i stopped at this place in watson lake to figure out where i was heading... um....
confusion
"aloha state"! soon i hoped
annnnnnd, This is where i originally planned to intercept the alcan. i was happy to see that the road was still indeed closed - it wasn't a waste going around it.
some roads i don't mind going on forever.
i got to whitehorse with light to spare. so i went for a walk! except for pumping gas, it was the first time i'd been out of my van in three days. walking felt very good.
check out this wooden cab
i got back on the alcan highway and continued another 300 miles in the yukon to get to the border of alaska. i passed more beautiful mountains on the way.
yes, i actually stopped for this photo.
the last 150 miles before the border had the worst pavement i've seen on my whole trip. it was in awful disrepair, but kind of a fun challenge too - swerving to miss gaps and trying to quickly gage how much to slow down to avoid crunching the shocks fully in the crazy dips. when i dared, i would look up from the road to the continued beautiful scenery.
not sure how well it shows up in this photo, but it was a super wide rainbow at ground level
then i finally approached the border. the mountains in the distance were in alaska!
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