Here is a map of today's ride:
Liard River Hot Springs to Whitehorse, the Yukon
406 miles
The weather cooperated for most of the day. It only rained for about 45 minutes in the afternoon, but there wasn't much wind, and I was able to keep riding. I arrived in Whitehorse one day earlier than planned, but I am exhausted from all the riding. I probably spent 7 or 8 hours on the bike today, and I went as fast as I could reasonably go. I just wanted to get to Whitehorse and finally be done with it.
Today I saw a lot more wildlife. I counted 5 brown bears and 3 groups of bison. The bears were much less ferocious than I imagined. Mostly they just stood or sat by the side of the road and looked funny. The bison tended to stand in the middle of the road.
A couple nights ago, I camped in Fort Nelson. I met a guy from Chicago riding this bike, a 1200gs Adventure. What you see on the bike is everything that he brought with him. 2 spare tires, 1 tank bag, 1 map, a tent, and maybe an extra t-shirt. That's it. He's already been up to Alaska and Prudhoe Bay. He showed me video of the roads in Alaska (and it's not good). Now he's on his way back to Chicago. He's been riding very long days:
This is the road and the scenery between Fort Nelson and Muncho Lake (somewhere in northern British Columbia):
As I got farther north in BC, more wildlife started to appear. Here you see what Canadians call "sheep," or what I would call a mountain goat:
This is the road approaching Stone Mountain, just south of Muncho Lake:
I stopped in Toad River yesterday for gas and lunch:
Again, these were some of the first mountains to appear in northern BC:
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