TeamD Adventures

I worried some people by saying that I’d stuffed my car on the Alcan ice slalom in Whitehorse and then left you all hanging by headed out to our overnight near Liard Hot Springs which has no internet connectivity, My wife and others were concerned about what it all really meant. The followup to the ice slalom debacle: we each get two chances to drive around a crazy slippery race track on a frozen lake and be the fastest. The goal is to be fastest or be within five seconds of the fastest car. If you’re not then you get penalty points. Sigh.

We are in yet another Dawson, this one in British Columbia. Keeping the windshield clear at speed was a tough job.

Today’s two TSD sections brought some of the scores closer together.

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,

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.