Those Young Guys – Finding Our Way
Day 6 – Tuktoyaktuk (Arctic Ocean) to Inuvik – 152km (95 miles) – 5 hours We departed the beach at the Arctic Ocean (sob, sob…) early in the morning as we knew it could be a long drive back to Inuvik. We weren’t targeting any place further than Inuvk on
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Day 5 – Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk – 152 km (95 miles) – 3 hours Off we go! We are leaving Inuvik and driving 148km (92 miles) to the town of Tuktoyaktuk (known as Tuk) along the Arctic Ocean. The unpaved road we are driving is called the Inuvik to Tuk
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Day 4 – Arctic Circle to Inuvik – 328 km (204 miles) – 9 hours Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! Today’s drive turned out to be a long one. After awhile the constant bumps jar your brain or what’s left of it!
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Day 3 – Tombstone Territorial Park to the Arctic Circle – 336 km (209 miles) – 8 hours Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! We departed Tombstone Campground (km 72) and headed up the mountain to the Tombstone Mountain Viewpoint (km 74). It
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Day 1 and 2 – Dawson City, Yukon to Tombstone Mountain Territorial Park – 111 km (69 miles) – 3 hours Here we go…heading to The Dempster Highway – Arctic Ocean or Bust!! Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! The Dempster Highway starts
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Yes, we are going to drive (or attempt to drive) the infamous Dempster Highway all the way to the Arctic Ocean!! In our motorhome!!! Yikes! We hope it survives! The Dempster Highway (Yukon Highway 5 and Northwest Territories Highway 8) is about a 740 km (460 mile) unpaved road which
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We departed Whitehorse with the goal of driving all the way to Dawson City along Highway 2, the Klondike Highway. We watch Yukon 511 for road conditions and we had seen that the previous day the highway had been closed from Pelly Crossing to Stewart Crossing due to wildfires. But
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The drive from Pine Lake Campground hear Haines Junction to Whitehorse is a fairly short drive. It is a beautiful drive but we did encounter some construction and rough roads. Before we knew it we were in Whitehorse, filling up with fuel, and doing a bit of grocery shopping. The
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We departed Haines, Alaska and headed north to The Yukon. On our way we stopped by the Chilkat River for some eagle viewing. What an absolutely beautiful drive. We have the most recent edition of The MILEPOST 2024 as our previous version was from 2010. (We thought it was time
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We drove off the ferry in Haines, Alaska and headed to our RV Park. Since our scheduled arrival time was 3:30am we were unsure where we could park our RV until check-in time in the afternoon. So, we made a reservation for the night before and told the RV Park
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