The city was named because a single store was there. The owners mine their own jade and then sell it. I bought jewelery as souvenirs for my family from here. We camped behind the store and they allowed us to use their personal shower in the store.
Yukon Territory, Canada
Day 57: One of the girls first successful pace lines!
We were lallygagging because we were tired of being on our bikes. We did not usually waste time on the road but it was a hard day and we were all in goofy moods.
We stopped on a bridge to take pictures of the amazing views. The picture above is from the bridge, the picture below is from my bike looking down at the water through the bridge. We rode over several of these bridges, they were not a friend of mine. I really hated being able to see the water below me...it was very scary.
Mucluck Annies campground. The guys are playing battle ship in the two boats on the lake behind us. This place was absolutely beautiful.
Day 59: This was the last morning we were riding as just the Rockies team. We were on our way to Whitehorse, YT to meet up with the Sierra team. Mj wrote down all the names for the people all of our teammates were riding for. It was a pretty emotional ride dedication circle. I read the letter Mj's mom wrote to her brother Kyle after he passed away from leukemia. There were many people that truly inspired me this summer, Mj was one of them. She has seen more in her 19 years than most go through in a lifetime, she is such a strong person.
Day 60: On our day off in Whitehorse Julio surprised us by flying in from Austin to finish off the ride with the team. His ankle was still broken but his doctors said he was clear to ride with us. He was slower than normal for him but he was still faster than I was for the rest of the trip. This picture was after our Julio surprise dinner.
The next several days we had this really gross cloud cover that prevented us from seeing some mountains that were probably beautiful. According to a local this area was the second highest populated grizzly area in Canada. Later the same day three of our riders saw a grizzly and her two cubs and decided to chase them on their bikes. Luckily no harm was done to either party.
At a rest stop in front of this lake many riders took nap time on the beach.
