New travels, different highways - Updated!!!

[wildkat]

With the roads to Yellowknife shut down till the ferry is back in the water I have been travelling some different highways these days. Have been spending some time in northeren BC & the Yukon. What a nice change, along with some absolutely stunning scenery.

Some pictures of my recent travels:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/Apr%2030/7.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/Apr%2030/6.jpg

Unfortuneately, tho the passes are high & the weather can change in a heartbeat... but what the heck...you get "used" to it... :lol: :lol:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/Apr%2030/Apr30-4.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/Apr%2030/Apr30-5.jpg

[RebelDarlin]

Amazing pics Kat! I'm so jealous!

[wildkat]

Just beg for a trip to Alaska Reb...then you'll get to run right along side of me!

:D :D :D

[4roses]

I love the pictures :) ... thanks for sharing :wink: ... can't wait for the next ones :)

[RebelDarlin]

Just beg for a trip to Alaska Reb...then you'll get to run right along side of me!

:D :D :D

I'm not sure who I'd beg! But I am working on something that may get me up there yet. :wink:

[shyykatt]

I hate lookin' at snow LOL, but thats real pretty :)

[wildkat]

I hate lookin' at snow LOL, but thats real pretty :)

Just sprintgime in the North shyykatt. We just get used to it :lol: :lol: We had a couple of majors in early April at home too...got over 2 ft of snow by the time it was all said & done, but it's all gone now & the grass is starting to turn green. But we are not out of the woods yet...once May long weekend goes by only THEN are we officially out of the snow time! :D :D

[wildkat]

I love the pictures :) ... thanks for sharing :wink: ... can't wait for the next ones :)

With luck the next trip to Whitehorse should be next week, so I'm hoping the weather will co-operate cause there's some spots I noticed that I want to stop & take some shots!

[wildkat]

A few more from the Alaska Highway:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/Apr%2030/DSCF0093.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/Apr%2030/DSCF0101.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/Apr%2030/DSCF0104.jpg

The highway literally follows the lake here...VERY narrow & winding...20 mph curves...don't mess up...or you're in the drink!

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/Apr%2030/DSCF0097.jpg

More mountains!

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/Apr%2030/DSCF0084.jpg

[4roses]

woooooo ..... the second pic to the bottom just gave me goose bumps .... those are awesome pictures .... LOVE seeing them.

[wildkat]

Thanks Roses! :D :D I just kept hoping I wouldn't meet another truck, cause I barely managed to stay in my lane, those roads were never made for the off-track of a 53ft trailer!

[LadyNorthStar]

Thats MY road. =P

Muncho has one bad corner. We run that stretch at 80 kmh. Don't be slowin down the locals! lol There is only one spot on that whole highway where 2 53's cant meet, and thats that 1 on Muncho.

Are you still pulling for Grimshaw? I've never seen that name up here before?

[LadyNorthStar]

Oddly enough, in 3 years this is the only accident I ever saw, or ever heard of on that corner. A Trimac tanker hauling emulsion oil took it at about 60 k and went over. (This is just the pup thats left)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/tanker2.jpg

[Walking Eagle]

Lady Northstar and Kat, keep posting your pictures !!!! I ran the Alcan for 35 years out of Fairbanks, till I decided I wanted to be warm in the winter :? :?
Told my boss one time "This is the last time I am going to do it !" He said "Why" I said "The Canadians are taking all the fun outa it, straighten it all out" :D :D Muncho is about all they have left of the Old Road. Never would have belived they could have "fixed" Steamboat.

[LadyNorthStar]

Yea the straight sucks. I could run from the Hot Springs to Steamboat every day forever and never get bored. A good investment in lights for the front of the truck, and you're good to go.

[wildkat]

WE...we had to straighten it out! Those damned :lol: :lol: American tourists don't know how to negotiate 15 mph curves... Geez nearly got me a motorhome this trip! Had to actually STOP so he could get his rig around the curve, but at least he had the courtesy to wave :D :D :D ...by the riding stable there LNS, can't recall the name of it right now...too damned tired

Actually LNS A Direct truck flopped a couple of weeks back right by Toad River, God only knows how he did it, there was no skid marks, nuthin... tractor was right upside down & the trailer was layin on it's side...worst of it was the guy was fueling right beside me in Nelson earlier that day... :cry: :cry: :cry:

I'll have some more pictures later, am too tired for it right now... 8800 kms in 8 days...

Fast becoming MY highway too Lady...sounds like they're wantin me to do 3 Whitehorse rounders in 12 days...sometimes it just doesn't pay to be good at what you do... Baby's gonna roll over 1/2 million kms tomorrow & I've only had her 18 months, and she only had 10 kms on her when I picked her up back then...no bloody wonder I'm tired all the time!

[LadyNorthStar]

Actually LNS A Direct truck flopped a couple of weeks back right by Toad River, God only knows how he did it, there was no skid marks, nuthin... tractor was right upside down & the trailer was layin on it's side...worst of it was the guy was fueling right beside me in Nelson earlier that day... :cry: :cry: :cry:



That was Allan. Thats what happens when a rookie makes it through his first winter unscathed and gets a little cocky come spring. He almost quit 50 times through the winter, scared ****less, but made it.

How'd he do it? Well the pick up in front of him said he was doing 110 and the truck was catching him. That 60km corner has been the demise of a couple trucks.
The boss called me a couple days ago and I forgot to ask him about it, but I heard last night he was canned. Also had a girl with him? She got pretty banged up. Direct has a no passenger policy. :roll:

[LadyNorthStar]

Going to PM you my number WK, just getting home tomorrow from being on the Island at my moms for a few weeks.
Call me of you want to have coffee!

