| A beautiful mountain lake off Highway 37 - immediately before the road disintegrated into a couple hundred miles of poorly grated dirt "roads" and long sections of decades-old construction sites. It is a ton of fun, as long as you're prepared for it. And not riding an overloaded sport-touring bike. |
| This picture, and all of the following pictures, are of Boya Lake, British Columbia. It is a glacial lake, and was absolutely stunningly beautiful. |
| We had never seen water so clear. You could see all the way to the bottom of the lake, and see fish swimming 50 feet from the shore. |
| This mountain lake is just breathtaking, although the water had to be just above freezing. I swear we saw ice cubes bobbing in the distance. |
| I thought I was going to lose fingers when I rinsed my hands off in the lake, yet kids were swimming in it well after midnight! I guess if you're from Canada, you take summer where you can get it... |
| We asked if it was cold, but we couldn't understand them over the chattering of teeth. I imagine it's hard to convince your kids to call it a day when it never gets dark. |
| The water was so perfectly still, it was like looking at a gradually changing painting. What an incredible place to stop for the night! |
| Our campsite was right on the water. Imagine how hard it was to focus on setting up camp!! |
| Even our much-savored evening meal was punctuated with frequent picture breaks. You can see why! |
| And with an incredibly fiery sunset (at about midnight), we wrapped up our photo session and hit the hay. I don't think it ever got dark; every time I woke up, it was still light out. (That light was comforting when the bear went through our camp and brushed up against the tent in the middle of the night.) |
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| No, we weren't lucky enough to see the Northern Lights. We had 24 hours of daylight, which was helpful because it allowed us to see in much greater detail the massive swarms of mosquitoes when they tried to attack us at 3am. |
| All of these pictures are thumbnails (except the postcard). Just click on them, and it will enlarge the picture into a full page. |