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Today was a travel day. We started from Swift Current, Saskatchewan and made it to Winnipeg, Manitoba without much drama, action or pictures taken. The biggest struggle was the wind and the greatest comedy was when the GPS repeatedly alerted us to a sharp turn ahead and as the picture indicates, there was not a turn in sight. The wind did make it interesting and prompted us to take it fairly slowly. Cole looked at the GPS at one point when he wanted to see how far along we were and he told me the speed limit was 68 so I should speed up. I explained that with the wind I was more comfortable around 63. I think I started to work through the math with him on how much difference it made in our time ... read more

After a very long day yesterday and because the wind was terrible, we decided to make today a short day. We parked alongside the Liard Highway last night, drove the Alaska Highway until it's beginning, and then continued to Grande Prairie. By then, Jeff was so tense that we decided to call it a night. We found a great campground--Rotary RV Park. It had great wi-fi and was next to a lake. We found a few geocaches and had dinner at The Canadian Brewhouse, where there was great food and game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals. What could be better?... read more

Today we drove down the Klondike Highway to rejoin the Alaska Highway as we continued south and east to saunter toward home. We passed rivers and lakes, forest and hills as well as more vehicles than we had been seeing further north. We also discovered another possible oddity with the camper. At first it seemed as though our black tank was filling unusually quickly, but now we think that our toilet sometimes does not drain as well as it should. We hope that it continues to work well enough to make it home without a major misshap. In the campground where we stayed for the night we noticed an impressive row of Canadream rental class Cs and a less impressive group of teardrop campers. We did get to the campground early enough for the boys to ... read more

Now that our Dalton Highway adventure is over, we are technically headed home. We're going to meander a bit, up into the Northwest Territories via a few other bumpy roads, but it's on our way. We decided to have a somewhat calm day today, only driving from Fairbanks to Tok. The highlights were watching fighter jets near Eielson Air Force Base, more animals and, of course, Lakota at Sourdough Campground.... read more

Today, we drove the northern half of the Dalton Highway. After a quick breakfast of sourdough pancakes and scrambled eggs, again courtesy of the fabulous Uta, we got on the road. One of the workers at Coldfoot said it was a 7 hour drive and we needed to be to Deadhorse by 3:30. As it turned out, the weather was fabulous, the road was probably as good as it ever gets, and we made it in about six. It helped that we were in Wiseman, not Coldfoot. It also probably helped that we have Emmett (the Jeep). "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." We were very fortunate on the way up to see a moose unbothered by our attention. We took the coolest moose picture we've taken yet. We saw lots of different birds ... read more