Thursday, August 23, 2018

August 23, 2018

We have been running really hard since our departure from Valdez on the 17th of August. We did some serious mileage:

Valdez to Tok

Tok to Whitehorse

Whitehorse to Watson Lake

Watson Lake to Ft. Nelson.

Ft. Nelson to Dawson Creek

Dawson Creek to Edmonton.

The roads and conditions have really deteriorated. For some reason they ripped up around 100 KM of the highway from the border to Whitehorse. The road was muddy and gravel. I thought the condition was good on the way up in May.

From Watson Lake, the smoke from the fires has been horrible. According to the AQHI Canada, conditions are 10+ Very High Health Risk. I cannot believe we cannot get through this smoke. We decided to spend an extra day in Edmonton to chill and relax a little due to the hard running. However, it is a 10+ here also.

We did see a little wildlife including 5 more bears putting the official count at 63 for this trip. The last one was literally out the front window of the RV at the Triple G Hideaway Campground.

We are going to run hard for three more days until we stop in Osseo, WI where we will stay for 4 days.



Fall is in the air. Kluane Lake.

Near Destruction Bay

 We had the Roll Call (RV.net) stapled to our board we put on our dash while camped. There was space above our 2016 Board to screw this in at Watson Lake Sign Post Forest.

 The Colorado License Plate is ours from 2014

Lots of thick smoke.

Poor Bison in the smoke.

 Bear 62 from Ft. Nelson to Dawson Creek.


 These deer near Muncho Lake could barely make it across.

 Very thick smoke.

Bear 63 across the highway from Triple G Hideaway.

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