Thoughts and thanks from the road
I wouldn't be able to do this if it wasn't for Ann's love and support. She's holding down the fort back in Redmond with the girls, and put up with my endless trips into the garage to prepare the car. So thank you Ann, I owe you  big time (yet again).

Miss you all!!! (and Collin the dog!)
xoxox

Scores
Looks like car 1 put a point on us, but we put a point on 3rd and 4th place. No real big changes here.

Today's Temperature Range
7F (low on Cassiar Highway) to 36F (coming into Whitehorse) - balmy!! (recall it was -40F here a few days ago)

Day 3 Map

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O, Canada!
It was a long day today, with an ~800 mile transit; up the scenic Cassiar Highway, then up the Alcan highway to Whitehorse, in Yukon Territory. We left the hotel at 6:30 for a breakfast at a truck stop that took forever, but the scenery on the Cassiar more than made up for it. We only saw one moose, but two arctic foxes!


It was great to see Kathryn and Steve's reaction to the scenery. "Pictures can't capture it and words can't describe it" I said in 2004. Well, I took a few pictures but honestly they don't do it justice. I am humbled.


Don't Pass Gas
Two planned gas stops didn't quite work out. One was closed and the second gas station's pumps had failed.
This left most of the teams very short on gas --- we had to use our 2.5 gallon reserve tank on the roof, as well as borrowing a gallon from our fantastic team mates (did we mention good looking?) Steve and Kathryn. Paul and Kala also had to splash gas twice, and we all barely made it into the next open gas station.

We didn't top up at breakfast, which was only 27 miles from our hotel (where we filled up) but that extra 27 miles would have been some extra insurance. As they say up here "don't pass gas"; well actually they say "never pass gas" I think.


Day 4 Preview
We have two short back to back TSDs in Whitehorse, then our first ice race! After that, we drive up to Dawson City.

Yee-haw! There's gold in them thar' hills!

Glenn