Woke up and looked out the window, looks like we had a heavy dew, the bike covers are wet and so is the side walk. Fifteen minuets later the heavy dew has turned into lite rain. We put on our rain coats and walk across the street to a cafe that has a lot of work trucks in front of it, often a good sign of a good place to eat or at the least the best place available. Still raining after our breakfast and looks to be staying around. We pack up the bikes and head out. This section of road is where we actually cross over the Rockies, the pass is only 4000 feet but it can get snow this time of year and John is a bit apprehensive but all we encounter is clouds. We make a stop by summit lake for Cinnamon rolls for John and I, tea for John and a little high dollar fuel for John's bike. It is still raining so it is back on the road again. The road follows along the shore of Muncho Lake and it is wonderful. The road is narrow and some place we are only 3 or 4 feet about the water and about 5 feet away. This is where we see our first critters for the day. There is a little pull out along the lake, room for one or two cars at the most and there are three mountain sheep of some kind standing there nibbling on something, It is still raining, the road is narrow with no place to park except where the sheep are my gloves are nice and warm and by the time I would get my gloves off and the camera out they would be gone so we continue on. At about the 180 mile mark on toady's ride the rain stoped, 10 miles later we are crossing the Liard 'river on a neat old suspension bridge with the lovely metal grate for the floor. This is one of the longer bridges we have crossed with the metal grate for a floor but all goes well. Up the hill and around the corner and we are at Liard Hot Springs, a little resort and a fuel stop. With the bikes full of fuel and no rain we hit the road, the riding is even better now that we can see and every thing is very green. It is lovely and I guess part of the price for this beauty is a ride in the rain. We are headed for Watson Lake. Critter sighting number two is a black bear along side the road. It is a two lane road and he is on the shoulder of the other lane so we pass by about 15 feet away, he was a bit startled as were we but we got stopped and looked back, a motor home behind us had passed him too and then he crossed the road and was into the brush and trees. We ride on into the town of Watson Lake and fuel up, our fannies are tired but it is too early to stop so we head up the road, a little road side station and motel gets marked on the map as Rancheria. That is our stopping place for the day, another 420 miles behind us. No phone service, no wifi, we are in the boonies. We have good food, a nice dry bed and hot water. Life is good.
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