78 miles
6:52 ride time
Woke up at 5:00 am to clouds rolling over the tops of the mountains and then evaporating. Were on the road by 7:00 to help us get a long day of riding in.
People:
Two Austrians are putting in 200-230 kilometer days on their trip from Anchorage to Calgary. That's like 120-140 mile days. They have 3 weeks to make it to Calgary, and I don't know if that's total, or from today. At any rate, I was impressed. They ride race road bikes and are packed ultra light. Good luck!
We also met a man riding from Chicago to Anchorage. He had an unusal accent, so I'm not sure if he is actually from Chicago or some other country. Who knows?
The ride:
We had some fun fun downhills. We rode for 7 miles without pedaling, and rarely going under 20 mph, which is a good speed for bikes, especially fully loaded. 45.8 mps is also a good speed (lower left corner of computer)
On one section of downhill we saw Shawn's beanie hat. We wonder: Did it fly off from the wind going downhill? Did he get killed or mangled? Or could he not bear the weight of his hat and threw it on the ground?
The scenery is great, and we are happy to have long, gentle descents through the mountain valleys.
Places:
We stopped at a bakery in Haines Junction, which is one of hte only food places between destruction bay and Whitehorse. They had delicious bread, so I at a loaf and bought two more. All day I had been imagining that the mountains were a chocolate ice cream sunday with white chocolate and coconut drizzled over the top. So I couldn't resist buying one when I saw Nick's bowl of ice cream. It was perfect.
Haines Junction is a neat place, with music events and the like happening.
We also had our first flat tire of the trip. Not bad.
That shawn guys sounds like a character, my vote says he left it for the weight lol
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