The Great North Road - Alaska: Day 8 - Delta Junction

We have completed the official Alaska Highway
From Dawson Creek to Delta Junction - 1,387 miles.

Friday was an interesting day with some of the worst road conditions of the trip, the first 30 miles to the U.S border consisted of roadworks, gravel, mud and the worst frost heaves to date. The whole surface of the road is broken up in places and sure made for high levels of concentration to keep the bike on the straight and narrow.

Border crossing was a piece of cake with the most pleasant U.S guards ever encountered, taking only about 15 minutes for me to complete the compulsory visa waiver form due to travelling on a U.K. passport. Once into Alaska the road improved dramatically and we were back up to cruising speed....55 mph is the speed limit in most places but on the straight sections it's upped to 65 mph.

I thought I would swap up the helmet cams today for a different angle and mounted Wifey's cam onto the crash-bars, it wasn't to last, just short of the border I felt and heard it hit my foot, then the road and saw it bouncing down the highway in my mirrors. Turning round there was a large road construction truck barreling down the highway and for a moment I thought it was going to get flattened....thankfully the truck missed it and we were able to recover it with a few nice chunks taken out of the casing but the lens cover unmarked, it appears to be fully functional. Nice job Contour for making a robust product, pretty sure a Go-Pro would have been in pieces.
As we crossed the border we could see the Alaska Range in the far distance and it stayed there all morning.
Weather forecast for the day called for sun and 40% chance of rain but we were lucky and had beautiful weather the whole way.

Passing the Nutzotin and Mentesa mountains we approached the town of Tok where the main range was very close, stunning. An endless vista of snowy, glacial mountains framed against blue skies, took our breath away and we rolled into town for lunch.

Jim and Dale where headed to the "top of the world highway" on their 2 well equipped Goldwings and have been travelling all around Alaska taking side trips wherever possible and hitting the gravel roads in comfort.

After riding the longest, straightest stretches of highway I have ever seen, we find ourselves with a day to rest here in Delta Junction at the garden B&B with a delightful little cabin called "Forget me Not". After a week on the road we need a break so will enjoy some local fare :)