Beaver Creek was were the construction crews back in 1942 met, making the Alaska Highway a continuous highway from Delta Junction, Alaska, to Dawson Creek, British Columbia.
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| AC'12 Day 19 travel route |
Showing posts with label Delta Junction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Delta Junction. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Day 19 - Aug 22: Back in the Yukon!
A short trip of 110 miles brought the AC'12 convoy to Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory. I monitored SPOT as the approached the boundary, the crossing was very fast (at least for the vehicle that SPOT was in).
Beaver Creek was were the construction crews back in 1942 met, making the Alaska Highway a continuous highway from Delta Junction, Alaska, to Dawson Creek, British Columbia.
Beaver Creek was were the construction crews back in 1942 met, making the Alaska Highway a continuous highway from Delta Junction, Alaska, to Dawson Creek, British Columbia.
Rain drops keep falling on their trucks!
At Tok, Alaska, Mike had some decent internet and sent me a couple of photos. The clouds, rain, and green remind me of when we lived up there.
This first picture was taken during lunch on the Denali Highway (Day 17, Aug 20). That is a gravel pit, and they have the vehicles lined up in march units. Each row represents one march unit.
This next picture was from today (Day 18, Aug 21) at the monument at the official end point of the Alaska Highway in Delta Junction.
- Ellen
This first picture was taken during lunch on the Denali Highway (Day 17, Aug 20). That is a gravel pit, and they have the vehicles lined up in march units. Each row represents one march unit.
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| Lunch, Denali Highway, Aug 20 |
This next picture was from today (Day 18, Aug 21) at the monument at the official end point of the Alaska Highway in Delta Junction.
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| End point of Alaska Highway, Aug 21 |
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Day 18 - Aug 21: Ceremony, Airstrip, and Fire
Today, the AC'12 Convoy traveled from Paxson, Alaska, north on the Richardson Highway to Delta Junction. From there, they will head down the Alaska Highway to Tok.
Delta Junction is the official end of the Alaska Highway at Milepost 1422. A ceremony was to take place in Delta Junction to mark the convoy arrival. From here, the convoy will begin it's back-track of the Alaska Highway down to Milepost 0 at Dawson Creek, British Columbia.
As an aside to today's adventures, just west of their travel route is Delta Creek Airstrip. This airstrip was constructed in 1982 under Mike's direction when he was a young 1st Lt. at Ft. Richardson. The airstrip is on Ft. Greely. I've indicated it's location on the travel map above. Check out these SPOT satellite images. Apparently the satellite imagery used by Google caught an active fire burning at the airstrip location. A check at the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center indicates this was the Oklahoma Range #2 Rx (prescibed) fire from June 2011.
- Ellen
Delta Junction is the official end of the Alaska Highway at Milepost 1422. A ceremony was to take place in Delta Junction to mark the convoy arrival. From here, the convoy will begin it's back-track of the Alaska Highway down to Milepost 0 at Dawson Creek, British Columbia.
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| AC'12 Day 18 travel route |
As an aside to today's adventures, just west of their travel route is Delta Creek Airstrip. This airstrip was constructed in 1982 under Mike's direction when he was a young 1st Lt. at Ft. Richardson. The airstrip is on Ft. Greely. I've indicated it's location on the travel map above. Check out these SPOT satellite images. Apparently the satellite imagery used by Google caught an active fire burning at the airstrip location. A check at the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center indicates this was the Oklahoma Range #2 Rx (prescibed) fire from June 2011.
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| Notice smoke column along Delta Creek side of fire |
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| Distinct N-S diagonal is the Delta Creek Airstrip Bright orange is active fire Dark orange is burnt area |
- Ellen
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