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2004 Alaska Highway Travelcade

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original Mile 0 marker at the start of the Alaska Highway in Dawson Creek; it is a couple of blocks south of the current highway Welcome Center

original Mile 0 marker

photo taken after the group placed their sign in the Sign Forest at Watson Lake, Yukon

Sign Forest

current marker at the beginning of the Alaska Highway in Dawson Creek, Yukon

beginning of Alaska Hwy

 

rigs on the way to Alaska line up at the ferry crossing of the Yukon River at Dawson City, Yukon

ferry crossing

everyone on the Alaska Travelcade had 8 or more pieces of gold in their pan

gold

learning gold panning at a working mine

learning gold panning

 

a view point of the Alaska Pipeline north of Fairbanks

Alaska Pipeline

a view of Mears Glacier, one of many glaciers viewed while traversing the Alaska Highway

Mears Glacier

photo of Mt McKinley taken from a parking lot on Talkeetna Road 50 miles from the mountains

Mt McKinley

 

its real! these halibut were caught by our members from a chartered bout out of Homer

fish we caught

waiting in line for a 'free' RV pressure wash near the end of the trip; with vastly improved roads, washing is not as critical as it used to be.

washing our RV's

a view of Salmon Glacier taken from a mountain road north of Hyder, Alaska

Salmon Glacier

 

a moose with her offspring along the Alaska Highway near Delta Junction

moose

a bear long the Alaska Highway in Yukon Territory

bear

a sheep with her offspring along the Cassiar Highway near Porter, British Columbia

sheep

 

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