May 28

Well, I made it. Tired today, it's been a lot of riding in 3 days and sleeping in the tent was good but asleep late and up early with the birds. The ride up was not the best scenery but not the worst I'm sure. The park was full of mountains, lakes and wildlife.

The #40, known as the scenic route to Alaska was long. It was 3-4 hours of rolling hills, or actually there were mountains but the way the road went up and over they seemed more like large hills.
It was funny, time after time you would crest a hill only to see the road cresting another one way off in the distance and nothing too exciting inbetween.
The road had it's moments that's for sure, the colour of the aspens was inspiring but it just went on and on never seeming to end. Saw my first oil well, all be it small but an oil well it was.
The ride itself was the coldest I've been. Good thing my co-pilot is not with me I don't think she would have appreciated this part of the adventure. Pulled over after an hour and put on my winter gloves, thermals and my pant liners, much better after that. Everytime I stopped and saw someone they always asked "must be pretty cold on that today". I'd just smile and say "no, it's not too bad when you're all geared up"...honestly though half the time I couldn't hear what they were saying as I had my ear plugs in but I probably guessed right. Grande Prairie's everything I've heard. Can't get lost as it's mapped out like a grid and it's full of subdivision after subdivision. Sure appreciate the comfy bed my son has laid out for me. He lives in a very nice home,
I had to laugh when I thought of what I was living in at his age. I'm glad Einstiens theory of evolution is hard at work.