August Photos - The Alaska Highway and on to Fairbanks

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Peace River - near Ft. St. John, British Columbia
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Ft. Nelson, BC
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My first taste of the Rocky Mountains - Summit Lake, BC
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A most strenuous ride - I go only 16 miles this day to make it to Summit Lake
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Summit Lake
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Muncho Lake Prov. Park - Mountain Sheep
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Muncho Lake Prov. Park - they've got it covered in both directions
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Muncho Lake Prov. Park - I am in the heart of the Canadian Rockies and can't believe how awesome it all is
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Muncho Lake takes on this flourescent-greenish color due to a large copper content
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Muncho Lake Prov. Park - I'm filled with awe
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Muncho Lake Prov. Park - I'm awestruck
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Muncho Lake Prov. Park - I'm delerious.
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Muncho Lake Prov. Park - did I mention how indescribably spectacular it all is?
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Muncho Lake Prov. Park - what else can I say? I'm speechless
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Muncho Lake Prov. Park - Awe @#$%% it!
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Lliard River Hot Springs - very hot
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Liard River Hot Springs - a black bear attacked four people here, killing two of them the day after I left
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Whirlpool Canyon - I had a very good view of a rapily moving river that makes a sharp turn creating a whirlpool, hence the name
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Yukon Territory - first time I've ever been in an actual territory before
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Sign-post Forrest in Watson Lake, Yukon
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People come from the World over to nail their signs here in Watson Lake
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can you find your hometown among the signs?
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Swan Lake - as beautiful as the name implies
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Swan Lake - Is actually across the border in British Columbia - the Alaska highway actually zig-zags across theBC-Yukon border 7 times before finally settling down.
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Whitehorse - capital of Canada's Yukon Territory
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Three story log cabin - Whitehorse, YT
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police - Whitehorse, YT
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The Yukon River - Whitehorse
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With a population of 20 something thousand, most of the residents of the Yukon live here in Whitehorse
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Pinelake Campground on Kluane Lake - Haines Jct., Yukon
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April and Lucy at Pinelake
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Kluane Lake
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Sheep Mountain - near Kluane Lake. Upon closer inspection you will see little white dots meandering about Sheep Mountain
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Kluane Lake - just north of Kluane National Park - Home of actual glaciers
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Kluane Wilderness Village - Kluane Lake
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The Bayshore Campground (actually a motel where I camped outside) - on Kluane Lake
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Kluane Lake
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Koidern, YT
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I made it to ALASKA!
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Peering down the fiercely guarded border between the US and longtime nemesis Canada
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Gateway Salmon Bake in Tok, Alaska - The absolute best Salmon I've ever had in my young life - no kidding!
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Yeah, its easy to face when its dead - Tok Visitors Center - Tok, Alaska
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Is that Bullwinkle? - Delta Jct., Alaska
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All good things must come to and end - I suppose the Aaska Highway is no different - Delta Jct.
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Delta Jct. - Amazingly, I still have more than 500 miles to go to get to Prudhoe Bay
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Where's that fat guy with the red suit?
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Musk Ox - North Pole, Alaska

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