Thursday, June 14, 2012

Welcome to Fernie

So I would upload a pic to this post, but the computer is an antique and the software is from a decade ago and will not allow me to upload a pic.  I think it may have asked me "what the heck is a pic?"  Anyway it is the morning of day 4, we are in Fernie, about 160 miles into the trip.  We decided to take the Fernie alternate route due to the weather yesterday, cold and rainy on and off all day.  The other way took us to a higher elevation where there is snow and looked like it may have snowed more yesterday.  So recap of the past 3 days.  Day 1: stayed at Boulton Creek about 60 miles from the start, good weather, saw a couple of wolves and a cow moose and her calf.  Day 2: stayed in Elkford, it was a 50 mile day, saw elk, big horn sheep and some deer.  We had to go over a 6,400 foot Elk pass that still had snow patches and plenty of thick mud, took us 3 hours to go about 5 miles....good times, lots of hike-a-bikes.  Day 3:  went another 50 miles into Fernie, cold and rainy throughout the day, ended up staying here at Barbara Lynn's B&B, they accomodate cyclists for $40.  So anyone reading this that is going to do this trip, definitely recommend staying here, we were able to dry out our stuff and get some much needed r&r.  The biggest thing thus far is trying to sustain our food intake, pretty much we are eating everything in sight and still want more.  I think we scared the bighorn sheep, because we were hungry and he saw the look in our eyes.  In Fernie, I ate sushi out of the back of a van, yea that's right Yama to Go Sushi, it was gooood!  I could not upload the pic from Jen's camera.  Check out the picasa album in the right hand column, I was able to upload pics from my camera.  Well we are going to shoot for the border today about 55 miles, so we may be in Eureka, MT, which is about 65 miles, we will see what the day brings first.  Chow for now!!  :~)

3 comments:

  1. Your pictures are fantastic, really enjoyed them. Can't believe all the wildlife you have already seen. Looks a little chili with all the snow on those mountatins! Keep on keepin on! Wishing you guys a good day today! Missing you! L.L.

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  2. Keep up the great blog posts and keep on truckin'! Can't wait to check back in!
    Nikki

    Sara misses you too and Amy...they don't know how to post comments. :)

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  3. OK hysterical post! Can't believe how far you guys are going each day. Are you tenting on the off nights? Holy....
    Sushi out of a van sounds risky at best. Eureka!!

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