Spring 1997 - Cincinnati to Yukon
Journals - 19 June 1997
Day 80 - Beaverlodge, Alberta
19 June 1997 (strong wind from west; light drizzle ALL day; 55 degrees;
mileage = 28.1) -- A - We awoke to even more wonderful hospitality from
Gerry and Enid. Gerry had breakfast waiting for us. Cereal, fruit, juice,
English muffins, whole milk. WOW! It was fantastic. I wanted to add a big
AMEN! when Gerry finished his prayer, but I restrained myself. We got our
stuff together and left. That was tough to do. It was raining lightly and
we had even stronger winds than yesterday and he had told us our route
would be hilly. Incidentally, the winds yesterday were 30 kph and we
thought they were rough. Today we headed into 40 kph! And grueling doesn't
being to describe it. Poor Chris led the entire way and I was still
struggling to keep up. We had to head straight into the wind for about 38
km and slightly to the north for the last 5-7. We got up the first big (not
so big, really) hill, and Chris said it had been the toughest he'd
experienced ever. Normally, that hill would have been easy! We decided
there was no sense in killing ourselves, so we stopped at a semi-agreeable
person's yard for a few hours. We finished reading our movie-of-the-week
and took off again. Not nearly as tough, but still raining and not
pleasant. We made it to Beaverlodge and ate at a Chinese/Western place and
came to the campground. It feels very cold for 55 degrees! X - If one rode
in this every day for as long as we did, that person would be a cycling god
or dead!
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