Not a bad place to have a lay over.

Well for those of you who follow the current location section of my site, you probably noticed that we didn’t go anywhere.  No, Allesi didn’t fall asleep at the switch; I wish he had so that we could all berate his irresponsible ways.  That wasn’t the case though, after the short day Thursday, we woke up early to hit the road.  Only we awoke to frigid temps and guess what, pouring rain, also a very heavy wind that would have been in my face.  I say would have been because we discussed it over breakfast, but seeing as last time I tried to ride in weather half as bad as what we were seeing, I only made it 26 miles.  Knowing that the next closest campground with a warm shower was over 70 miles away I opted to sit it out.

Dawson Peaks resort and campground is a wonderful place, they have a beautiful spot on Teslin Lake and a great view of the mountains (covered in clouds for the time being).  The inside of the restaurant has the most unique decor we have seen yet as well as the best food that we have had since we left Virginia.  So we really didn’t mind being hanging out there an extra day.  I tried to take a picture of their back wall it didn’t really turn out, but it’s better than nothing I guess. 

While reluctant to leave after some breakfast in the restaurant this morning, I jumped on the bike and headed out.  It was very cold this morning and very overcast.  The clouds where high enough that you could see all of the surrounding mountains, it was another beautiful ride.  I have to be honest; I was and still am in a great mood for some reason but my body felt terrible on the bike today.  I think that it may have just been the cold because I actually rode pretty fast and covered some ground.  It did help that the wind was at my back for a majority of the day.  That’s a first for the trip.  I am back in the hills and getting ever closer to the several hundred miles of serious mountains that lay in my very near future. It was still a day of climbing but I would rather climb with the wind at my back than in my face, as it has been.  I am not going to worry about the weather eating up riding days.  All I can do is ride when possible and try to make up ground on the days that the weather cooperates.

Today’s Stats

81.86 miles

15.5mph average speed

40mph max speed

5:14:31 ride time