Extra Tires to the Yukon?

ppine wrote:
Soren,
I have worked in bush Alaska and made more than ten trips there. I drove from Haines to the Kenai in the 1980s when it was gravel. I made a living driving on dirt roads for 30 years.

Interesting. I hope you get a chance to drive some of those roads again. They literally are not the same roads. We are averaging a road trip from PA. to AK. about every 4-5 years, since 2000. The interesting thing to observe is that the road system gets better every time, and the difference from our first trip to today, is staggering. Everything from total rerouting to new sections built to modern standards, to continual rebuilding of existing sections. Twenty years ago, sketchy bridges, wooden culvert pipes, and steep curvy stretches, were still in use. Most of that has been removed and upgraded. OTOH, as Sue and Murray can confirm, at least half of the businesses that were operating twenty years ago, on the remote sections of the AK. highway are gone. Unfortunately, as the roads are improving, the traffic counts (particularly summer tourists) have dropped like a rock. It's a great trip, but except for things like the road to Tuk, the highway system has little to do with what was there, "back in the day".