Archive for the 'Alcan 2008 Day 6' Category

Two more videos

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Found some time to post a couple of snippets on the TeamD Youtube account. No editing at all — just raw footage from the camera because Windows Movie Maker crashes every time I try to use it.

Buzz Brags

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

The Buzz Lightyear toy/action figure has a long Alcan history. Not many toys are made like Buzz any more!

The pirate (known variously as Captain Arrr, Three Finger Pete, or Blackbeard) met his demise in the ice road incident where he was severed at the torso and lost his cutlass and pistol.

Day 6 and 7 Maps

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

day6We are back into Whitehorse, .  If you want a good sense of just how far we have traveled,

To the End of the Road

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

P1120956 The Alcan Rally made it to Tuktoyaktuk today.

 

We’ll get back on the updates from Whitehorse, Yukon.

Ice Road Rallying

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

".. I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. It is a way I have of driving off the spleen and regulating the circulation." -Melville Today our Pequod is a fabulious black BMW 325ix and our sails are full with a rowdy Beaufort Sea blow. But this is no excursion to harvest from the seas instead, a voyage of exploration. The last sign you see before getting onto the winter road to Tuk prohibits you from swimming in the area around the boat ramp. Another day in tourist mode is taking us on a roud trip from Inuvik to Tuktoyuktuk (Tuk) then halfway back down the Dempster highway to Eagle Plains. We launched down the ramp and made a right on the Makenzie river headed to the sea. The Mackenzie drains a big chunk of northern Canada west of the Rockies. Today it deposits us out on the Beaufort Sea where we follow a wide plowed path skirting the coast to Tuk (pop. 930) For safety all of the cars hav radios and the chater helps pass the time. Renee and her Florida accent was very quotable on the radio today. After lunch we’ll be heading back to Eagle Plains where we won’t hav Internet so the site will be quiet for a day or so.