Spring 1997 - Cincinnati to Yukon
Journals - 13 June 1997
Day 74 - Cherhill, Alberta
13 June 1997 (Friday the 13th; very slight winds; warm; sunny; misty;
ominous and big head wind in evening; mileage 45.1) -- X - We woke up and
lazed around a bit. We read some of the book April got from the campground
bathroom library. At about 7:45 we heard loud music and the chainsaw
activity; real relaxin', eh? So we packed up and left. We stopped at the
big SafeWay there. Then we took off down the freeway heading for where it
wasn't a freeway. We had ridden about 30 miles and I was ready to quit for
the day. We saw a nice roadside campsite and later a gas station with a
restaurant. We ate there and decided to ride 1 km back to the campsite. We
put up Ft. Mosquito and read and relaxed. We were ready to stay there, but
the woman who ran it started to badger us for the fee. Big turn off. The
place was crawling with mosquitoes, and the only helpful facilities to us
were the mosquito-infested latrines. Not-so-helpful. I prefer the woods. So
at about 7:00 PM, we took off from there. While riding, the light wind
picked up a lot and the sky got real nasty-looking. We stopped at a farm
house. No one home. Then we got to Cherhill and we spotted their ball
diamond. We wanted to ask the neighbors if that was OK. The first house was
unoccupied, though the door was open and there were lots of computers on
inside. The other side of the ball park was where we met Carrie (Carolyn)
who was very nice and accommodating. She had nice short grass (lower
mosquito probability) and a nice privacy fence. So we camped in her yard.
After setting up the tent and getting things ready, we went inside to chat
with her. She made tea for us and gave us some organic thing she was
baking. Quite good. She's around 50 and from New York (a long time ago).
She used to live on a bus that is parked in their property. Her "partner,"
Norman, is away this weekend. She said they paid $10,000 ($ Can) for their
house which we thought was a super deal since it's really quite nice and
classy. Very much my mom's style with Art Nouveau stuff and cool,
foreign-looking artifacts and decorations. All imparted with personalized
personality . We chatted till around midnight and then went outside for a
very good night's sleep in the light rain.
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