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.
