Well we started out at 8:30 AM planning on a shorter 400 mile day to Dawson Creek with the plan to then launch our expedition to Inuvik early tomorrow AM since it is supposed to be up to 16 hours one way – but when we got to the turn to Inuvik – the weather was perfect at 75 degrees and sunny, so we took the turn and motored on to Eagle Plains which is about ½ way. We ended up doing about 600 miles of which 300 was dirt road (over a period of about 14 hours) – and what a dirt road! No signs of life for hundreds of miles. Just beautiful mountain ranges, wild flowers and streams.
We had some minor tragedies today in that Sawyer dropped his bike – but at a complete standstill – and I dropped my camera on the dirt road while I was cruising along at 40 mph trying to take pictures of the other riders. Mark found the camera still intact so we picked it up and took off – it was only later that I found out the battery and memory card full of pictures had apparently flown out when it hit the pavement. That was a bit of a pisser. We know roughly where it was at and will try looking for it on our way back – but finding it will be a long shot at best.
The plan tomorrow is to ride to Inuvik which is about another 200 plus miles tomorrow. We will then spend part of the day there – dip our toes in the Arctic Ocean and then head back to our hotel room at Eagle Plains for the night again.
Check out some of the photos (not from my camera of course).
Steve
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Steve, You're going to have trouble dipping your toe in the Arctic Ocean as it is a 1/2 hour airplane ride away north from Inuvik. It is well worth it however to visit Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Coast and is not too costly. It was the high point of my trip up there on a Pacific Coast in 2006. The only land access is by Ice Road in the winter.
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