This morning it was 40 degrees when I got up. By the time I arrived in Teslin it was 80! Today was sunny and nice and uneventful. We changed oil in Whitehorse where the Hardley dealer wouldn't let us use a pan to change our oil even though we were going to put Hardley spooge in the beemers. What a jerk! So we went to Wally World and bought good oil and a plastic change pan. We went out to the edge of town and completed the job in about 15 minutes on an abandoned lot. We took the waste oil and pan to a local Canada Tire who took it off our hands.
The only motorcycle dealer in town is the Hardley guy. He doesn't want to help other marques. I will post this on IBMWR (Internet BMW Riders).
Fred wanted to camp and I did not. He went to the Provincial Park outside town. I got a motel room so I could shower and do laundry. I met some German tourists at the laundry. Nice folks.
The bridge here is the longest on the Alcan. It has a steel deck. As a child, we called a steel mesh decked bridge a "Singing Bridge". Why is there a sign before these warning about ice in freezing temperatures? How could a Singing Bridge freeze up? Even if the deck iced up, I would think the ice would pop off when a wheel rolled over it. It is fun to watch inexperienced riders cross such a bridge. The mesh seems to want to grab your front wheel and yank it back and forth. This phenomenon is called "Searching". The proper response is to relax your grip and let it wiggle a bit.
I can tell I am farther south than a few days ago. It is less bright at 1130 PM!
If you look at the detailed weather tables for here you will notice that there is no nautical twilight!
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