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It is overcase with drizzle as we continue to Prince George in search of a tire for Peter's bike. He now has 18,000 kms on his tires. The back one is really showing the wear. I can tell Peter is riding conservatively ( I would be too.) Both of us are praying tire will hold to Prince George & we can replace it.
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| Alaskan Huskies taking a break with us. |
Although it is raining the scenery is spectacular (as always.) Although it is only 400 kms, it seems to take forever to get to Prince George. We head directly get to the Visitors Centre. Peter makes a few phone calls but it doesn't sound promising. Then we strike pay dirt! A Yamaha dealer has tires & can install them today if we can get there before closing. Ten minutes later we pull into their lot. We unload the bike & it goes straight into the shop. An hour & half later Peter gets his bike back with new boots. Boy, do they look good. What a relief. Looking at his old tire we decide that there was no way he would have made Vancouver. We would have had to wait for tires to be shipped in. Guess what? It had a large staple in the outer treat that we didn't even know about. O brother! Interestingly, we later learned that Dave stopped at the same dealer & got a new back tire for his KLR on the way home. Huh!
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| A cut from the Dempster Hwy 15K ago |
After completing our third oil change (courtesy of Canadian Tire) we decide to celebrate with a Gin Martini, a bear, then finish supper with a Margarita. We are happy to be able to continue our adventure.
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| The middle was very thin & flexible |
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| New boots |
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| Give me some gravel roads! |
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