Tuesday, April 21 (Burns lake BC - Watson Lake, Yukon Territory) Cassiar Highway!

I finally got to the Cassiar on Tuesday. Based on what everyone (except Tom - I should really just listen to him and block out all other advice on Alaska) was saying, I was expecting some horrendous rutted wagon path with no one around for miles, and skeletons of travellers that had tried it lying around.

What I found was a beautiful highway, with road conditions better than most of the roads in NYC. Seriously. 95% of the route was as smooth as I've ever seen. Even the gravel sections were smoother than most roads in NYC. All the way to Iskut, it was great. I was doing 75, radio on, loving life.

North of Iskut the weather turned a bit, but hey - I'm in it for the adventure, and I'm driving a land cruiser. Noooooo problem.

Link to pictures of the drive

Made it to Watson lake, which is a bit of a strange town, that night. Bunked down for the night at a rest stop and met Mickey, who was travelling with his wife up to Alaska for work.

After watching a beautiful sunset over my goal destination,


I had a great dinner (Campbells chunky, warmed on the engine as I drove)


My route