> On 5/1/06, Mark Tuovinen <mst@ak.net> wrote:
> John you have to use the term Highway very loosely when speaking of the Dempster,
> Dalton, and several other "highways" in Alaska.  It is really a one to two lane dirt/gravel road
> through the back country.  Services are nonexsistent and some days you can travel it
> without seeing another vehicle.

  I like how on the Dempster every so often a wind sock appears and
the road widens and straightens so you can land your plane in an
emergency.

  In the winter time the road continues from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk -
on top of the frozen Mackenzie River and the Arctic Ocean.  It'll be
interesting to see if global warming makes this history.  I really
want to see big rigs driving on the ocean..

  Geordie.