From Whitehorse to Haines Junction, there was more traffic than we’ve been seeing; meaning sometimes we could see more than one car at a time; sometimes several all at once! The traffic went away and the road got rougher when we turned north from Haines Junction; frost heaves and patches where the asphalt erupted. For the first time we ended up driving slower than the speed limit of 90kph. Spent a fair amount of time riding the road waves at 45mph.
The Alaska Highway takes the smoothest route, so we’re not always in the mountains, and usually they’re just the rolling variety. The scenery started to get more dramatic as we approached Haines Junction.
We got right up next to the mountains for a while. Then we got right up next to a grizzly on the roadside.
We stayed inside and shot him through the windshield.
Lots of bears, but our first grizzly of the trip.
Moving on,
We found another night in the forest.
…this one compliments of the Yukon Government (and 12 dollars Canadian.) I’d take a cool nighttime picture of the campfire and coals, but it never gets dark while we’re still awake!
No update on the trip map. The Great 2019 Alaska Trip map Don’t know what time the sun sets, when last light is, or how many miles to Fairbanks. Off the grid.
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