We left Valdez around 10AM. After a very long hard climb over the mountains, we had to pull over twice to let the engine and transmission cool down, we made it across the boarder to Haines Junction. To get to Haines Alaska you have to go back to the Yukon Territory, then down to British Columbia and back into Alaska.
Ann loved this scene along the highway from Valdez to Haines Junction that we are naming it “Ann’s Lake” . Of course, I liked the float plane.
The trip from Valdez to Haines Junction has the worst roads we have come across yet. And that includes the Cross Bronx Expressway. The roads in Canada are by far the worst. There is construction everywhere and the roads are all dirt and mud. When we pulled into Haines Junction the RV was covered in a fine coat of mud. Both truck and camper.
We stayed an extra day in Haines Junction to rest up and put everything back in its place in the camper. Other than that there is absolutely nothing to do there. As the name states it is the Junction between two roads. Period.
So I did some minor repairs and washed the truck. As we pulled out this morning we washed the camper. Guess what, 1 mile down the road to Haines, “Construction”, there is now more mud than before. You know what, it will stay there until we get to the lower 48.
EXTRA, EXTRA. I read in a local newspaper in Valdez, that said that at the airport they pumped 10 gallons of fuel into a plane that landed before they noticed it was a Mosquito. That shows you how big the Alaska Mosquito can get. This report was from the only Mechanic at the airport who refused to give his name.
We are now pulled off the side of the road, with a waterfall on one side and a gorgeous lake surrounded by mountains on the other. We just filled up the fuel tank, it was the most expensive yet, $5.19/gal. We will be taking the the ferry tomorrow to Skagway.
Life is good on the Roan Road…
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