July 1, 2022 - Quesnel, BC - 300 miles

Happy Canada Day. From Wikipedia - On July 1, 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain and a federation of four provinces: Nova Scotia; New Brunswick; Ontario; and Quebec. The anniversary of this date was called Dominion Day until 1982. Since 1983, July 1 has been officially known as Canada Day. 

It was a nice day riding on good roads and nice weather up until the last half-hour when a decent thunderstorm unloaded on us. We had stopped at a rest area and put on our rain gear.  It always seems to rain just before the end of a ride, here and in Florida. 

Although we are still in relatively rural area, it feels like we are back in civilization. There are plenty of gas stations, large farms, better roads, more variety of food alternatives and more traffic. 

Today is the first day since Anchorage that our room has air conditioning. It has been unusually warm up here so it would have been nice to have A/C the last week or so. 

We took no pictures today so I caught up with a couple of pics and a video. 

 A video clip of Dall porpoises leading our boat on the way to Juneau a couple of days ago. 

https://youtu.be/IHr5XUKnOW4 

Getting sunburned on our way to Juneau 

Susie thought this lonely fire hydrant she saw as we rode into Atlin, BC was pretty funny. 

Inuit boat at the Alaska Museum 

Susie checking out the competition in Haines Junction, Yukon 

Mastodon tusks at Alaska Museum 

Inuit goggles to protect their eyes from snow blindness - Alaska Museum