It rained for a while last night, so we were glad to be inside in the camper. We all slept in since we were taking a rest day; it sure was nice! It was pretty chilly and still cloudy when we woke up. I took a shower before we got going on our plans today and it sure was wonderful. While we were getting ready to go, Papa Mike walked down to the grocery store to get a coffee, and he came back with 4 apple turnovers! They were so fresh they just melted in your mouth. Our first stop for the day was the bike shop to see what we could do about Joe's wheel since it hadn't been sent yet. To our amazement, they had a wheel that was pretty much just like mine, and it was a reasonable price! So our problem has been solved. Now we should be able to make it all the way to Anchorage without any problems, lets hope! It is amazing that in Missoula there were 3x as many people as Whitehorse and it is one of the biggest touring cities in the US and not one of their bike shops had anything to help us on hand. But here in Whitehorse, the guy at the bike shop said he always keeps a few touring wheels on hand because he knows people will be touring through the area and may need it. After we had that all set, we went to Pizza Hut for a buffet! It was SO good. I must have eaten close to 10 pieces of pizza, lost of salad and breadsticks. With a happy bellies we went back to the bike shop to pay for the wheel and pick it up. Joe already needed a new cassette and chain, so we bought another cassette too (the guy at the bike shop was nice enough to put it on and make sure the wheel was true while we were out to lunch!). Joe and Michael headed back to Philippe's house to work on the bike and I headed for the library. Since I haven't had a chance to upload pictures since we were in Prince George, I had a lot to upload. It took me 3 hours to upload all of them! When I got back to Philippe's house, we got to Oovoo the Olgin crew, and even got to talk to Nanny since they were visiting there! Joe had his bike all fixed with his new wheel ready to go. Unfortunately, Michael's bike was having problems now; the chain needed to be replaced and then the derailer broke. Another thing that I found out that Richard came over while I was gone and asked if we wanted to join him for dinner! He got all of the stuff to make cheeseburgers on the grill and we pitched in a big bag of potatoes (we bought it yesterday thinking to make some quick baked potatoes) to make homemade french fries since he had a deep fryer. We had such a great time having dinner with Richard, and boy everything was SO delicious! What a nice surprise to be able to have dinner with him. After dinner the boys went back to finish working on fixing Michael's bike and I did some laundry. Around 9:30 I walked down to the grocery store to get some ice cream. I couldn't believe it, a 4L was cheaper than a 2L by about a buck and a half! So, I walked back to the house super excited that we got to have ice cream (thanks Jaclyn!!). By the end of the night we were able to finish all of the ice cream and couldn't be happier. We had a really great rest day. Hopefully Michael's bike will be in good working order so that we can get on the road again tomorrow. We rode quite a bit around town from place to place; Joe and Michael rode alot around the trails just for fun. Joe's miles totaled 15.
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