Here's what's been happening since the last post. We had a couple of wonderful days in Jasper. Love the little town! Dan and I found a great bakery - The Bear's Paw - and we hung out there eating yummy things and drinking great coffee on the bench outside of the shop. Met a lot of people while we sat there.
We've had our fastest rides since leaving Jasper. Apparently, there is always a tail wind if you're riding east along Hwy 16. And it's flat! We spent a night in Hinton. Not much happening there on a Sunday night... The next night was in Edson. Tuesday we separated from the rest of the group at Evansburg. It was a bit sad to say goodbye to them. The group of 5 will be continuing on to Newfoundland (http://2008canadacycletrip.blogspot.com/). Dan and I stayed in the Pembina Provincial campsite - pretty nice place. It's near Entwistle. We got our tent set up just before a big thunder storm. We grabbed all of our food and headed for the day use area to hide out in the picnic shelter. After an hour or so, it cleared up and you'd never know that there had been a storm. The next day we got off the 16 and headed north on smaller roads. We spent a night in a small place called Gunn. Same thing happened there with the weather. We watched a thunder storm come in over the lake. This time, we hid out in the restaurant until it passed.
We weren't as lucky the following day - the thunder storm hit while we were riding. We were on Hwy 37 - a rather small road with very little in the way of shoulders. The wind was coming from the side and there were lots of big trucks travelling. We had some scary moments. Dan found an abandoned shed for us to hide out in until the rain stopped.
Unfortunately, the wind continued. I'd say that that was our hardest ride of the trip because of the narrowness of the road. We made it into Fort Saskatchewan in one piece though!
We're enjoying hot showers, soft beds, and good food at Rick's place. 
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