“The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;  they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The LORD is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’” Lamentations 3:22-24

What a day! It seems my days have been really high and really low recently. Today was a high. I woke up at 2:30 and the wind was calm I was tired but I think mainly it was just cause it was still so dark out. I got ready at 3 and left at 3:30. It was so chilly. I climbed for about 10 and then mostly descended for 20 and I was so cold! I put a bunch of layers on and then climbed in the first town I’ve been through in 2 days. Got some food and kept going. As I turned the corner to head NE it got quite smoky. So many hills so steep. Still not much wind. I stopped again around 70 I think and it was only 9 am. That felt nice. After that, I just ascended and descended A LOT.  Got to talk to mom and hear about dad’s 10k! It started getting windy maybe 80 into the day. I didn’t really do anything special, just God’s grace let me fight through today. So grateful. I got to talk to Dave in the early afternoon which was my first real mental break from the wind and it was amazing. Got to talk to mom some more and then Noah and some of his friends from pine cove. The wind really started to get on my nerves and I only had a few more hills but I was getting exhausted. I called mom on the last hill and that was just what I needed. Such good motivation. I had some more headwind but I was so close to the gas station so I just kept fighting. Got there and got some food. Real food. First time in 2 days. I got to talk to Mimi, Papa, and Poppy, my great grandfather on his birthday. Love you all. Got to talk to Caleb who told me there was a tim hortons right across the road. So frustrated. I didn’t even see it! Oh well. A&W filled me up. And some poutine. I had 13 left into some more wings. Got to talk to Paul for a bit before I tried to Judy focus. 2 more hills were brutal but finally got here. It’s far back but a nice place next to the lake. There’s a fire evacuation so please pray for open roads and a safe ride tomorrow. I still can’t Helen’s today actually happened. 170 miles, 8,600’ of elevation, and some brutal headwinds. The Lord listens. He is good. He is faithful. We’ll see what tomorrow holds. Today took it out of me. Alaskan highway tomorrow?? Also got to talk to Ben and Bella right before going to bed.