Day Seven- Stettler, Alberta to Dawson Creek, BC, Canada

I used Tennessee weld...... it didn't hold so Jolie used Kentucky weld.

Ran out of gas twice... Jolie told me the next town was closer than it really was.-sam
Actually sam didn't listen, i said about 30 minutes and he heard 30 miles...- jolie

Jolie poses at the BC sign - Sneaky Ninja goes international.

Let the games begin..... I was feeling good about myself and we heard of some one riding from Argentina to Alaska and I did not feel so cool!

Well..... I take that back, I am cool!

Day 7- We made it to the Alaska Highway. Long day trying to make up for our wrong turn yesterday. We got on the road by 8 am and that helped alot. I ran out of gas twice, Jolie told me the next town was closer than it was. The wind was also bad today. Real bad.....

Got to Dawson Creek at about 7pm local time. Still light out at 10pm..... We got frozen dinners at Walmart and Jolie cooked mac and chesse, alfredo and Lasagna. Good meal, full and at our desitination. Jolie says good night!

Day 6 - sam
I didn't write last night because it was one of those days that you wish you could do over. Started out good, but then the wind started. I mean for 50 miles I was riding leaning to the left and actually was run off the road and onto the shoulder. That was real scary. We went over the Medicine Hat (seriously the name) to have lunch /dinner and upon leaving we found out we were about 80 miles (6000 Kilometer - each way). That stinks, but it was part of the country we have never seen. It was nice to have a good A &W meal.

We tried to make our way back on track, but by midnight and literally about 40 degrees. I was frozen. I am smart and put plastic bags on my feet to keep them dry and it turned out to be the opposite and they were frozen... I hopped in the tub and jOlie cooked black beans and rice and I was out.

DAY 6- Great Falls. MT to Stettler, Alberta, Canada

in canada

northern Montana

Sam makes friends everywhere he goes

Day 6-

So, we slept in this morning which was great at the time, but....
We started off with crystal blue skies and a slight chill in the air. Heading north to O'Canada- duty free smokes, then we crossed the border. No problems entering Canada, but they didn't stamp my passport which kind of disappointed me. About 25 miles into Canada, we stop for gas in the town of Werner. There were 3 very nice ladies in the store that make a very good first impression for Canada. One of the ladies told us of a different route to Edmonton, one that didn't involve Calgary (Cal-gary). She referred to Calgary as the "dog's breakfast." We chatted for a bit, then head on our way.

I'm sure the alt rout would have been great, had we not missed our turn and gone about 70 miles in the wrong direction. I think it was all my fault. I was just driving, looking at all the pretty and not the map. I was following, but it's still my job to navigate. I'm sure it all happened for a reason, but at this point, i'm not sure what it is.

On the way back to the right path, i pulled over in a gravel lot to look at the map and sam followed. Sam then decided to go on though the slightly muddy area and the slightly deeper gravel/mud on the other side, and he ended up laying his bike over. Nothing too serious- broke the front blinker, bent a footing and banged up his foot just enough to make it a little sore. He laughed it off and said that he knew it was going to happen so he was glad he got it out the way. Then, a rainbow appeared and sam is convinced that the rainbow and the lay over are connected.

Because of our 2 hour detour, we didn't make it to Edmonton. We're about 90 miles- i think... it's all metrics here- to Edmonton. As the sun started setting, it got chilly fast for me and with Sam on the bike he got really cold. Especially his feet- his boots were still wet from yesterday, so this morning he put his feet in plastic bags before putting his boots on, which made his feet even colder tonight. He held out alot longer than I would have. When I saw steam coming from a cows mouth, i figured Sam was cold. We stopped for the day in Settler around 12:45. Super 8, a hot bath and black beans and rice for dinner. Sam's already snoring.

We've decided that it's probably best to start our days earlier now.

Heading to Dawson Creek (maybe City) tomorrow. Hope to be there early evening:)
Jolie (and Sam in spirit)