Mud, Rain & Cold

Tok, Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon today. First decent mileage we've made in a while with all of the stopping in Alaska. Temp was in the 40's most of the day, sterted out colder & a bit drizzly, but warmed up to low 50's by the time we got to Whitehorse. We even got to get a peek (small one) of the sun this afternoon!

We're now going south on the Alaska Highway, and we're still seeing incredible scenery.. there just seems to be no end to the beauty up here. Today we saw a very large Moose, just standing on the shoulder of the road ahead. As we approached he headed off into the forest. A while later we saw a pretty large Grizzly just off the shoulder... I'm trying to upload the photo's, but it's been 45 minutes and doesn't seem to be completing the upload.... There may or may not be photo's below when you read this. The lobby computer costs $1 for 10 minutes..... So far I've dropped in 5 Loonies ($1 coins up here) and no way to tell how much has uploaded. I'll put in a couple more, then I'll give up..... Must be a very, very slow upload speed.

And the photo's would be fun to see too..... A couple of mud... I'm mud all over, the bike is really, really dirty... Looks like we've been dirt biking all day.. And I guess we were. Went through the bad area of the highway near the Alaska / Yukon border after it's been raining for days on end.. It was a 40 mile mud puddle.... Lots of the road is just brown, slimy mud... very slippery on the bike. Just have to point the wheel & hang on, it goes where it wants to. And, one of the Grizzly. He was less than 80 feet away I think. We stopped on the shoulder & got a couple shots as he walked along. When we stopped, I left the bike running for a quick getaway!

Just dropped another $1 in the slot... 50 minutes & still uploading the photo's... this is crazy! They must be strapping the packets to carrier pigeons.


Ok, after 55 minutes, the upload blew off..... $6 down the drain... I'll try to upload a few tomorrow if I can.

We're heading south from Watson Lake on the Cassiar Highway through central British Columbia and may not have internet access or cell phone for a couple days, seems to be a pretty remote road.... We hear the first 200 miles is pretty slimy, the the next 550 is pretty good. That willget us to Prince George, BC.....

later!