Day 65

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Day 65 - 6/06/04
Stone Mountain Provincial Park, BC to Muncho Lake Provincial Park, BC
70 miles

I covered a very scenic stretch today through the Northern Rockies.  I stopped at the Toad River Lodge for breakfast and encountered a busload of senior citizens on a tour up to Alaska.  They all had many questions for me.  The Toad River Lodge features a collection of over 5000 gimme caps from around the world.  I rode along Muncho Lake at the end of the day.  It is a beautiful and large glacial lake, I would guess about 10 miles long by 2 miles across.

I had a bit of a panic attack today; about 2 miles past Muncho Lake my front derailleur quit working all of a sudden.  I definitely can't make it very long in this terrain without being able to change the front gears.  I thought I might be taking a Greyhound to the next town with a bike shop (probably 500 miles).  I doubled back to Muncho Lake and checked in at the Northern Rockies Lodge to try and work on the bike.  Apparently a bolt simply fell out of the front derailleur, why it waited 3000 miles to do so I have no idea.   I happened to be carrying some spare nuts and bolts, and one of them fits where the missing bolt was, so I think I fixed the derailleur. 

I had planned to go about 35 miles further today and there's not much beyond the next stop for quite a while, so tomorrow will likely be a relatively short day.  The place I'm staying at is really nice, a beautiful wood lodge billed as the largest wood lodge in the Northern Rockies.