A Hammer and A Whale Haines Junction to Juneau June 10, 2017 Miles Driven: 173 (+80 miles on the Alaska Marine Highway) Sunrise (Haines Junction): 4:40am / Sunset (Juneau): 10:01pm Latitude: 60.75N to 58.30N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 1 The road leading over the pass from Haines to Haines Junction was spectacular. No,…
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Bouncing Along Frost Heaves Tok to Haines Junction, Canada June 9, 2017 Miles Driven: 299 Sunrise (Tok): 3:25am / Sunset (Haines Junction): 11:39pm Latitude: 63.34N to 60.75N National Parks Visited: 1 (Canada) Wacky Roadside Attractions: 1 We bounced our way back to Canada. Till now I haven’t spent much time talking about the frost heaves up…
Black & Blue Wrangell – St. Elias National Park to Tok June 8, 2017 Miles Driven: 374 Sunrise (Copper Center): 3:58am / Sunset (Tok): 11:37pm Latitude: 61.96N to 63.34N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 0 After I posted last night, while I was sitting outside on the quaint motel deck enjoying the midnight sun…
Christmas Deconstructed Beaver Creek to Fairbanks June 4, 2017 Miles Driven: 325 Sunrise (Beaver Creek): 4:40am / Sunset (Fairbanks): 12:18am (i.e. the next day) Latitude: 62.38N to 64.84 National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 3 Picture this: Santa has just awoken from his long winter’s nap. Hungry, he eats his jolly, toy-making elves. Those elves…
Beringia Whitehorse to Beaver Creek June 3, 2017 Miles Driven: 300 Sunrise (Whitehorse): 4:38am / Sunset (Beaver Creek): 12:04am (i.e. the next day) Latitude: 60.72N to 62.38N National Parks Visited: 1 (Canadian) Wacky Roadside Attractions: 2 “First I’ll tell you that it is long, long, long ago. Lots of dangerous animals lived here long ago,” said…
The Pile of Brochures Watson Lake to Whitehorse June 2, 2017 Miles Driven: 295 Sunrise (Watson Lake): 4:21am / Sunset (Whitehorse): 11:18pm Latitude: 60.06N to 60.72N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 3 The women working at the Watson Lake Visitors Center are incredibly helpful and quite talkative. When we first went in yesterday, we…
… And a Porcupine Fort Nelson to Watson Lake June 1, 2017 Miles Driven: 317 Sunrise (Fort Nelson): 4:11am / Sunset (Watson Lake): 10:44pm Latitude: 58.81N to 60.06N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 4 Bears, moose, caribou, stone sheep, wood bison… and a porcupine (which was rather annoyed with us when we tried to…
Chainsaws, Taxidermy and an Old Bridge Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson May 31, 2017 Miles Driven: 305 Sunrise (Dawson Creek): 4:25am / Sunset (Fort Nelson): 10:06pm Latitude: 55.76N to 58.81N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 1 They sound like the makings of a horror movie, the items in the title, especially if you consider…
Bears! 100-Mile House to Dawson Creek May 30, 2017 Miles Driven: 467 Sunrise (100-Mile House): 4:54am / Sunset (Dawson Creek): 9:32pm Latitude: 51.64N to 55.76N National Parks Visited: 0 Wacky Roadside Attractions: 1 Bears! Today Nicole and I spotted our first bears – a black bear mama and her two cubs. Also, we spotted a moose…