Day 33
   
   5/30/01
   Mile 3207
   Near Pink Mountain, BC
   
   I had a pretty hard time getting going this morning.   I seem to live
   in a perpetual sleep deficit.  I managed to get up about 8am, feeling
   almost hungover from biking in the rain yesterday.  I tried to take a
   shower.  No water.  I called the owner, who checked and found a pipe
   had burst.  A plumber was called, and I waited a while in vain, eventually
   leaving to eat breakfast.  It was after 10:30 by the time I bought
   groceries and hit the road.
   
   And those roads were good.  It was a little dusty at times, due to
   trucks entering the highway from muddy side roads, like a child
   tracking muddy shoes across the carpet.
   
   All day, there were dark clouds somewhere on one of the four
   horizons.  Around 5pm, one got me, and I put on all the raingear I had 
   since it looked like it would be there a long time.  But it wasn't; it 
   cleared up after only half an hour, and I'd done overkill on the gear.
   
   I stopped at a little cafe in Wonowon, and ate a salad and a chicken
   sandwich.  I asked the waitress if she had seen any other bikers, but
   she'd only been there a week.
   
   I continued on, noticing the hills getting longer and steeper.  I'd
   need to see if I could trim down some gear since that's going to be
   the terrain for the next couple of weeks.
   
   I have more trouble with my pocketmail device with Canadian payphones,
   especially the farther north I go into remote areas.  Sometimes I have
   to dial back 10 or more times to get a successful transmit or receive
   session.  Apologies.
   
   I'm surprised at how little traffic there is.  I mean, this is THE
   Alaska Highway we're talking about here, the only road for moving a
   lot of important stuff.  Sometimes there are gaps of 10 minutes or more with
   no cars in sight.
   
   The time zone changed at the BC border, but it seemed to make little
   difference when it came to "nightfall".  There's still enough light to
   see past 11pm, and it starts getting light again at a ridiculous 3am.
   
   I pitched my tent, hung my food bag in a tree, climbed into my
   sleeping bag, and put my knife and bear spray within easy reach.  I'll take
   this over a hotel any day.

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