Spring 1997 - Cincinnati to Yukon
Journals - 5 July 1997
Day 96 - Morley River, Yukon
5 July 1997 (sun; obligatory rain; mileage = 64.6) -- A - We rode about 18
km to get to the Continental Divide. There was a service station there
where we got yummy, fresh-baked bread. I asked a worker exactly where the
Divide is and he didn't know! It seemed like there would be a definite line
and you'd think that place would know. Oh well. We guessed where we thought
it should be. Chris wanted to pee right on the line to see if half ran one
way and half the other, but the opportunity didn't present itself. Today,
we rode and broke it up with about 3 stops instead of 1 long one. It was
still a long day, but we did get here fairly early. We even got to finish
drying our laundry from 2 days ago before it rained. When we pulled in
here, there was a girl training a dog to pull a sled. She had some milk
cartons (X - crates; she was following advice in a how-to book for dog
training) tied to her. Had interesting conversation with the Swiss about
religion, TV, education. I just had a shower and am now killing all the
flies in the tent. X - Another camper came over to chat -- in Swiss-German!
I listened carefully after saying grüezi. Susan said to me later that the
guy thought I was Swiss, too. I did cook a Swiss-caliber meal of potatoes
and tomatoes. I'm still flattered. And April was Miguel Indurain on the
hills this afternoon. Wow! We also saw a silver fox.
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