The Yukon to British Columbia

Well its been a few days since I last wrote something, and it has been challenging few days as well, some rather tedious and cold, others pretty good fun. I am only loading up some of the pics I take as the program seems to take ages to do, but I'm sure you're all fine with that!
So on arriving in Dawson City I chose to stay there for a couple of days. It is a nice place with a good nightlife in terms of Yukon partying (i.e it has a bar!) So I went out and sampled the delights of the casino and the toe bar. After much deliberation and a firm squeeze I chose not to suck the dead mans toe as it still seemed quite juicy (see pic) After two days there doing a spot of sight seeing I left to head South towards Whitehorse (capital of the Yukon) I got there quite late and found one of those do-gooder type hostels, you know the ones, they tend to have some lame god comment above the door like 'look after Jesus and he will blah blah blah for you' or something to that effect, with the standard picture of a kitten playing with a ball of string next to it. Urgh! vomit inducing. Anyhow, it was a good sleep, and I needed to make a few plans to try and find a source for a new tyre as mine was balder than Richard O'Brian after a case of alapecia.
Finding a tyre in Whitehorse was like trying to catch that small lepricorn that you're told as a child jumps out of your pack of lucky charms, basically it was impossible. Quotes of two to three weeks were flying around in conversation which had me a tad concerned. After much searching I hit the jackpot and went to the local Honda dealership where I had found just the tyre I was after, however this did come at a Yukon style price of $230!!
I left Whitehorse after a successful second oil change thanks to Leroy at Oily Lube Inc letting me use his yard. The journey south involved riding the Cassier highway into BC. After 350 miles I was so tired, and some batty old woman who looked about 400 told me I would be bear food if I slept in another hedge, so she told me to go to a state camp ground. This was a Sh#t idea. The place charged me a fortune for a piece of dirt and no form or running water, but I was far too tired to carry on, and in the middle of nowhere so I was forced to admit defeat and stay there.
In the morning I was in a foul mood as it was bloody freezing again so I promptly left to at least do something. On leaving I had been told the Cassier highway was jam packed with bears. The road is amazing with large forests, loads of massive glacial lakes and huge mountains. Def. worth the drive even if the road was in bad shape along much of it. To add to this the bear stories began coming true as I found myself weaving between piles of bear turd a bit like they make you negotiate those cones during your cycling proficiency test at primary school. Thanks to the informative way the BBC farms out David Attenborough I recognized the bear dumps from a distance, and guess what, I even recognized the fat black bear that was lounging in the middle of the road round a blind corner! Quite a beast I must say.(not that I doubted it considering his evident bowel movements). He soon moved on and I continued for a long long time through brilliant scenery.
During the rest of the ride I had a personal meeting with a black fox supporting a recently chomped rabbit. In fact he was a very friendly chap who came right up to the bike a sat down next to me, but I got scared in case he wanted to gnaw on me as well so I rode off. After seeing in total another 7 black bears in various places as well as another Grizzly with 3 cubs the days wildlife spotting was a bit of a success.
I arrived in Hyder, which is actually back in Alaska (just) around 6pm and am camping out here for the night. The place even has a bar! The weather is nice and warm for now and the bike seems to be going very well. I shall head off towards Jasper and Banff in the next 5 days or so then to Skilletts plot of land in Vernon to have a well earned leak smack in the middle of his plot (this ones for you Bailey I hope you appreciate it!)
Anyway signing out for a bit, hope all is well in Blighty, and hi Lui xxx
laters moi.