Archive for the 'Author Dan' Category

Dan is a little emotional

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

As the last few miles of the Dempster highway passed beneath our wheels, the lengthy twilight of the north saw the sky fading to orange with the Taiga spruce outlining the horizon. The car is at 261,350 miles on the original engine — wish us luck.

Day 5 Maps and Plans – past the Arctic Circle

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Big day up next. Four years ago we had reindeer stew on our break here — looking forward to the options tomorrow.

Whitehorse to Dawson – Some Big Changes

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Some changes to the overall scores will be seen tomorrow. A team or two gave up some points on the early TSD section, then some mixups on the slalom should have some teams happy, others less so.

First we have to brag about our driver boysJeff drinking safely .

Official scores will be posted tomorrow as we ascend the Dempster to Inuvik.

Video: Alcan Day 8 Whitehorse Ice Slalom

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

A cold and gray day in Whitehorse opened to a re-run of the Long Lake TSD before we headed out to the lake again to run the ice slalom. The video has a handful of stills and some video of selected cars on the lake.

Wednesday Day 4 Map and Info

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

The lovely burg of Whitehorse is not far enough north for the Alcan Rally. And the usual route map.