Continuing South  

Posted by Stan Harrington

The third day on the road was a long day, made the run from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory to Fort Nelson, British Columbia. According to my onboard assistant, "Susie" and my F150, that is a total of 584.7 miles. We are now 1,497 miles from Anchor Point. Tomorrow will be our last day on the Alcan Highway, will not be seeing Mile Post "0" as we will turn south at Fort Saint John.

Being doing a little data collecting regarding the economy during this trip. It appears from the data collected that the economy in the lower forty eight is worse than in Alaska. I base this strictly on personal observation. I have noted a large number of U-Haul trucks and trailers coming north yet in the southbound direction, I have only seen two or three at the most. The number northbound movement is large enough that you cannot help but notice. It appears that the population of Alaska will be increasing.

Had great drive today as we passed through the most beautiful part of the Alcan trip and also the area that always have the largest wildlife sightings. During this part of the trip we saw Moose, Caribou, Elk, Sheep, and of course the Buffalo. Did not get a chance to "picture shoot" a ram, saw several small rams, ewes, and lambs. Still would like spend several days exploring this 100 mile stretch of the highway, perhaps that will be a future fall trip just for that purpose. Continued to have a variety of weather patterns including a heavy snow storm on top of Summit Pass. It was a good day.

SIGHTS FROM THE HIGHWAY


~ Buffalo Herd Resting ~


Toad River Elk Herd


"The Whirl Pool " Laird River


Winter Comes Early On Summit Pass


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5 comments

The kids read your blog this morning and are SOOOO excited to see you move closer south!
Kind of scary to see the snow and it gave me chills just to look at the picture.
Yesterday we saw temps in the low 50's and it was definitely chilly. Seems my bragging about the warmer weather south may have been a bit hasty!

10/3/09, 7:38 AM

Did you tell them Alaska is closed?

10/3/09, 9:17 AM

Good photos, looks like a little global warming going on yet the Caribou don't seem to be endangered. I wonder if anyone has ever studied whether the Alcan has affected the migratory routes and habitat of these fine creatures.

10/3/09, 9:52 PM

By the way some of those 50 degree temps made their way as far south as new mexico and arizona

10/3/09, 9:53 PM

We have had the heater on here in the banana belt (actually the cantalope belt) of Colorado.

10/4/09, 9:16 PM

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