[Richard]

We have reached Tok, and I thought I would provide a road update before the memory chips corrupted. The bulk of the Alcan is pretty good, speed limit of 62 or 68 in few sections. You can drive the speed limit in a 45 coach. There are a few watch outs. The most significant are the steep, up to 10% grades, descending into river crossings. They are well marked, but you still have to mind your approach. There is usually a curve onto a narrow bridge at the bottom of the descent.

The worst section of road is the last stretch from Destruction Bay into Tok. The section is about 200 miles of frost heaves, horribly repaired frost heaves, road construction, loose gravel in many place, and dust or mud depending on the rain or lack of rain. We drove this section in two days. I am happy to report that the Newell handles the whoop de doo frost heaves pretty well. I found that if I drove about 50, then it gave me enough time to get down to 30 before hitting the rough stuff. There were at least 5 construction zones of 5 miles or so in this stretch. Of course it rained all day today, so the coach is unrecognizable. I’ll get out the pressure washer tomorrow.