July 11, 2013<\/p>\n
A short day! \u00a0We love the short days. \u00a0On a clear day, the ride through Muncho Lake to Fort Nelson is absolutely beautiful. \u00a0On our way north, it was our first taste of twisty roads and elevation changes. \u00a0On our way south, it was a bit of a cold, rainy, foggy soup.<\/p>\n
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We started the day with a nice sleep in and Dendog got a real breakfast with coffee. \u00a0He seemed to enjoy it. \u00a0After watching him gyrate into his rain gear we hit the road. \u00a0Approximately 4 hours to cover the distance and we did not take rest nor gas break. \u00a0We were escorted by a pilot car for a bunch of kms due to construction. Our lane was relatively gravel free. \u00a0We were glad!<\/p>\n
We crossed three shorted metal grated bridges (in the rain) and they were uneventful. \u00a0The final long one is tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Our wildlife tally included 3 more sheep (I have to correct the earlier post, we did see female sheep, not goats) including a male, moose (cow and calf), a fox and a baby bear. \u00a0The moose crossed the road in front of us. \u00a0The others were better behaved.<\/p>\n
Our hotel room has an outside door and we parked the bikes right in front of our room. That should help our early departure.<\/p>\n
The wind was pretty strong here while we were out at supper, and the cover was blowing off my bike. \u00a0Our neighbor secured it for me. \u00a0He has a motorcycle too.<\/p>\n
I met another Super Tenere rider today in Fort Nelson. \u00a0His name is Hans and he is on his way with some friends to Anchorage and Fairbanks. \u00a0We had a nice chat about road conditions and a brief chat about the bikes. \u00a0I have met two Super Tenere owners, both at the Fas Gas in Fort Nelson.<\/p>\n
Dendog and I took turns on point today. \u00a0That was nice.<\/p>\n
Last night I left my keys in the ignition in the ON position for about 1.5 hours. \u00a0Oops. \u00a0I was afraid my battery would be dead. \u00a0The Shorai fired the bike right up. \u00a0That saved us using the booster cables Dendog engineered.<\/p>\n
You may note that our marker in Spotwalla is now basically pointing in the correct direction. \u00a0Our route will be the same from here to Saskatoon as it was on the way up. \u00a0Filtering in Spotwalla may make it easier to figure out our last day’s travels.<\/p>\n
Hoping for a bit less rain tomorrow so we can make it to Dendog’s 3:00 appointment in Grande Prairie, AB. \u00a0Tomorrow begins our new trend of losing an hour with time zone changes.<\/p>\n
We only shot video and pictures with the GoPros today.<\/p>\n
Bring on the prairies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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