This is part two of a three part series photo essay of driving north along the historic Alaska Canadian Highway, aka ALCAN. Last week, I took you are far north as Jasper National Forest in Alberta Canada. Today we pick up where we left off in Banff and head to Whitehorse, Yukon.
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| Jasper National Park, AB |
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From Jasper, I took route 40, a small two lane highway north bypassing Edmonton. I heard later on the news that there was a four and half hour ice storm in Edmonton that shut the city down for hours! I saw pictures, too. They had front end loaders schleping that shite around. Not bummed I missed that!
Highway 40 took me to Route 1, I think it is, in Grande Prairie, Alberta. I felt like such a cliche at the intersection waiting for the light to turn green to make my left hand turn. Even though I was still
days away from the border, let alone who knows how many miles, there was a sign that said "ALASKA". So there I was, my little white car with my practically neon yellow "Alaska" plates, all loaded down to the gills, turning left towards Alaska.
Though I avoided the ice storms, I wasn't entirely out of the woods. I still had a few inches of snow to deal with. Not a show stopper, but enough to notice after about six or eight hours of driving.
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| the ALCAN |
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| the ALCAN |
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| Another important turn |
Especially this time of year, there isn't much between here and there, gas stations are sparse, open gas stations, that is. More specifically, open gas stations
with gas.
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| note the out of gas sign on the pump |
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| the sign forest near buried in snow |
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| a welcomed open gas station |
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| They sure are sticklers up here! |
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| Wild buffalo of BC |
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| Wild buffalo of BC |
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| Wild buffalo of BC |
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| Baby its cold outside |
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| wild ponies near Whitehorse, Yukon |
We are two-thirds the way there! Tune in next week and we'll finish the trip!
