away in record time this morning, we were headed to the U S of A!! Bye bye Canada.We go
t to the Boarder crossing quickly, unlike getting through immigration which seemed to take forever!After that we headed to Eureka, a very very cool little town 16km away. We stopped there for an early lunch at the Jax cafe, a quintessential American "diner" complete with booths and all.
Had a yummy burger and chips before finding the library for a quick email session.From Eureka we had longish ride ahead up and over Whitefish
divide to a campground in the middle of the forest. The first 25km were relatively flat along a gravel/dirt road before turning towards the hills. We then climbed, and climbed and climbed some more. In fact we climbed for about 25km!!! Once we finally reached the divide we thought we would have a cruisey roll down hill all the way. Nope, no such luck, it was down hill but was quite rough so we needed to concentrate and actually pedal. On our way down we meet two Russian men picking flowers, what the? They told us they made a very powerful tea to help cancer, mmmmm not sure. They also told us they were not worried about bears because they had a gun, which they showed us. Nothing like been shown a handgun in the middle of the wilderness to let you know you are living. They were very friendly and gave us good tips on the area (don't worry Betty).When we arrived at the campsite to find three other Great Divide ride groups. Two heading our way, the other going north.
Had a laugh with one group of (seven blokes, from Florida). Chatted with the others, swapped stories then hit the hay.
DISTANCE: 85.6 km
AVERAGE: 14.1 kmh
RIDE TIME: 6.03
ASCEND: 1120m
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