Bijoux Falls, BC
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The name of the falls is French for "jewel". BC took three days to traverse I hadn't realized it was so large. I had two more sessions of adverse weather. Outside of Hudson's Hope, I was climbing into the mountains and into a thunderstorm. As I climbed, the clouds above me began to rotate in an interesting way. I looked for a place to stop and take a picture, but then noticed a black cloud heading for me at eye level. Discretion ruled, and I got back on the bike. The road went right over the crest of the mountain, right where most of the lightning was striking. I hunched over the bike to lessen my profile; I don't think it helped and it did not make me feel better. On the descent, there was a white band across the road. It wasn't a cloud, but rather an intense zone of wind, rain, and hail. The wind was so strong and the hail so heavy that the hail was piled in 3-inch high furrows across the road. My travel slowed to a crawl. I was worried about cars running into me from behind, but I met a column of cars coming in the opposite direction. They were barely moving. The second episode of weather was an
all-day rain that intensified by the hour. During this rain, I saw my one and only moose as
a cow ran in front of me. Left, right? Underneath? They
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