It was another cold morning and I had to have an early start to avoid being caught not paying. In the first hour or two I saw very few cars on the road, and most of them were heading south. It stayed cold for quite a while as the sun wouldn’t come out from behind a cloud until the afternoon.
At the top of one small climb there was a huge gathering of mountain goats at the side of the road (and almost as many people stopped to take pictures). I took a couple pictures and moved on so I could get to Jasper early. Before getting to Jasper I met another cyclist who came across the road to talk to me (he was out on a day trip from Jasper) and was so impressed with my trip that he wanted to take a picture of me and my bike.
By noon I was in Jasper and treated myself to a burger and an ice cream cone (it had finally gotten warm out). From there I went to the public library to use the internet where I was charged $2.50/30min. I didn’t expect a library to charge but I guess it makes sense since it is a bit of a vacation town and they don’t want everyone in there using it for free.
I stopped to get groceries before heading the 16km from the town center to the nearest campsite. After getting there, I met James in the next site over who was biking from somewhere in Ontario to Prince Rupert and then taking the ferry down the coast. We talked for a while about a number of things including biking and comp-sci as he had also just graduated (from Waterloo).
The weather is getting warmer and hopefully it will stay this way…
| Distance | 99.6km |
|---|---|
| Time | 4:02 |
| Max Speed | 54km/h |
| Odometer | 1214km |