TeamD Adventures

This morning Jim and I piled into the red Sweep truck for the trip back to Dawson City. They would drop us and the alternator loaned by the Challenge Driving Subaru team to see if we could get our act back on the road. Ohio and Ken did a great job piloting the big ol’ Dodge through the snow, ruts and morning flat light. A diversion near the end of the road — we rounded a corner to find car #13, Paul and Paul’s Mitsubishi Montero on its side in the right hand ditch. We quickly piled out of the car to find navigator Paul’s head pop out of the right hand door.
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Day 6 report — a day late.

Too much happened on Days 5 and 6 to get much out on the Web site. You’ve heard about alternator problems and the subsequent team spirit that got us to the End Of The Road on Day 5. Again, many thanks to Rob and Nick and Steve and Eric for putting up with the two large boys from Car #11.

The Baron’s Audi S4 lacked a co-driver for the day’s trip to Tuktoyaktuk so he asked me to fill in. After a quick breakfast, I joined him in his red ride for the trip up the ice road. “I don’t read too well — I’m dyslexic — and lazy” were his first comments to me that morning. I didn’t think it would be too tough to follow the route — take a right from the hotel down onto the river, turn right on the ice, and drive until the road ends.
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Three TeamD cars on the road!
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Day six pictures

Day six dawns with the black TeamD 325iX swooshing across the ice.
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