Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Day 16: The fire barrier to Iskut

Morning on the Highway.

August 15/2010: After a fun night on the pavement, we were joined by nine other motorcyclists.

Including Wayne, who we met in Tok a few days back.
Of course, the barricade didn't open at 9 o'clock. So we had breakfast at Sally's Cafe with  Linda and Clint from Texas, and Wayne from Vancouver.


This sign in Sally's washroom gave us a giggle.

A few hours later we rode through the fire--77 kms of smoke. We don't have any photos of that ride because, hey, we were concentrating on getting through it. But I snapped this photo of Wayne and Hailey 40 kms south of the fire. As you can see, the smoke was still pretty thick.

Sparkle's first flat tire
Wayne decided to hang out with us for awhile so we rode to Dease Lake together, where Hailey got her first flat tire. (Note the foreshadowing.)

Turns out Hailey has hidden mechanical talents.

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