[Richard]

I was surprised by the lack of breakdowns. I saw two cars on the side of the road in 1300 miles of the Alcan. No RVs. I saw the remnants of two tires. I expected much more.

There is a lot of truck traffic, and a lot of the intermediate villages and towns have some sort of oil or mining business, so plenty of shops to support the big trucks. I had to laugh, almost every village had a shop with big WELDING sign out by the road.