[LadyNorthStar]

WK, this should look familiar, although its right side up now. :P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/n1039177185_50565_2881.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/n1039177185_50571_4564.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/n1039177185_50567_3441.jpg

(Not the driver)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/n1039177185_50563_2325.jpg

[Windwalker]

Very bad way to treat a KENWORTH... Or any other truck either, for that matter. :shock:

[LadyNorthStar]

No doubt, espcially a 6 month old one.

[wildkat]

Yup, he had the highway closed for a couple of hours...shoulda seen the line up of eveybody waitin'. Hadn't heard, just saw the results.

Dumb *****!!

BTW...no am not pulling for Grimshaw anymore, a few things happened a bit ago & I decided it was time to move on, put my girl on with Byers...so far so good, but ask me again in 6 months! :lol: :lol:

I got my Yukon tin there last week, so's I get the feeling they got keepin' me around in mind! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[wildkat]

Here are some of my last couple of trips to Whitehorse....spring is arriving in the North!

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/May%202008/DSCF0113.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/May%202008/DSCF0154.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/May%202008/DSCF0145.jpg

And the most unique rainbow I have seen in a long time:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/May%202008/DSCF0218.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/May%202008/DSCF0219.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/May%202008/DSCF0220.jpg

These curves were kind of interesting this trip:

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/May%202008/DSCF0240.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/May%202008/DSCF0241.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/May%202008/DSCF0242.jpg

And one of the many wildlife I happened to see, just had time to snap her picture before she slipped into the trees....caribou or reindeer!

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s160/katparadis/May%202008/DSCF0180.jpg

[LadyNorthStar]

Hey Kat,
Thanks for lunch the other day!! :D
Gotta LOVE the fog that hits the Summit, and even worse on Steamboat, at certain times of the year.
Turns out I'll be seein you on the road after all, Ill be runnin for Pacific till September or so. I'll be in an 09 International doin Ft Nelson switches.
=D (I think its Unit 441)

[wildkat]

That's GREAT! I was supposed to go to Nelson tonight, but Jack decided he wanted to go there tonight, so just got a short one then likely Nelson tomorrow, then Whitehorse again on Friday, so will be looking for you down the road... Pacific it is! You have my number so give me a shout if you happen to be in Nelson on Thursday & we'll catch up!

[LadyNorthStar]

I'll be heading to Nelson tomorrow morning with a drop or 2 in Watson, then over night at the 5th wheel. NO idea what time their switches are coming these days!

[COLT]

Hey Lady,

Where would be a good place to stop for dinner and a sleep around Teslin or Marsh lake... ?

CVSA week when I have to do a long one... :?

Rounder from Prudhoe Bay to Nisku :shock:

A good spot in fairbanks would be good info too, thanks.

Leaving June 1 :wink:

[LadyNorthStar]

Never been to Fairbanks.
As for Teslin or Marsh Lake, how about.... Teslin or Marsh Lake? Marsh Lake is nothing, but theres a pullout there. Teslin has a store, or a pullout a ways North of it. This ain't not city scape where ya gotta hunt for parkin, you know that. lol
As for dinner, you're outta luck! Better eat in Whitehorse. If your time is alright you can eat at Jakes Corner.
Actually MuckLuck Annies is open, need a decent time there again.
LN

[wildkat]

Hey Lady,

Where would be a good place to stop for dinner and a sleep around Teslin or Marsh lake... ?

CVSA week when I have to do a long one... :?

Rounder from Prudhoe Bay to Nisku :shock:

A good spot in fairbanks would be good info too, thanks.

Leaving June 1 :wink:

Another good place is Sasquatch Crossing at Mile 147...but better be hungry when you stop there or you'll be takin most of it with you!

I stopped there on the way home last weekend had their BBQ beef on a bun, fries/onion rings & soup with iced tea & coffee to go $13 including tax & I took most of the beef 'n' bun for lunch the next day!

[LadyNorthStar]

Had to take some shots of Muncho this week, never seen it so calm, everyone was commenting. And another of the dreaded 30km corner.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/muncho1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/muncho2-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/muncho3.jpg

[LadyNorthStar]

And these priceless ones, one of my co workers from the last co i worked for. Big puff of blowing snow hit him and he was blinded. Really, he couldn't have gotten any closer without going over. The tractor was teetering a bit. Photo taken by my buddy Dane.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/jamie1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v633/tammyw/jamie2.jpg

[wildkat]

Absolutely on both sets. I just love running along the lake there, but am always glad when I do it alone. Reminds me of the Snake Pit along the Fraser Canyon...back before the Coq even existed!

I finally made it home today & FINALLY have a weekend off...am just BEAT!!

OMG! talk about typo's 3 in this short stretch...go back & fix 'em all....GEEZ I must be tired!!

[LadyNorthStar]

Geeze forgot to tell you. Reason #43627257 why I love trucking in the North. I broke down the other day just by the border, 12 miles or so out of Watson.
The DOT on duty (won't mention names, he doesn't wanna be known as a softy lol) gave me his pick up to run back and forth to the truck. (No cell service where it was of course.)

I love Yukon Carrier Compliance. =P

[wildkat]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Gotta love them Northern DOT...guys in the Territories are like that too... I blew a tire once comin' into Enterprise .... was 48 below...I'd just got back to where I had decent big radio range, called the DOT & he had a service truck out of Hay River waiting at Robinson's yard WITH permission from Robinson to use their shop to get me fixed up. I always told Dale one of these days I was gonna kiss him! He blushes every time!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: