Finding Our Way
Today was the day we were going to try to get into Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park campground. About half of the sites are reservable and we had tried daily for weeks to get a site but with no luck. We were going to try our luck at first
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It was a short drive from our campground at Big Creek to Watson Lake where we wanted to spend the day hanging our sign, doing some laundry, and also a bit of grocery shopping. We passed by the intersection of Highway 37, The Cassiar Highway, known as Junction 37. We
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We departed Whitehorse and headed south on the Alcan Highway passing the Carcross Cutoff and the Yukon Motorcycle Park/Caribou RV Park and on past Marsh Lake. We were winging it that day and we were just going to stop whenever we felt like it. Johnsons Crossing is at the northern
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We were staying in Dawson City and wanted to head south but the Klondike Highway 2 (between Stewart Crossing and Pelly Crossing) had been closed for about 8 days due to wildfires and that is the only way south. Our only other option was to head west to Chicken, Alaska
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Day 9 – Tombstone Mountain to Dawson City – 111 km (69 miles) – 3 hours Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! We departed Tombstone Campground and continued our journey south knowing we were getting closer and closer to the end of The
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Day 8 – Eagle Plains to Tombstone Mountain – 298 km (185 miles) – 8 hours Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! We departed Eagle Plains amidst all the mosquitos and got on the road south. It was a bit overcast and we
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Day 7 – Inuvik to Eagle Plains – 366 km (227 miles) – 8 hours Read our “Summary of the Dempster” post for an overview of The Dempster! We knew today was going to be a very long day so we got up early in Inuvik and got on the
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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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