Friday Rain
Everyone is in fairly good spirits despite yesterday's rainy, cold day. It was in the low 50's - quite a contrast to the first day's 90 degree tempatures. We lost one rider due to a bike break down, a BMW F650. Ned is now riding in a truck. I was second on Thursday - not sure where I stand now.
I saw my first bear on Thursday. Yesterday we were forced to stop and wait for the bison crossing.
My KTM is acting goofy at or over 75 mph. I am suspect of the fuel although I did change a spark plug last night - we will see today if it continues to miss at high speeds.
We go on to Whitehorse today. It will be mostly gravel. The halfway point will be the Ross River.
I believe Gary Orr is in first place at the moment on his BMW.
This message was posted by Gretchen - Chris called this morning without web capability at the hotel. Any details that are incongruent I apologize for. We had both just woken up.
Comments
Hope you guys are still having fun. Wish we could have kept going with you. See you at the end. Good Luck
Jon--Co-Driver "Junkyard Dog" (54 Merc, #1 in class on the 2004 ALCAN 5000!)
Posted by: Jon | August 22, 2004 12:55 PM