North to Alaska and Back
Today’s drive was definitely not boring. We started out at Fort Nelson, the lowest point on the Alaska Highway and drove through Summit Lake, which is the highest point on the Highway, on our way to Muncho Lake. The night before, Jay had attached a device called a car guard, between the motor home and the CRV, to protect the car from stones being kicked back by the rv. Was that ever a good idea. There were frequent areas of loose gravel throughout the drive.
We had two lucky animal sightings today. We had just left Fort Nelson when a black bear crossed the road right in front of us. Then, near
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15 Apr 2020
Day 15 - On to Muncho Lake, BC
July 04, 2017
Today’s drive was definitely not boring. We started out at Fort Nelson, the lowest point on the Alaska Highway and drove through Summit Lake, which is the highest point on the Highway, on our way to Muncho Lake. The night before, Jay had attached a device called a car guard, between the motor home and the CRV, to protect the car from stones being kicked back by the rv. Was that ever a good idea. There were frequent areas of loose gravel throughout the drive.
We had two lucky animal sightings today. We had just left Fort Nelson when a black bear crossed the road right in front of us. Then, near
the end of the drive, a young caribou did the same thing.
But, today’s drive was all about the views as we passed through Stone Mountain and Northern Rocky Mountains Provincial Parks.
We had reservations to stay at Toad River, but decided to push our luck and drive on to the Muncho Lake area. What a good choice! We were able to get a site right on the 5 mile long lake. It was our best site to date.
One last note, as I was waiting in line to check-in, I was conversing with a gentleman who also was in line. He and his wife were on their way to northern Alaska where he has a one year position as a teacher in a 2 room school house in an Eskimo community of 35 families. There is no road to the village, so he and his wife will take a small plane to get there. Now that is an adventure!
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Day 1: Harrisburg, PA to West Branch SP, Ohio
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Day 2: On to Pokagon SP, Indiana
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Days 3 and 4 On to Illinois and Wisconsin
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Days 5, 6 & 7: On to Maple Grove, Mn and Fargo and Minot, North Dakota
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Days 8 & 9 - On to Saskatchewan,
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Day 10 - On to Alberta
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Day 11 - Elk Island National Park
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Days 12 and 13 - On to Dawson Creek, British Columbia
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Day 14 - Alaska Highway to Fort Nelson, BC
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Day 15 - On to Muncho Lake, BC
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Day 16 - On to Watson Lake, Yukon
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Day 17 - On to Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 18 - Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 19 - Whitehorse, Yukon
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Day 20: Klondike Hwy to Dawson City
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Day 21: Dawson City
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Day 22: Dawson City
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Day 23: On to Chicken, Alaska!
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Day 24 - On to Kenny Lake
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Day 25: Wrangell-St. Elias NP
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Day 26: Kenny Lake Area
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Day 27: Richardson Hwy to Valdez AK
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Days 28 & 29:Valdez
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Days 30 & 31: On to Anchorage
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Day 32: Katmai National Park
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Day 33: Lake Clark National Park
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Day 34: On to Talkeetna
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Days 35 - 38 Denali National Park
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Days 39, 40 and 41 - Fairbanks AK
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Days 42, 43 & 44 - Bettles, AK
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Days 45 & 46 - Tok to Kluane Lake
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Days 47, 48, 49 - Kluane Lake to Boya Lake
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Day 50 - Boya Lake to Iskut, BC
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Days 51 & 52 - Stewart British Columbia and Hyder Alaska
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Days 53, 54, 55 - Smithers to Jasper Park
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Day 58 - The Icefields Parkway
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Days 56 & 57 - Jasper National Park
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Days 59 and 60 - Banff NP
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Days 61, 62 63 - Banff, Alberta to Minot, North Dakota
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Days 64, 65, 66 - North Dakota to Minnesota
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Day 67 - Duluth, Minnesota
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Days 68, 69,& 70 - To Mackinac Island
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Days 71 thru 78, The Last Chapter!
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