2009 Alaska Motorcycle Trip

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Day 05- Bell2, BC to Whitehorse, YT Continued…

June 18th, 2009 |

Author: JimmyV

We made it to Alaska -again. We are here in Fairbanks getting some extra sleep in these darkless nights…. I’ll back up a bit on the last two days. On Day 5 we left the Bell2 Resort just before the landslide area. It was an awesome place to stay in the middle of nowhere.

Bell2 Resort just before the road closure sign.

It was a light drizzle as we left and as soon as we pulled out of the resort parking lot, there was a black bear munching on the side of the road – we tried to get a picture, but it scamper off pretty quickly. We came accross the work crews on the mud slide area where a couple of construction trucks were buried and one of the workers trucks was carried down the river – or at least that is what were heard as we chatted to people at our stops along the Cassier Highway. The rain stopped as we continued to climb, but there were low clouds that prevented us from see the true beauty of this area – although I do like this perspective with the weather and clouds. We did get some pee-a-boo looks through the clouds. 300 miles later the Cassier Highway hits the Alaskan Highway, which at this junction, is a great road. We can ride fast as pass easliy. For the next 300 miles we are treated with some great scenery which you get the sence of the vastness of this region. The last 125 miles into Whitehorse, the rain intermittent showers came back, with a hail storm thrown in too. But thank god from the Hippo Hands!