Yukon Desolation Madness

After Haines, I headed for Fairbanks, Alaska. The thing about this leg of the journey is, you actually have to go back into Canada to get to the Interior of Alaska. So I drove north from Haines through the Chilkat Eagle Preserve (didn't see any), and made my way into British Columbia. Then after a few hours of tree-less permafrost, the Yukon Territory awaits.

The Yukon is a strange land. You go for miles without seeing a soul. Then suddenly there's a road construction project. Or a deserted Texas chainsaw roadhouse.

The Alcan Hwy in this region is horrible. It's rippled, potholed and torn up by the constant melting and refreezing of the permafrost underneath and around. Some sections are simply gravel. Hundreds of miles of the Alaska Hwy are like this and going faster than 35mph is a death-wish. And if you do have any car trouble, the closest services are many hours away.

As bad as it is, it's you're only choice for driving into Alaska.

The Yukon:


Strange cloud formations:


I don't know what was destroyed in Destruction Bay:


Grated gravel decline of doom:


Alaska at-lasta! again! bwahahhaha!