"You're crazy," I was told. "It's too rushed"
Insanity. It's too much driving.
Over 4000 Kms. 9 days.
From mile 0 of the Alaskan Highway at Dawson Creek, to Fort Nelson, Watson Lake, hit Whitehorse, cross over to Skagway, Alaska, then double back and then down the Cassiar Highway to Smithers, then cross the Yellowhead past Prince George and hit the straight-away home down Highway 1 back to Vancouver.
So that I can have one day of break, before I hit the 5-hour drive to Salmon Arm for my next 2 months for another rural family medicine rotation.
Yes it's tight. But with two glorious parents who were willing to drive all the way up from Vancouver to Dawson Creek to meet me for this insane roadtrip, with our lovely little Nissan that also did the trans-Canada trip, I felt that we could do it.
For we had always wanted to drive to Alaska. This is the best opportunity.
I had it all figured out. On average we would drive about 6 hours a day. That's enough time left for side detours, photo stops, lunches, and a few stops to check out the scenes. It works for people like us who seldom like to stay at one spot for too long anyways. Plus we just love the open road, the leisurely freeway cruise, the soaking-in of the road-trip music and the ever passing sceneries before our eyes. All while we act silly in our car all day.
We just love to go places, covering the more ground the better.
It's gonna be neat. I can't wait until we hit the mountains. It's gonna be quite a journey.
Bongy and Bernice, wish you guys were here with us.
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