Alaska Highway biography, Alaska Highway discography
NOTE: I haven't driven the Alcan for years so please don't send me email asking for current road conditions or
status.This page is mostly intended for an audience of fellow owners of the Merkur XR4Ti (a sporty German car sold by Ford in the 80s), but all are welcome to read it and get from it what they will.In this photo, my beautiful Merkur XR4Ti is still shiny and has never been exposed to dirt in its lifetime.That is about to change.Photos from the highway near Hope, BC.Highway 1 breaks from highway 97 at this point, narrowing down to a single lane in each direction.The quality of the roads is excellent with wide shoulders, gentle curves and lots of hills.Stopped for half an hour at a construction site outside of Williams Lake, BC.Good opportunity to practice passing maneuvers.Ford pickup for 50 miles or so after passing all the construction traffic.I'd lead for a while, then he would.Finally he decided he wanted to lead and set a nice pace for the last hundred miles of smooth, gently hilly road approaching Prince George.Trooper Scooper I've ever had.Chetwynd than at Dawson Creek, official beginning of the Alaska Highway and tourist trap.In fact they're pretty useless.Dawson Creek: True starting point of the Alaska Highway.My intent had been to skip this town altogether, but it was late at night and I figured I wouldn't be able to buy gas if I took the preferred route through Hudson's Hope.The engineering marvel of the Second World War, and major adventure road leading to the Yukon and Alaska.To many, this trip represents a lifetime of planning and thought, while to others
it is an annual journey.Columbia to Delta Junction Alaska.Junction of Alaska Highway and Highway 97.Dawson Creek Public Golf Course.HM 33) Parking with view of Peace River Valley.Deluxe kitchenettes, cable TV, phones.It is also home of the world's largest golf ball.Population 16,500, elevation 2,186 ft.Beatton Provincial Park, 8 km side road.Leisure 1 km past the
Charlie Lake General Store on mile 52 of the Alaska Highway.Hudson's Hope has a museum, information center, Lions Park Campground with log kitchen, toilets, dump station.Cinnamon rolls, blueberry and bran muffins, bread, biscuits and trappers bannock.Refreshing fruit drink from local fruits.Attention caravaners and bus tours: a convenient and delightful stop on your Alaska Highway adventure!This is your last motel selection.This small highway settlement is the gateway to a vast wilderness of mountains, rivers
and lakes accesed by the Alaska Highway.Home style cooking in the restaurant.Buckinghorse River, BC Parks Service
Campground.You can see the old Alaska Highway, on Trutch Mountain to the
east.Good rainbow fishing, late August.Lowest point on highway 1,000 ft.Population 4,694, elevation 1,383 feet.Alaska Highways are a great way to travel Alaska.Click here for current road reports of all major Alaska highways.Click on any of the links at the top of the page to view full log listings of all the highways to, and in, Alaska.COMMUNITY LINKSChetwynd , Dawson Creek , Fort Nelson , Fort St.Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories
and the Yukon.Alaska Highway system to cruising Alaska's
Inside Passage.What is your favorite Alaska destination?
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