Tonight finds us in Dawson Creek (not Dawson’s Creek) BC on the edge of Alberta.
Day 8 maps can be found here. Day 8 started in Whitehorse and headed out to Long Lake 1 and 2 once again. When running the same TSDs for the second time (and especially the same TSDs that are essentially the same roads, . If you want a good sense of just how far we have traveled,
Totem, the annual gravel TSD rally that starts in Cache Creek, British Columbia, is in the books for 2008. Detailed results are already available from the RallyBC website, so I need not relate every score now, but a few hints follow. To accurately set the stage, I should mention that there’s a Historic class for Totem. Bring your traction control, or your skilled throttle foot. Bring your gumption, but also bring your snow shovel and tow strap. And about those Historic (and near-Historic) teams… Gentlemen, you have my deep respect. I hope one day to find the “regular” Totem too easy, so that I’m drawn to join you in less-modern machinery and so feel afresh the quiver of uncertainty and the thrill of unknown adventure.
At the Whitehorse ice slalom today I had my first oops. I had a great first run, very fast but hit the snowbank in sight of the finish. Luckily the car didn’t get stuck but spun around and came to a stop backward but had crossed the finish line and was timed in. Whitehorse hasn’t been good to us this year. Not on the TSD or the ice slalom but we’ll see if things improve down the road.
Hans got some pictures of me stuck and I’m sure he’ll proudly post those soon. I also suspect that the TeamD magnetic "Student Driver" will soon be placed on my car.
We finished up the Long Lake TSD (2nd run) this morning and headed back out to Schwatka Lake for the second round of the ice race. Tonight we’re headed up to Liard Hot Springs.
Last Sunday we drove up to Olympia to participate in the 28th Annual Corvettes de Olympia. During the rally we covered some of the paved transit areas from NOBM 2006. In the end we drove home to Portland feeling like we’d improved our sign reading ability and had fun to boot.
