| STATS | DAY | MILES | CLIMBING | CALORIES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAY | 15 | 80.04 | 2464 | 4272 |
| TOTALS | 819.08 | 37,290 | 46,294 |
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I mentioned in yesterdays blog that Johnsons Crossingis known for their baking. Tom provided us each a sweet roll from the kitchen.
Another winner.
Temps were in the mid 50's and overcast when we rolled out. As usual, there was a nice hill to climb right from the start. Fortunately it was dry, though very gray.
Around every bend, over every hill, another awesme view unfolded before us.
Still knocking out the miles
Hey, did anyone see the marker for 854?
We were rolling right along with a slight tail wind, when we passed what must have been quite the ashram in its day.
HELP WANTED - Long haired freaky people need not apply...
Little did we know that just a few miles further down the road, we would meet this guy:
Hay Man, how far to the Hippie Inn and do you want to buy a grilled cheese sandwich?
We are in the middle of freakin' nowhere, and we meet Banal (he even wears a nametag just so you you know). He is walking distance of about 1600 miles from Whitehorse YT to White Rock BC for a peace festival in September. He said that his daughter dropped him off in Whitehorse yesterday and would drive down the highway in a few days to check on him, then she would go home. He was a day and half into his trip and had already covered about 45 miles.
Here is another view:
These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do, they'll walk right over you.....
I didn't know what to make of this guy, but he did say he has a facebook page which I found here Banal on Facebook His page suggests that there may be more there than meets the eye, or maybe not. Only in these parts I guess. If you see him, be sure to tell him that the three cyclists he saw on his second day say high.
As we road off Mike commented: "We just met me 40 years ago". I believe it and I wanted to ride back to Banal and leave him with a message for this future: "Cough drops and wine".
Most of the ride was uneventful today, At one point, we ran into two Husky dogs on the other side of the road barking at us and they started to cross the highway and chase us until we screamed NO!. They were clean cut dogs, however, we did not see anywhere the could be from. The other strange thing is we noticed about 4 banana peels on the route today, all within a day or less old. Mike postulated it was the Greeks (actually, talking with others who came across these guys, the consensus is that that they are Italian and they did say they were coming from Italy).
We had a nice ride along the shores of Marsh Lake.
If Banal was on top of things, he would be walking for more sunshine
Marsh lake is a man made lake originally created for the paddlewheel boats that plied the Yukon River. They damned the river and would relase the water in the spring to break up the ice faster and to increase the flow of the river for the boats. Today, it is used to control flow into a hydro generation dam further down river.
Finally we arrive at the city limits of Whitehorse:
The Yukon is a territory, not a province. A territory is roughly analagous to the status Puerto Rico or Guam has. Not quite a state, but does have some representation. The Yukon is about 186,000+ square miles in size and has a population of about 31,000 people (not counting Banal). about 22,000 live in Whitehorse. This means that there are about 9,000 people that live on about 186,000 sq miles, or about 1 person for every 20 sq. miles. Dating must be pretty complicated.
I am also curious as to why the city limits are 12 miles from the city. I guess they gearing up for some massive growth.
We got checked into the Klondike Hotel. I doesn't look like much from the outside, but it is actually a business class hotel on the inside. Tomorrow is a rest day and we are going to take a non-bike riding excursion to the good ole USA.
A great day in the saddle, 80+ miles with a general tail wind. We have covered about 500 miles since the last rest day. After cleaning up, we hit the local lounge for some Whitehorse brewed ale and then out to dinner.
Whitehorse look out, the boys are back in town!
I had ribs, the rest has Halibut fish and chips.
Tail of the tape.
I just went to banal site and he starts off listing himself as a fictional character.
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