We are in Burns Lake, BC tonight and staying with host families. This may be one of the last blogs I will be able to write for a while. After tomorrow night, we will begin a long stretch of camping with only a few more hosts between now and Anchorage!
So far, Canada has been so much better than we expected. We have had beautiful weather and some really warm days. One of the things we were warned would happen in Canada was running out of food. We did have a stretch where there were no gas stations or grocery stores for about 3 days or so and we started getting really creative with our PowerBars. This one has animal crackers and chocolate PowerGel drizzled on top. Not as tasty as it looks. The most creative so far was chocolate PowerBars melted in a skillet with some grape jelly and almonds and then poured on a piece of bread. I have a feeling it will only continue to get worse...
A few more pictures from Alberta
A picture from the day we entered into British Columbia:
As we were riding, I was dying to see a moose along the road or in the trees. I was looking really carefully all along the road but I didn't have to look too hard because we soon came across one standing in the road right in front of us! We got a little nervous when we actually saw how big it was, but luckily the truck coming from the opposite direction scared him off the highway. After seeing both a moose and a bear I am satisfied.
Today was my day to drive the van. Unfortunately, the day got a really rough start when one of our riders got in an accident with a car and had to be taken to the hospital. The car had taken a left turn without seeing her and she crashed into the side of the car. She will be off her bike for about a week with a dislocated clavical, but we are so thankful she wasn't hurt any worse. She got to keep me company in the van today and her biggest concern was for the lady driving the car who was also very shaken up and upset by the accident. She's a really strong teammate, I'm glad she'll be back on her bike soon!
The rest of the day went fairly smoothly. We got a lot of food donations from local grocery stores and restaurants (meaning no more melted PowerBars for a while) and tonight we are being very well taken care of by hosts in Burns Lake. Thank you for the letters in the mail, they always make my day! My thoughts are with everyone back home, I love you all!
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