10   Tuesday, September 9   Moyie Lake, BC

I find I have collected an amazing assortment of junk
in my back pocket. I will have to find a place for it
soon, as it is becoming quite uncomfortable to sit down.
Anyway, there is a saying, "what goes up must come down."
That saying has been on my mind for most of the day as
it has been uphill almost all day today. Not the first
bit down from Kootenay, of course, but the last 70 clicks.
Nothing serious, but enough to force me into a lower gear
and make pedaling an effort. To amuse myself, I have made
up a "game," where I look at the back of the highway signs
on the uphills (for the opposing direction) and try to
guess what sign they are. I'm getting fairly good at it --
the last hilkl was almost 100%. Except form one sign. I
couldn't for the life of me figure it out, and as soon as
I passed it and looked back, I realized why. I have just
crossed my 1st time zone. Sure enough, around the next
corner was a sign for my direction telling me to put my
clocks forward 1 hour.