6/22/13
Today we continued our trip on the Alaska Highway toward
Fairbanks, AK. Up until today the
road had been better than expected.
Today that changed. From Kluane
Lake to the US Border the road lived up to its expectations. Reaching the US border it was night and
day for about 20 miles before it returned to frost heaves, bumps, and gravel
road. The last pictures show the US/Canadian Border location through thick forest. We are stopped tonight in
Tok, AK at the Tok RV Park.
Reached 81 degrees today.
We arrive in Fairbanks tomorrow where we will stay about a week. Sorry the wifi updates have been spotty
but we’re just having too much fun to update every day.
RV Report:
The Alaska Highway finally showed us the road surface we had
expected much earlier from Kluane Lake, Yukon up to the US Border. Frost heaves, cracks, gravel sections,
and some road construction we evident almost every mile. Generally areas in poor repair were
marked and the Yukon road crews work in an orderly fashion normally with a
guide car to follow. This section
plagued the military from the beginning due to the frozen tundra (perma-frost)
formations. Nevertheless, we
slowed to 20-30 MPH in many places with overall speed about 35 MPH for the trip
today. Drivers can do this road,
you just need to be alert and on top of conditions immediately ahead you at all
times. Inattention or being lulled
by a few miles of good road surface can be painful.
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