We are now in Whitehorse, the last blog was from Haines Junction, which is 103 miles west of here. The reason for our slow progress is that Tom has continued to have some problems with his Achilles tendon. You may remember that he first felt discomfort coming in to Haines Junction and so hitched a ride ahead so that he could rest it. Then a couple of days later he hitched back to complete the ride, and still had no problems with it. The day after Tom made it back to Haines Junction (with tailwinds) we rode to Whitehorse, which was a long ride but still no problem with Tom’s ankle. But after a few hours it started to swell and finally he had a cool gangster gait.
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So we decided to give it a good rest and were fortunate to meet Mike and Colleen, who invited us to stay at their house during the recovery. So that’s pretty much what’s happened for the last week. Tom’s become an Xbox 360 addict. I’ve read two crap books. We’ve sneaked into the local pool a few times. We’ve been to the cinema. I went for a run (ironman in 6 weeks). We bought two new inner tyres. Tom’s creaking saddle may have been fixed. I wish I had something more to tell.
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Tomorrow morning we will be back on the bikes again. The next sizeable town is Watson Lake. It’s about 300 miles away and will be our next stop. We’ve both seen black bears now and are hoping for grizzlies: as a wise man once told a guy that told us “you don’t have to outrun the bear, just outrun your friend.”