Summer 1997 - Yukon to California
Journals - 8 August 1997
Day 29
8 August 1997 (sunny; mileage = 31.4; Tugman State Park) -- A - We had a
typical take down, well maybe a little later than normal. We didn't get up
until 7:30 or so and we did hang laundry to dry some. So, we didn't roll
out of the park until 9:30. There wasn't much wind at all to start with. We
went through a couple of little towns and over a couple of little hills. We
had a group of cyclists with 2 vans shuttling around us for an annoying
part of the morning. Of course, we passed them on the up hills because we
are awesome. My back tire decided to be bad today. I noticed it getting low
and we stopped to pump it up, but it got low again, so Chris changed the
tube. The side of the tire has some big, chewed-up-looking holes and there
was a puncture in the tube. I don't know how I managed this one! The tube
he put in was the many-patched one that I last punctured with the nail in
Canada that last day. He thought that patch hadn't dried enough to use back
then, so he had put in a new tube. Well, apparently, the patch doesn't want
to work now either, because I didn't get very far with it.... About halfway
up a hill that Chris was already at the top of, I had to stop. Chris came
back to help. Sorry! He patched the new tube from earlier and put it back
on. It seemed to be OK then, only I noticed the brakes hitting the tire. We
managed to ride to this campground, so we could have shade, lunch, and work
space. We didn't have a lot of food, but decided it would be enough to be
able to camp here. The biker sites are very nice. Chris worked on my bike
some more and I did voice mail and talked to my dad. It was good to rest,
even though the wind got very strong again. I think Chris has a cold (what
anyone else would consider a cold anyway), so early bed will be good. X -
The holes (4 of them) in the Canada nail tire were too big and the type of
patch I used (looked like denim) wasn't impressive. I changed the rear
brake pads on April's bike to the Coda, just like the front is now. We only
have one spare tube now. April's brakes are still worse than mine (which
are deplorable!). Can't think of what else to do. This site seems very
nice. One of the guys from last night is here. He is kinda smug for a
non-professional. Riding here (now, right Dennis?) is a different universe
from somewhere where it rains. There is also a German girl here who lives
in Montreal and is on vacation (German-style apparently). She is riding
from San Diego, California to Vancouver. She is distraught over the head
winds. Es ist so windig hier, nein? Oh well.
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