RTG AlMex Daily Dispatch - FINAL - Flipbook - Page 11
27 August to
26 September 2023
Day 5
Watson Lake to Fort Nelson (515 km)
1 September 2023
photos: gerardbrown.co.uk
despite the signs proclaiming that watson lake
is the gateway to the Yukon - north of ordinary
- today we’re leaving this rugged region, for the
delights of Beautiful British Columbia. The selfproclaimed best place on earth.
Claudine Bloom and Andrew Twort, 1965 Volvo Amazon 120
Roy and Rachel Stephenson, 1965 Ford Mustang
not to be outdone by last night’s excellent Community Hall
dinner, Andrea’s Hotel put on a superb breakfast buffet
featuring the rarest of northern commodities - platters of
fresh fruit - along with grilled bacon and the usual assortment
of eggs. It was shaping up to be another beautiful day, but
the seasons are definitely changing. entering September,
the atmosphere along the Alaska Highway is transitioning
from late summer to early Autumn; the sun sits a little
lower in the sky, and the acres of trees are taking on a
golden hue. Sadly some pockets of autumnal mist lying
across the hills were tinged with wood-smoke thanks to
the recent wildfires that have ravaged the area.
There were three Tests today taking the cars off the modern
highway and onto some of the older tracks winding their
way through this huge interior and the northern rockies.
The first, The Compromise, comprised a few 90° turns and
a pirouette before a full gas blast up a hill. It was breathless
stuff, guaranteed to raise a smile. Soon afterwards a windy
Coal river service station hosted the morning Time Control
complete with welcome coffee and homemade cookies. The
second Test - Salt lick - shot the cars up a narrow track, over
a blind summit, with an uphill hairpin finish towards the
waiting clocks of John and Gill Cotton.
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