7/5 - Tok to Whitehorse - 395 miles
7/6 - Whitehorse to Watson Lake - 292 miles
Day 12 - We decided not to ride to Prudhoe Bay. A combination of weather forecast and road conditions changed our minds about the ride. So this part of the ride will have to wait until the next trip. A good portion of the road to Fairbanks from Anchorage and from Fairbanks to Tok is in a green corridor. The road is cut out of the forest and with relatively flat topology you are riding in a tree lined lane. Not very scenic. The only animals we saw in Alaska were a few Dall Sheep outside of Anchorage and a few bald eagles. Miles ridden to date are 3,300. We spent the 4th of July in Tok, population 1400. The big event of the day was the mud bog competition. This far north fireworks are a big event on New Year's but not on July 4th.
Day 13 - Saw one black bear after getting back in to Canada. The 140 miles from the border to the south end of Kluane Lake was the worst road of the ride. The frost heave is bad and the road construction is very dusty where they don't have the water trucks running. At one construction section the pilot car pulled us to the front of the line. This was very much appreciated. Not only did we get ahead of 20 RVs, we were out of the dust. Once the construction section was done we then had a road clear of RVs ahead of us.
Day 14 - A pretty average day. Saw another black bear and had a good ride with temperatures in the low 50's but no rain. We did talk to a guy from Washington on a FJR1300 (high horsepower ultimate sport touring bike). He said he got pulled over by a RCMP because of excessive speed. He said the officer was very cool. The rider got off with a warning after the officer explained to him that the speed limit signs were in kilometers per hour.
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