When we woke up this morning, the sun had heated up our tent so we were both really warm. Once we got all packed up we prepared to go back out into the mosquitoes. Luckily there was a little more of a breeze this morning than last night so they weren't quite as bad. We made some oatmeal for breakfast and then got on the road as quick as we cold. The rest area that we were planning on stopping at last night was really nice and even had flushing toilets! It would have been nice to camp there, but where we stopped was just fine. We stopped at that rest area for a little while and tried out our Pristine water purification drops for the first time since we could use some more water. I got the solution ready and we tripled the amount of drops to make sure that we killed everything (just in case there was cryptosporidium in the water). We had heard that if there were beaver dams anywhere in the area the chance of bacteria/viruses would be higher. We filled up our water bottles in the river and then once the solution was ready we added them to the water. After they had been sitting for about a half hour, we tried the water and it seemed like it worked just fine. Once we got on the road the first few miles seemed to go pretty quick. There was a slight tail wind that helped us along, but died down later in the day. We took a couple cookie breaks at the top of hills before we were all out of cookies again. The road continued to go up and down all day as it has been for the past few days. We had ridden a little over 35 miles before we stopped for lunch. During the ride this afternoon, Joe saw 2 bears! The first one he heard before he saw. He heard what sounded, as he put it, "like an elephant tromping through the woods, and then all of a sudden this little bear head popped up in the middle of the weeds." The second one was standing in the grassy area on the side of thee road and bolted as fast as he could back into the woods once he saw Joey. Unfortunately by the time I got there both bears were gone so I didn't get to see them. In the past 2 days we have seen 6 bears! There was a little cafe/gas station/ RV park that we didn't know existed until we saw the sign for it. We were pleasantly surprised. I was craving some french fries and was hoping the cafe would have those. Unfortunately when we got there the cafe was closed. BUT, there were a couple other touring cyclists sitting on the porch enjoying some sandwiches. The owner of the cafe was also there and although they were closed today, she offered us some leftover soup from an event they had this morning. Soup sounded really good so we said we would have some. Surprisingly the owner served the soup to us and it wasn't hot, more room temperature (but she did put 2 really amazing peanut butter cookies on the tray for us!). She charged us 5 bucks each, which was more than we would normally pay for something like that because we didn't get much food and were still hungry afterwards. But looking on the bright side, we didn't have to cook! Anyways, we had a fun time talking with the other cyclists. One of them was originally from near Green Bay, WI and the other was from Alabama. They started riding in Victoria and took a ferry up to Prince Rupert. They are riding across Canada. Their touring is a tiny bit different because they are trying to have a shower/laundry/internet every night, which sounds almost impossible to us (definitely not in our budget). Once we were all finished with our lunch, we bid our goodbyes and wished the other cyclists good luck and safe travels. Our original goal today was a rest area that is about 25-30 miles from Prince George. We thought about pushing it and making it all the way there, but we figured it would be more enjoyable to just have a nice short day tomorrow. So, we got to the rest area right next to the Willow River and made some rice for dinner. We seasoned it with some ramen noodle seasoning along with a crushed red pepper spice packet. The bugs weren't too bad when we got there, but by the time it got to be after 7 they got worse. After dinner we set up our tent and then relaxed the remainder of the evening in there so we could be out of the bugs. We played some 2 player games on the tablet for a while since it was still kind of early (and we didn't have to worry at all about battery life because we would get to charge it tomorrow in PG). Now that we are close enough to Prince George, we can get a little radio signal (there is only one station), so we listened for a couple hours before going to sleep early. We road 55.65 miles today and are excited to get to Prince George tomorrow, especially since we have a Warm Shower's all set up!