Posted in on Feb 27th, 2008 No Comments »
I don’t have time right now to do a proper post. I’ll catch up tonight. But we made it, all of us. NO serious crashes. NO car failures (well, we had one but that was worked around). NO nights in jail with the RCMP. (Now that is a miracle.) More later today, C8-)
Posted in on Feb 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Today’s leg is all about the Alcan road. Over the years the Alcan has been completely paved and widened to accommodate more and more traffic. A lot of people have mixed feelings about this. I guess the widening is good for the local economy, it helps facilitate the truck traffic. But it’s hell for touring, [...]
Posted in on Feb 26th, 2008 No Comments »
The day started with a TSD and an ice race. I ran the first 2 runs and then Yvoon ran the next 2 runs. He did really well – not terribly fast but very smooth. The ride down the Alcan to Liard isn’t much of a ride even in the summer. Just a long grind [...]
Posted in on Feb 26th, 2008 No Comments »
Another day with no TSD. Up early to make the run back to Whitehorse. It’s cold and very clear. They had expected snow overnight but nothing happened.There’s a bunch of us in convoy but the going is a little slower today. Everyone is close to the range limit so nobody is pushing too hard – [...]
Posted in on Feb 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Day 6 – Inuvik to Tuk to Eagle Plains We’re supposed to be up and out by 7:00 AM. I set an alarm for 5:30 and when I get up I realize the my cell phone (my alarm) is still set to Yukon time and we’re in NWT time which is a hour later. We’re [...]
Posted in on Feb 24th, 2008 No Comments »
We’re up early and have breakfast at the hotel. Today is just a drive up the Dempster Highway to Inuvik which is the end of the road north. Inuvik is the largest town north of the Arctic Circle and the start of the ice road to Tuktoyaktuk which is the end of the road, literally, [...]
Posted in on Feb 21st, 2008 1 Comment »
The day is supposed to be easy after yesterday’s grind to Whitehorse. How hard can 2 very short TSDs and an ice race be? Hard enough. The first TSD starts in a parking lot off a roundabout on the edge of downtown Whitehorse. We’ve already learned that starting a TSD can be tricky. We’re running [...]
Posted in on Feb 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Today is a long day – 750 miles. We leave New Hazelton for Whitehorse at 7:00 and head up the road for the Cassiar. Just as the sun is starting to come up we cross onto the Cassiar and head for the only TSD of the day in Dease Lake. We stopping at a restaurant [...]
Posted in on Feb 19th, 2008 3 Comments »
The day could not have been prettier. A bright blue, cloudless sky. A brilliant white snow pack. And 450 miles to go. The first scheduled run of the day, the Quesnel Ice Slalom, has been canceled. There’s too much snow on the Speedway and it can’t be plowed so a substitute TSD (“The 11% Grade”) [...]
Posted in on Feb 18th, 2008 1 Comment »
The first car went off at 8:01 from the Baymont and we eventually followed at 8:22 (add the start time to your car number and that’s your start time). Have done everything that we thought we needed: packed, fueled, did the odo check (numerous times). Off we go. It’s a 66 miles transit to the [...]
