Day 7-August 3rd
Eagle Plaines to Tok "Alaska finally "
525 miles
When Eric woke up this morning he said dad did Troy and Scott ever make it in. He must of been tired last night when I told him of their crash. We got an early start leaving Eagle Plaines and the sky was clear and very nice. This is the morning that we rode 165 miles before we even seen another vehicle and ended up only seeing 3 people on the Dempster today, 2 motorcycles and 1 truck.
On the way out it is like being on a whole other road heading in this direction.
Dempster Highway KTM 990
When we put in our extra fuel I forgot and left my tank bag sitting on the back of my bike and when we hit about 70 it flew off and skidded down the Dempster. That was the end of my good water bottle but everything else survived.
Landon was waiting for us in Dawson and we explored the town some and went to the overlook way above the city.
This is one of the gold dredges still in the creek by Dawson.
Then we ferried across the Yukon River and went to the Top of the World highway.
While ferrying across the Yukon I took this picture and it shows the picture Michelle gave me to put on my bike for this trip. I had been wondering why she gave me a picture that was 20 years old and I realized that she doesn't like getting old either.
When we started up to the Top of the World highway Eric noticed an old road bed that looked like the original Top of the World road. We ended up riding that for hours exploring and most of it paralleled the real Top of the World highway.
This cub looks like a pomerainian dog.
You can see the real Top of the World highway far below us.
Lots of wild life. Caribou.
Old mining relics in the area too.
When we finally made it to the Poker Creek border crossing Landon was there waiting for us and a little frustrated in us off gallivanting around all the time. I convinced him that he is going to have to go see things and have fun himself because we can not stop riding these trails, that is what we came up here for.
On the way to Chicken these caribou were running down the road.
In Chicken there is another old dredge to look at.
While at the dredge I got out this pride and joy shirt that I bought for Michelle to show Eric. He said what in the world did you buy that for mom for. I said why. He said did you see the size, it is a 1X. She will think that you think she is huge. While in Inuvik I went in the store and seen the first nice shirt hanging there and bought it for Michelle. I am not a very good shopper and completely forgot to look at the size. I was about to panic on what to do when I figured out that I will just tell everyone that if they see a lady wearing a blue shirt that is way to large for her and everyone thinks her name is Inuvik just say hi, it is probably Michelle.
On the way to Tok Eric and I came screaming up on the back of this truck at about 75 mph. I thought we better not pass so we followed him for about a mile before Eric said just pass him. As I passed I looked the other way so I wouldn't have to read his lips as I went by.
In Tok we stayed at Thompson's Eagle's Claw Motorcycle Park. Lots of motorcycle campers there and a very fun place to stay. This is Donnie. We talked to him most of the evening and his wife of 39 years, Sheryl, passed away the day before he was to leave on this trip. He has been to Yellow Knife, Deadhorse, Inuvik, and is riding nonstop I think just to ease the pain. (Donnie, I hope you get home safe and hope to meet you again some day)
You can see Donnie's trip report here.
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