8 days and almost 2500 miles later, our trip can finally start. We made it to Dawson Creek, BC, the start of the Alaska Highway.
The Alaska Highway was built during the second world war to provide a supply line to Alaska in case the Japanese closed our western ports. It starts in Dawson Creek, near the Alberta border, winds across BC and through the Yukon Territory, and ends near Fairbanks. In all, it is about 1350 miles of paved (or mostly paved) road. That’s two day trips from NJ to NC, but we are going to cover it in about 10 days. It’s time to slow down and smell the roses (and photograph the bears).
The winters are hard on the roadbed, and building on permafrost is an art not yet fully understood by all, so we don’t expect the road to be a smooth one for the whole trip. I do hope we can manage to find diesel when we need it.
I find it VERY hard to believe that with all of your planning, that you didn’t also map out the nearest diesel fuel for the entire trip 😉 Loving this blog. Thanks for it!!
You know, an RSS feed would be delightful (said the woman with uninterrupted internet access).