Post #16 - The Dream Route

Since 2016, there has been some road improvement in Canada.  Namely, the road from Inuvik to Tuktoyuktuk was completed in 2017, allowing travel by bike all the way to the Kugmallit Bay/Beaufort Sea.  Posted below is my "Dream Route" for this trip.  I am hopeful we can travel the whole thing, but as we learned in 2016.... make Plan A with a Plan B, Plan C and Plan D, to boot!

10,000 miles is a long trip.  Averaging 300 miles a day is 30 days on the road.  We will plan for a four week+ trip, but once again....  we will have to be flexible.

Funny are some of the thoughts that enter my mind, but two of the top logistical situations to plan for is an oil/filter change and a tire change.  I am thinking we will complete the westerly route first (Washington State, Prince Rupert, Anchorage), arriving in Fairbanks for the oil and tire change, before we do our first bit of dirt up the Haul Road to Deadhorse.  A set of Heidenau K60's will replace the highway tires, as the rides to Deadhorse, Top of the World Highway and Tuktoyuktuk will involve close to 1,800 miles of gravel road.

Audra and I will have to figure out how much of this trip she can do.  As a School Administrator, she only gets 4 weeks off in the summer.  We might have to fly her to Anchorage, where I will pick her up and she can do 60% of the trip with me.  Time and planning will tell......