Blue river

I rode 130 km today, from mount robson, to blue river.

I am now officially ahead of the itinerary by a day.

Much to my surprise, blue river provincial park, is closed for the season. I'm camping here anyway, until told otherwise.

It appears as if they're clearing out all the pine-beetled trees (there's lots) while simultaneously upgrading the place. Bottom line, is that it's a nice quiet spot to camp.

The text messaging isn't working on my phone, I'm guessing this is part of the cellular "black hole" that is the BC interior. Oddly though, email appears to be working.

The road today was long and hard. I need to find water before I leave tomorrow, I'm thinking that I should have looked into a water filter as there's lots and lots of mountain creeks around, just none safe to drink.

This would have also significantly cut back on the weight methinks. I probably would have carried two less bottles otherwise.

I'm not sure how much longer I can keep up this pace, even if it was all downhill today. I wouldn't be surprised if I had already passed my one buddy today, without realizing it.

I'm really exhausted, but there's still another hour of daylight to kill.

I'm not sure what tomorrow's goal will be. I'll figure that out later.