So, Jean suggested that we try something different: no coffee shops, bakeries, museums, art galleries, or much recorded history. Something where we could keep up our momentum without all those stops at historical sites and more coffee shops, and wineries. Maybe a bit cooler than it had been in Bulgaria. Maybe even some nights without even a campground to stay at. Of course, bugs would be good. And wild animals like caribou, wolves, and some really big bears (not like the little ones that visit our back porch).
So, tomorrow we fly to Vancouver to begin a ride up the length of Vancouver Island, then onto the ferry up the inland passage to Skagway, Alaska. Back on the bikes, up over the old gold rush pass and then down to Whitehorse, on to Dawson City (by now we're way north), and onto the gravel Dempster highway nearly 500 miles over a few mountain ranges, cross the Arctic Circle and to Inuvik - on the Mackenzie River delta. Still about 100 miles from the Arctic Ocean, but the road (at least in summer - goes all the way as an ice road in winter) ends there.
Posts will be intermittent - it takes about 5 days for wifi waves to travel that far from the US.
As you can see it's pretty far North, and there aren't many coffee shops.
So, tomorrow we fly to Vancouver to begin a ride up the length of Vancouver Island, then onto the ferry up the inland passage to Skagway, Alaska. Back on the bikes, up over the old gold rush pass and then down to Whitehorse, on to Dawson City (by now we're way north), and onto the gravel Dempster highway nearly 500 miles over a few mountain ranges, cross the Arctic Circle and to Inuvik - on the Mackenzie River delta. Still about 100 miles from the Arctic Ocean, but the road (at least in summer - goes all the way as an ice road in winter) ends there.
Posts will be intermittent - it takes about 5 days for wifi waves to travel that far from the US.
As you can see it's pretty far North, and there aren't many coffee shops.
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