January 28, 2014

Yesterday we got on the road about noon and headed north on hiway 9 – new territory for us – never been on that road before – and probably never will again……now that we know what the road is like!  You may never have been on the Alcan going around Destruction Bay in the Yukon, but this road rivals that!!  Talk about frost heaves!!!!!  We only had one casualty……the microwave……may it rest in peace – it bounced its way right off the counter onto the floor and spilled its guts – now it will work with the door open – and no, we are not using it!

The good part about the trip is that we saw a pheasant and 3 moose!!! Quite clost to the road!  But not pictures – not quick enough on the “draw”.

We stopped at the gas station to ask directions and found the place where the race is to be held this Saturday but nobody was there and it was getting dark and thought we would try to find Cooks so we stopped at a restaurant named aptly “Chris’s Place” and not only did we find out where they lived but Kevin was there having a meeting with all the people putting the race on – it seems they got a bit much snow and have a 10 foot snow drift blocking the trailer and needed to talk about how to get rid of it – they decided to get a bigger trail groomer from another town – and I guess more money too…

We drove to Kevin’s “yard” which is essentially a semi truck and trailer yard with a big semi truck wash – he exclusively hauls pigs for a farm and can haul nothing else – the trucks need to be sanitized between hauls, thus the truck wash.

Slept well and got up late – fed dogs and it seemed a lot warmer outside.  The sun is out and that helps!  Followed Kevin and Rhonda up 30 miles to where his mom and dad have a trapping cabin and where they train their dogs from.  There is no electricity or water but they love it up there and spend most of the winter trapping and staying in the wilderness!

Helped Kevin’s friend, Jerry and his dad, Ray get hooked up and train and then went back to our truck on the snowmobile with Rhonda- we had to park about a mile away from the cabin because our truck/trailer are too big to turn around at the cabin.  Once Randy backed out of the road about 1/8 mile we parked on the side of the road where the training trail crossed the hiway.  Randy is out now with a 9 dog team going 17 miles I think – first time on the sled this year!!!!