Jeff's Alaskan Bike Trip 2010

Ok so the bears didn't eat us. John and I talked about how cheap we feel. In Fairbanks, we went to Wal-Mart looking for bear repellent. We thought $30 seemed too high and we passed. Last night we would have paid about anything for one.
My sister asked if we were really camping. Yes we are. Man it was 30 degrees this morning when we woke up in Prospect Mountain. Cold Cold and more Cold. Our camp ground had no shower so we are going to be smelly today.
Without this step we got on the road early for us. At breakfast we got water in some fancy bottle. Oh goodness, I don't like to pay for water at breakfast. I drank the whole thing. As I was drinking, i noticed that the bottle had writing on it. It said that the bottle was a green thing and they filled it from the tap. Their water is pure from the mountains. It was pretty good.
We walked out of the restaurant and it had rained. I swear it was snow that had already melted. Since it was over, I didn't put on my rain suit. Wrong, it wasn't over so I put my suit over my wet jean legs. I used some surgical gloves under my riding gloves to keep my hands dry (thanks babe). I actually warmed up. I looked like the michelin man with everything on. The ride got better
We started by going up a mountain to the highest part of our ride yet. We were in Bampf National Park. The ride down the other side was an 8 degree slope. That's actually pretty steep. Since the road was wet, it was even more exciting. The road ended by going between two mountains. They must have blasted a hole out between them. Then we we went through a rock archway to a resort that has hot springs.
As we got closer to the border, we saw more golf courses and casinos. Things were more American like restrooms were not washrooms. Towns were closer together. Oh yeah and Canada was saying goodbye by raining on us some more.
I had to decide whether to get gas at the last stop in Canada or try to make a run across the border. John said it was 15 miles to the border and another 10 to gas. I wasn't on reserve yet, but knew I was close. I went for it figuring if I pushed across the border the customs agents might give me a standing ovation. We didn't calculate idle time at the border. It didn't go fast. I eased to the guard and answered more questions than ever. I guess I got them right because he waved me on. Within 3 miles I had to switch to reserve and made it to gas. I couldn't stand it if I got humiliated again.
We took a break for 45 minutes at the border. It turned out to be wise. We missed massive rain and hail the size of quarters. Being just behind it, we rode with sunshine into Glacier National Park. We had a home cooked BBQ dinner here at the camp ground. For $20 t camp, this place rocks. It feels like another cold nigh though.
We are pretty much back on track for mileage to reach our destination on Sunday. Tomorrow its our ride on the road called Road to the sun. We will reach 10,000 feet and come back down. We changed our route to go through Mizzoula, Montana. There is a festival there we want to check out.