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Sunday, July 3, 2005 - Day 06
From Whitehorse to Tok, Alaska.
Today's stats:
Miles rode = 392 average moving = 55MPH
Stop for gas = 2 times - G18 - G19
Moving time = 7:00h - Total time = 8:30H
Average MPH = 45
Today's total cost = $142
Canada 1 N, AK 2 N

We left Whitehorse around 8:00AM, had a breakfast at a Tim Horton's and head for the worst part of the Alaska Highway.
Right before Haines Junction we got our worst road so far. Big and small gravel rocks mixed together and loose. That was a long 20 miles road but we did it too.
Most of our stops today were under light rain.
We pass a nice campground at Destruction Bay. Next time we have to stay there at Cottonwood Camp Ground. See the location at the map.
At the U.S. Boarder, which is on the real boards on the contrary for the Canadian boarder that is about 30 miles before the real boarder we had no problems but a line with 4 or 5 RVs who took longer specially because was raining. I don't like to be stopped under a rain, in a motorcycle. Things start getting wet.
The road to the US boarder is not very well kept. A lot of gravel, mud and potholes.
As soon as we crossed to US, the road got really better, but, (always but), when we got some bad ones in US, they were really bad. Holes bigger then my bike, with no signs to spot them.
Also, I realized that the American road engineers like to make turns when Canadian engineers like to make straits. Interesting!!
Today we had a problem: Eliane's comm. cable dyed. There is no way we can communicate with each other and she could not ear the sound system any more.
There is plenty of gas station between Haines Junction and Tok, with 91 available in more than 50% of them.
Today we got rain almost all day long. We decide to stay in a motel, so the cost for today was high. (Only the motel was $80). Short day today because of the holes and the rain.
Tomorrow I will regret that I didn't get gas in Tok...
Temperature today was between 50F and 55F.

	In Canada, the roads go easy from nice paved to
	compatc gravel to
	loose gravel in large roads to
	very loose gravel in narrow roads with crazy trucks driving 80+mph.
	back to large very very very loose gravel
	even do we saw many mountains, we never actually rode on mountains unless from Tok to Anchorage (small ones)
	can you see the 'fake' police car there?
	more mountains
	Landscape in Yukon
	Lakes
	Dry lakes
	very light blue lakes
	The clouds were beatiful here. Again we didn't get too much rain.
	Yukon landscape

	many flowers next to the road
	and many construction roads on the way up there.
	more gravel
	Koidein River
	This is basic the only gas station on a long streatch of the road. I meet 2 other bikers here.
	38,000 miles on the bike
	That was the worst rain we got. I fill the tank and by the time I close it and Eliane went inside to pay, the cats and dogs went over me. Last 5 minutes but looks how much water on the holes
	First sigh of Anchorage
	WE MADE IT. We are in Alaska
	The poor sigh says it.
	This picture was taken at 1:00AM, next day, after we are ready to sleep, in Tok. That was the dark part of the night. never got darker then it this time of the year