It's July 7, 2007. It's 6:30am and I am updating this blog with the few minutes that I have here. The formatting may not be too good and I won't get the time to straighten it out until later.

The six of us are plugging along (Tom bugged out in Montana) . We've had a few minor mishaps but no big problems. Mechanically, the bikes are all running well. Cris' bike doesn't seem to like the rain and it misfires when wet.

I keep getting a "check engine" light but we can't find and Codes to indicate that something is wrong, so I haven' t been able to check for a problem. I did add some oil and this may have eliminated the problem; we'll see during today's ride to Muncho Lake, BC

Well, we are in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. This is Milepost Zero for the Alaskan Highway. Everybody was tired, hot and short-tempered and sniping at each other so we decided to get a Motel and chill for a while.

Yesterday we were awakened at our campsite by a herd of Elk that came walking through. They did not seem to be afraid of us, nor we them. One female was even nursing her young (see pic at left).

One of the mishaps that I spoke of was that my keychain went flying apart somewhere in the Icefields. Lost were the key that locks the trailer hitch and the key that locks the trigger of the gun. We solved the trailer hitch lock problem by cutting the lock off (see pic of Lee and Dan cutting the lock while takin a ciggarette break). We haven't figured out what to do about the gun lock. I hope we figgure it out before we see our first grizzly bear, close up.

Trying to organize pictures for this blog is like trying to herd cats. I don't have time to fool with them now but here are a few pics of the shots that I took along the Icefield Parkway in the Canadian Rockies between Lake Louise and Jasper.

I guess that's all for now. I'll fix it up when I have more time.