McClintock River bridge...the river was named by Lieutenant Schwatka for Arctic explorer Sir Francis McClintock.
Yukon River bridge...the Yukon River flows northwest from its headwaters near the Yukon Territory-British Columbia border to Fort Yukon in Alaska. From there it turns sharply southwest across Alaska to empty into the Bering Sea at Norton Sound.
We have an end site that is semi private as long as there in no traffic...unfortunately many of the sites are designed so that your door faces your neighbours...
Steve here for the road report from Dawson Creek to Whitehorse: Considering that our truck rides like a buckboard...better than I expected...we have been on worse spots on the I-5 south of Seattle. (I am not kidding!)
The first part north of Dawson Creek has so many gravel roads leading from oil and gas fields that the highway gets very dirty, so if it's dry out it will be dusty in spots and if it's raining like when we went through you will get very dirty.
There was one small bridge that had a bad transition that snuck up on me so that was probably the worst part of the trip so far. Unfortunately I can't remember exactly which bridge as we have been so far behind in the blog but it was within the first couple of days of our drive.
The 16 kms of dirt road under construction was smoother than the highway...just very dusty and we did get sprayed with gravel by an inconsiderate semi driver. Next time I will flash my lights and lean on my air horn just so I can vent! This should be repaved by the end of the season. I won't be able to tell if I have any rock chip damage until I wash the truck and trailer.
There are many sections that have been re-topped, not repaved, or patched sections and of course pot holes. I will drive around many of the patched sections depending on traffic and potholes have been easy to avoid so far...you just have to be on the ball if there is oncoming traffic.
Stay tuned!
I love the grizzly bear! How adorable!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Steve, for the driving report. I may never get John to take our MH up there. But we have discussed renting a small unit to make the trip. I really want to make the long drive. I believe from what I've read that this is a big part of the trip.