{"id":171,"date":"2013-07-08T22:55:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T02:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/box5417.temp.domains\/~jyytcfmy\/?p=171"},"modified":"2013-07-28T14:07:13","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T18:07:13","slug":"day-10-tok-ak-316km","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milddogs.com\/?p=171","title":{"rendered":"Day 10: Tok, AK: 316km"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 8, 2013<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-240\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/top-of-the-world-with-snow.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-240\" alt=\"On top of the world, looking down on...\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/top-of-the-world-with-snow.png?resize=300%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/top-of-the-world-with-snow.png?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/top-of-the-world-with-snow.png?resize=500%2C284&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/top-of-the-world-with-snow.png?w=793&amp;ssl=1 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On top of the world, looking down on..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_180\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0897.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-180\" alt=\"Dendog's puddle of Mud\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0897.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0897.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0897.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0897.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0897.jpg?w=2580&amp;ssl=1 2580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0897.jpg?w=3870&amp;ssl=1 3870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-180\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dendog&#8217;s puddle of Mud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A video of part of the Top of the World Highway.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8qX14MHeik8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Reading the title of this post you could assume it was a short, relaxed ride to achieve our goal: \u00a0Alaska!<\/p>\n<p>If you check Spotwalla, you might see some really slow progress. \u00a0Let&#8217;s sum up the ride in as few words as possible:<\/p>\n<p>Scary. \u00a0Rainy. Muddy. Intimidating. \u00a0Beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;direct&#8221; route from Dawson to Tok is via the Top of the World and Taylor Highways. \u00a0The border crossing at Porter Creek is the highest (elevation) and furthest north in North America. \u00a0The Top of the World highway was allowed us to see some beautiful scenery and travel at a reasonable pace over mostly well groomed gravel and pavement. \u00a0The Taylor highway (on the US side) was just a mess of yuck. \u00a0In the construction area there was about 500 meters of gooey clay. It was unmarked and because we were in the clouds we didn&#8217;t see the surface change. \u00a0I hit it first, stood up and tried to power through it. \u00a0I announced to Dendog I was going down but somehow I kept it up (not a double entendre). \u00a0I stopped and we ended up pushing my bike up the rest of the clay field. \u00a0I rode his with my feet on the ground the whole way. It was yucky. \u00a0The yucky did not stop there. \u00a0At least one other time I announced to Dendog I was going down. \u00a0And again, I failed to fulfill the prophecy.<\/p>\n<p>We stopped in Chicken to try and clean the clay out of Dendog&#8217;s rad and other parts of the bikes. \u00a0Got some gas and tried to dissuade other bikers heading north from continuing.<\/p>\n<p>Back in Dawson we had met a nice couple on BWMs (everybody is on a BWM or a Harley it seems) and they told us the ride was fairly easy. \u00a0Difference was it had rained and was raining for us.<\/p>\n<p>When we finally got to Tok, we stopped at a car wash to clean us and the bikes. \u00a0Found our B&amp;B and sat on the deck. \u00a0It was my night to ride out to get dinner.<\/p>\n<p>If I ever say I want to ride some crappy dirt \/ gravel \/ mud road again, please make me relive this ride.<\/p>\n<p>We would never do this again, but we are pretty happy we did it!<\/p>\n<p>Off to Whitehorse tomorrow as we begin the adventure home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0898.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-181\" alt=\"My feet\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0898.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0898.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0898.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0898.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0898.jpg?w=2580&amp;ssl=1 2580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0898.jpg?w=3870&amp;ssl=1 3870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My feet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-179\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0881.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-179\" alt=\"Chicken, AK\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0881.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0881.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0881.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0881.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0881.jpg?w=2580&amp;ssl=1 2580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0881.jpg?w=3870&amp;ssl=1 3870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chicken, AK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-178\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0875.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178\" alt=\"Dendog's bike on the Taylor\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0875.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0875.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0875.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0875.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0875.jpg?w=2580&amp;ssl=1 2580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0875.jpg?w=3870&amp;ssl=1 3870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dendog&#8217;s bike on the Taylor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0868.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-176\" alt=\"Me in Alaska!\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0868.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0868.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0868.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0868.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0868.jpg?w=2580&amp;ssl=1 2580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0868.jpg?w=3870&amp;ssl=1 3870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me in Alaska!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_177\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-177\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0870.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-177\" alt=\"The REALLY crappy part of the Taylor\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0870.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0870.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0870.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0870.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0870.jpg?w=2580&amp;ssl=1 2580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0870.jpg?w=3870&amp;ssl=1 3870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-177\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The REALLY crappy part of the Taylor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0847.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-175\" alt=\"On the George Black ferry crossing the Yukon.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0847.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0847.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0847.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0847.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0847.jpg?w=2580&amp;ssl=1 2580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/milddogs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_0847.jpg?w=3870&amp;ssl=1 3870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the George Black ferry crossing the Yukon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 8, 2013 A video of part of the Top of the World Highway. 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