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Before we left Peter made a few phone calls in an attempt to get a new rear tire for his bike. No luck. Smithers BC & Prince George or Rupert are the next places we will check for a tire.
On the way to Watson Lake we encountered several convoys of motor homes going North. On group had 22 large bus motor homes. It would have been very difficult to pass them. We probably would have had to park the bikes for 2 hours in order to let the motor homes get ahead of us. Peter's idea to go in June was the correct call.
We checked into a historic Air Force barracks hotel in Watson Lake. It was really cool. During the second war air force pilots had stayed in this building when shuttling supplies to Russia. The majority of the pilots were women because the men had been sent overseas. Ironically, a German Canadian had lovingly restored the pilots' living quarters. The password for the internet was "I love Canada". We ate our meals in a cafe that was attached to a local truck repair garage. Luckily the owner of the Air Force Lodge had told us what to look for in order to find the restaurant. We had completely missed it the first time we were in Watson Lake.
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