Rock bands cause defness.

Chris and Craig missed Def Leppard, who were playing in Kamloops, but apparantly, the deer didn't. About 5 minutes after Def Leppard's busses pulled out onto the highway, Chris and Craig pulled out, and found the still warm carcass of a deer that one of the busses had apparantly struck. Since that was the only traffic they saw on the road at the time. Chris skinned out the deer and salvaged the meat, he will be turning it over to the Mountie station in Quesnel when they stop there. In Alaska, it's common for such meat to be donated to shelters and the like, not sure how the Canadians are going to deal with that. We'll see :) Mind you, Chris could always ask them, as the band is playing in Seattle on the 25th, which is when Mum is flying in to connect with Chris for the Seattle to Oklahoma stretch.
Who knows, maybe Mum will have time to catch the concert at the Colliseum :)
Unfortunately, shortly after cleaning and butchering the deer, The altenator on the Ural died, (but not from being struck by a bus) and they had to limp along with Chris running on the battery alone. Craig had gone ahead when Chris's alternator had died, and when Chris didn't catch up, he came back, having found a fox carcass for the study. They decided to make camp and get some rest. Of course, when they pulled out a few hours later, Chris blew the back tyre on the Ural (again) and they had to stop again to swap out the wheel.

Lat: 53.5936° N
Lon: 122.6683° W
Time: Early
Elev: 540
Dist from last point: 211 miles

They pulled into Quesnel around noon, and will be getting some sleep, and food, before heading out again this evening. Since it's Sunday, there isn't an alternator to be found, and none of the shops that can repair the broken one, are open. So Chris plans to buy an extra battery, and they will keep swapping it in and out of the Yamaha and let that machine charge one battery, while the other powers the ignition on the Ural. Don't know how well that's going to work in the dark, with the lights, but I'll find out when he calls tomorrow.

Lat: 53.0096° N
Lon: 122.5035° W
Time: 12:00
Elev: Unk
Dist from last point: 41 miles


Dist traveled today: 252 miles
Dist traveled to date: 1368 miles
As the crow flies, to Seattle: 370 miles