This will be short and you will only find pix on myspace (link quality is too low) We made the drive up the smooth, wide flat frozen MacKenzie River and across the Beaufort Sea to the town of Tuktoyaktuk (about 105 miles on the ice highway from Inuvik. Beautiful morning and sunrise (about 9am up here) in Tuk and mild temps (about 10 degrees). Kala drove up in the darkness as I continue to grow ill. The Alcan plague, and upper respiratory infection. She did quite well, with just one big tank slapper fishtail after a decreasing radius corner and an over-correction that put us into a snowbank and took just a minute to inch our way back out with the Forester's All Wheel Drive. I would take the wheel for the drive back. We did hit 121 mph for about a 3 mile stretch, but that was all she could do with those big roof racks on. ...
Kala negotiated the entire length of the Dempster back to Eagle Plains where I had soup and stayed in. Apparently others, like Jeff Zurschmeide had MANY of the local "eagle claw" drinks along with Kala and there was much bleary eyes upon our departure. We are back in Whitehorse and have a TSD and a slalom tomorrow. I am still not well, but hope to get better. Fur Rondy is in town and great ice sculptures and dog races and alike. Wish
I could go out and see them.
It is 3:30am and Kala is not back yet, so could be another bleary eye day for her.
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