A note from Amanda, Saturday July 19, 2008,
I heard from Matthew this evening, but his phone card ran out while we were talking because dialing from Canada immediately took off 100 minutes. He asked me to tell you that they made it to Destruction Bay at Kluane Lake in Yukon Territory. The day before yesterday they crossed into Canada from Alaska without any problem, and they expect to be in Whitehorse within a few days. Sounds like they've been getting some cold rain at 40 deg. F, so Matthew's sleeping bag is soaked. Other than that, Matthew was excited about the snow and glaciers he could see up in the moutains, but they weren't biking through snow (Matthew sighed) just rain. Other highlights from the road - they saw a big male moose
from a distance and snapped a couple pictures before a tour bus pulled up and scared it off. They caught a few trout too (before a beaver tried to scare them off)((Did the beaver scare Eric and Matthew or the trout or both?? )))but they weren't much larger than a few inches. They're still on the hunt for a big ol' salmon! Sounds like they're really enjoying the scenery, but they've got some big mountains to climb and perhaps rain to endure before getting to their next destination. http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/yk-16_metric_e.html#detailsf Thanks for sending the Watson Lake address. The day after, I sent Matthew a package with some of his Grandma Wright's fudge. Hopefully that'll cheer him up on a rainy day! Amanda
I heard from Matthew this evening, but his phone card ran out while we were talking because dialing from Canada immediately took off 100 minutes. He asked me to tell you that they made it to Destruction Bay at Kluane Lake in Yukon Territory. The day before yesterday they crossed into Canada from Alaska without any problem, and they expect to be in Whitehorse within a few days. Sounds like they've been getting some cold rain at 40 deg. F, so Matthew's sleeping bag is soaked. Other than that, Matthew was excited about the snow and glaciers he could see up in the moutains, but they weren't biking through snow (Matthew sighed) just rain. Other highlights from the road - they saw a big male moose
from a distance and snapped a couple pictures before a tour bus pulled up and scared it off. They caught a few trout too (before a beaver tried to scare them off)((Did the beaver scare Eric and Matthew or the trout or both?? )))but they weren't much larger than a few inches. They're still on the hunt for a big ol' salmon! Sounds like they're really enjoying the scenery, but they've got some big mountains to climb and perhaps rain to endure before getting to their next destination. http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/yk-16_metric_e.html#detailsf Thanks for sending the Watson Lake address. The day after, I sent Matthew a package with some of his Grandma Wright's fudge. Hopefully that'll cheer him up on a rainy day! Amanda 
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