Today, we toured around Dawson a bit and saw Dredger No. 4 that was used to dredge gold from the bottom of creeks and rivers. Then we hopped a ferry across the Yukon and headed up the Top of the World Highway. Beautiful scenery as the road followed the ridge of a mountain......a little testy with no guardrails. Crossed into Alaska at the most northerly border crossing between US and Canada. Then is was another 43 miles of crappy gravel to Chicken. Got to Delta Junction, the official end of the Alaska Highway. Then to Fairbanks where we got a motel room under the runway of the airport.......Mikes choice.
Mike and I are getting along surprisingly well. Although he makes the odd racial comment and has poor choices in motels.
Mike: Mike has gone to bed but he will make his rebuttals and post tomorrows report from Anchorage.
Starting up the Dempster Highway.
Finally got to Eagle Plains after 370 km of gravel roads. Most of ride good but last 100 km terrible because of rain, wind & muddy slippery roads.
After midnight at Eagle Plains.
Wash bikes before heading to Arctic Circle.
Still some muddy road but not bad.
Gordon on muddy section.
Road to Arctic Circle.
Made it to the Arctic Circle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GPS readout at Arctic Circle
Riding out on Dempster. Beautiful scenery and good gravel roads.
Dempster.
Great White Hunter.
Washing bikes after Dempster.
Dredger Number 4 dredging for gold.
Crossing Yukon River at Dawson on ferry.
Top Of The World Highway. Beautiful scenery. Good gravel roads. Steep on both sides and NO GUARD RAILS!!
Still snow on Top Of The World Highway.
Top Of The World Highway.
Mike. Taking a break on Top of the World. 
Top of the World.
Most northerly US/Canada border crossing.
Got to Chicken and the end of the bad gravel roads.
Another smaller dredger in Chicken.
Official end of Alaska Highway in Delta Junction.
Our Golden North Motel in Fairbanks. Right underneath the airport runway. Mike picked it.
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