Also, here's a photo of the Anchorage moose we saw on the trail (courtesy of Luke):
We drove and drove and drove and eventually made it to Smithers BC. It's a pretty cute place--quite a lot of interesting shops and, of course, some mountain biking :) We did some of the cross country trails the first day and then I shuttled Luke on the downhill trails (since I don't ride downhill). Here's Luke at the top of the trail, trying to look majestic:
The standard frown as I try to document Luke's beard growth (he's talking about shaving it off now that it's gotten all hot again!)
Majesty!!
We camped at a free site at Twin Falls in Smithers. Here's one of the twins:
Luke took some photos of a jump on one of the downhill trails. You jump over a crashed plane!
We spent a couple of days in Burns Lake BC. They have a pretty great set-up. There's free camping and parking at the trail head with a lovely lake to swim in after getting all sweaty on the trails. (the lake has leaches though. They didn't seem to find anyone else but me though)
They have a bike park with cross country trails and then a downhill trail section. I tried part of one of the easier downhill trails--it was fun, but I'm pretty sure I won't ever seriously get into it)
We accidentally drained our truck battery (Luke had his tablet plugged in a bit too long it seems) so we couldn't get the truck started. We have bad luck with truck problems on long weekends. The good news is that, after a bit of pushing, we got the truck on a slope and started it with a push start. It was nerve wracking to see the truck and Luke going down the hill but at the very bottom it started and it's been fine since then. We had very nice camping neighbours who offered to help us out if we needed it too.
We're now in Prince George and Luke has been finding lots and lots and LOTS of mountain bike rides to do as we travel down the province. I'm wondering if we'll ever make it to Vancouver ;)
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