Friday, August 3, 2012
Day 3
Day 3 found us leaving Whitehorse and heading for Liard Hot Springs. The drive was long and boring. We made it about 400 miles or so I think. We did get to see some animals which was exciting. We saw a single black bear walking along the road and then we saw a herd of buffalo on the highway. We made it to Liard Hot Springs and decided to take Nicole swimming/soaking. Dad and Nana wanted no part in this adventure and watched. I thought for sure that Nicole would hate it so I didn't even grab my suit. But of course she loved it. Kind of smelly but oh well. Gas during this portion of the rive was 6.01 a gallon, wowoowowoowow.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
On the road day two
We started our day a little later than we thought we would. On our first day to Tok we lost the cover for the propane bottles in the front of the trailer. So when we got started on the 31st we were lucky and found Napa open at 0830, Jake said it was the same price for a battery cover as it would have been in Anchorage, so that was good.
The plan was to make it to Whitehorse. Which we did with a few slow downs along the way. From Tok to the border the roads were good the last 15 to the border started to get really bad, but prior to that we got stuck behind to motorhomes doing 40 for about 30 minutes, so that slowed us down. When we got to the crossing we were kind of anxious but had all our papers lined up and ready, we never got searched and passed on through.
Just before the border we saw the leaving Alaska Welcome to Canada signs so lucky for us it wasn't raining and we got some good pictures.
The next 120 miles to Destruction Bay were the worse roads ever. It took over three hrs just to drive the 120 miles. We were excited to see Destruction Bay and had a nice lunch their at the Motel. Tomorrow we start cooking at home. The last 200 lies to Tok flew right by. Not sure why but when you know that you are about 60 miles from stopping those miles are the longest.
So now we are in Whitehorse and plan to get on the road tomorrow. We hope to do about 350 miles each day and hopefully that can shave a day off the 6 we had planned to get from Anchorage to Tacoma. We will see what the next few days brings us.
The plan was to make it to Whitehorse. Which we did with a few slow downs along the way. From Tok to the border the roads were good the last 15 to the border started to get really bad, but prior to that we got stuck behind to motorhomes doing 40 for about 30 minutes, so that slowed us down. When we got to the crossing we were kind of anxious but had all our papers lined up and ready, we never got searched and passed on through.
Just before the border we saw the leaving Alaska Welcome to Canada signs so lucky for us it wasn't raining and we got some good pictures.
The next 120 miles to Destruction Bay were the worse roads ever. It took over three hrs just to drive the 120 miles. We were excited to see Destruction Bay and had a nice lunch their at the Motel. Tomorrow we start cooking at home. The last 200 lies to Tok flew right by. Not sure why but when you know that you are about 60 miles from stopping those miles are the longest.
So now we are in Whitehorse and plan to get on the road tomorrow. We hope to do about 350 miles each day and hopefully that can shave a day off the 6 we had planned to get from Anchorage to Tacoma. We will see what the next few days brings us.
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