These have been travel days. We stayed in Chetwynd, Canada (BC) Tuesday night and tonight we are
in Hope. We are about 45 minutes from the U.S. Border crossing at Abbotsford which we are told is
a lot easier than Vancouver. The last two days we have encountered lots of delays because of road construction and have seen very little wildlife but the scenery has been beautiful. Today we drove along side the Frasier River. Saw a group of Bighorn Sheep, but we were in too much traffic so did not get a picture.The drive was steep hills and inclines and lots of switchbacks. Weather is still cool, but somewhat humid tonight. The last two days we have noticed an interesting phenomenon. It
has been getting dark about 10:00. We have not seen darkness in over 3 weeks. In Alaska the darkest part of the night was between 2 and 4 a.m. and then it was still somewhat light. We got used to it and it
never did interfere with sleep. I think that probably says something about out age.(?) Anyway it will
be good to be back on U.S. soil tomorrow. One thing we failed to mention in earlier blogs is how surprised we have been with the number of people bicycling across Canada and Alaska.With many of the hills at 8-10% grades we had a hard time seeing how they could climb those hills, but climb they did. Some of the people are loaded down with all sorts of personal gear on the front and back of their bikes. Others we have seen are part of a travel group. Anyway, a heck of a way to see Alaska and Canada. Happy Trails!
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