Trapped by wildfires


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Published: August 30th 2018
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Trapped by Wild fires Before we left Fairbanks, we had Wayne checked out at the medical centre and with drugs and a rest up in the truck he was soon back on his bike, with after market mirrors fitted and a bit of brute modification to the steering and dash area he was good to go. We had a fabulous ride down through to Denali Rainbow Village, then a cold damp ride to Anchorage. I told everyone t... Read Full Entry



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Curved wooden bridge

This is the only curved wooden bridge left on the original Alaska Highway.
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Mile Post 0 Alaska Highway

This is down town Dawson Creek.



31st August 2018
Another reason to ride the Yukon.

Follow that Road
Sad the bison was been hunted out of its habitat by fires and smoke, but what a great photo. I have posted it in the "Follow that Road" thread in the Photography Forum.
31st August 2018

Wildfires
After having one of our driest winters in Eastern Australia we are not only in drought but gearing up for a bushfire summer. In August being the last month of our winter there had been over 200 bushfires in New South Wales alone...and its not even summer yet!!! I find it incredulous that there are wildfires in Alaska of all places that we usually associate with cold and ice. Yet they also had wildfires in Sweden recently. What direction is our planet heading?

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