overlanders (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} overlanders) wrote,@ 2006-07-27 12:11:00 |
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Tok - Alaska
"North to Alaska" they say, and here we are.
Took us 7 hours to ride 300 km from Dawson to Tok.
The Top of the World highway is actually on the top, carved along the edge of a mountain range. One bad turn and you slide down the outside for about 300 feet. Oh...the first 10 km was in the clouds, or fog as we call it.
Scenery is even better than before. The dirt/gravel road was difficult as it rained earlier in the morning. Stones, gravel and muck for 65 kms. We made it with no problems, other than being covered in mud from the knees down. The bike was caked with 1" of mud from the bottom of the seat down. Power washed it this morning.
Today we head back to Yukon, then to BC. From here on it's south and east.
- Lorne
Hey, what has sheer cliffs on one (or both) sides, mountains on the other and mud and gravel all over? Yes, the spectacular Top of the World Highway. I was a little concerned when I saw all these tshirts in Dawson City saying "I Survived the Top of the World Highway". What's that about? I thought. Well, now I know. A rider we met said that the word was that the conditions yesterday were "marbles covered with baby shit". How true. The fog with the cliffs on either side was a nice touch. But I'm glad we did it. It was definitely an adventure and Lorne was a champion, getting us through without any spills. And the scenery is like nothing we've ever seen. You really do feel like you are on the top of the world.
- Bouncing Pillion Pothole Woman of the Almost-Arctic
"North to Alaska" they say, and here we are.
Took us 7 hours to ride 300 km from Dawson to Tok.
The Top of the World highway is actually on the top, carved along the edge of a mountain range. One bad turn and you slide down the outside for about 300 feet. Oh...the first 10 km was in the clouds, or fog as we call it.
Scenery is even better than before. The dirt/gravel road was difficult as it rained earlier in the morning. Stones, gravel and muck for 65 kms. We made it with no problems, other than being covered in mud from the knees down. The bike was caked with 1" of mud from the bottom of the seat down. Power washed it this morning.
Today we head back to Yukon, then to BC. From here on it's south and east.
- Lorne
Hey, what has sheer cliffs on one (or both) sides, mountains on the other and mud and gravel all over? Yes, the spectacular Top of the World Highway. I was a little concerned when I saw all these tshirts in Dawson City saying "I Survived the Top of the World Highway". What's that about? I thought. Well, now I know. A rider we met said that the word was that the conditions yesterday were "marbles covered with baby shit". How true. The fog with the cliffs on either side was a nice touch. But I'm glad we did it. It was definitely an adventure and Lorne was a champion, getting us through without any spills. And the scenery is like nothing we've ever seen. You really do feel like you are on the top of the world.
- Bouncing Pillion Pothole Woman of the Almost-Arctic
