also ended up at Jonas Creek. The night before, Amy and Ryan stayed at Rampart Creek campground and were woken up in the middle of the night by park wardens that asked them to move to the nearby youth hostel. A wolf had attacked a family in their tent, a…
I have now reached Canmore, and was able to go to Calgary to upgrade my electronics, so I am connected again and able to share the stories and pictures. I accumulated enough stories for more than one blog post: here is the first one! The day I left Fraser Lake, I had 2 ‘firsts’. My first day of riding in the rain in about 2 months (no complain there!) and my first flat tire. Funny how flats and bad weather…
Well, so much for relying on technology for photos, communications and navigating. Works well until… it doesn’t work! My phone died yesterday, so I am now traveling old style without being able to communicate easily until I reach a town big enough to get a new phone. So it may take a few days before I can update my blog again. I am now in McBride, a couple days away from Jasper, then Banff, and Canmore. Accumulating stories, and looking…
After many weeks of riding in fairly remote places, the last few days have been quite different. I now ride from one town to another, traveling lighter as I don’t need to carry as much food and water. I stayed an extra night in Smithers to meet a friend of friend, Francoi, who lives in Driftwood, just north of town. It was a good climb to get there, but it was worth it. Nice road, and nice company, not to…