July 16th & 17th

Left Carmacks and heading towards Dawson City. About 40km before is the Dempster Hwy which was finished in 1979 and connected the far North and Hwy 2. Brad worked a little on the Dempster up by Eagle Plains in the 70's. 71 km in on the Dempster we parked the RV at Tombstone Campground and spent the night. The next day we took off for Inuvik. I drove for the first 4.5 hours and we saw a moose and her baby (only picture of the mom, baby in the bushes). Also a purple mountain. It is from the fireweed (the yukon state flower) that grows after there is a fire and not much else will grow.










We arrived at Eagle Plains aprox. 2:15pm and had a snack at the restaurant and then Brad picked up the driving. It is an amazing sight the whole way up here. It is so vast and empty it's hard to take it all in.











We crossed two rivers on Ferries and as you get past the last mountain range it just opens up and flatens out. We stopped briefly at the Arctic Circle to take a picture and read the signs.











It took another 7.5 hours of Brad driving to get to Inuvik. Happy to get here so we went and had a drink at the bar in our Hotel. MacKenzie Hotel of course.

Check out youtube bradanddar for a couple of short clips of the land, it doesn't really capture it but it gives you an idea.