From Anchorage to Ushuaia by Bike

We left Dawson City 3 days ago (we finaly stayed one more day) and are crossing the Yukon Territory. The landscapes are really different from the ones we had on the Top of the World highway: long straights with trees on each side. Told like that, it could be nice and pretty, but by bike, seeing the same landscapes on a straight line for 10 km, it is not at all.

We spent our first night in the campsite of the Klondike River Lodge where we could pinch our tent for free!

The day after was a big day : 84 km ! We had some gravel roads because of road works. It was impossible for us to reach the next house to put our tent next to it: it was 40km away! So we stopped on the side of the gravel road and put our tent there. The place could have been nice: next to a river, with birds .. but we had so much dust from the vehicles on the gravel road … We tested our solar camp shower: It was really nice even with all the mosquitoes!

During the night I woke up because of noises made by wild animals. I woke Sébastien up after some hesitations. Even if we had nothing in our tent that could attract bears (all our bags were hanging from the bridge), we were scared. We listned a long time not knowing what to do. I was so terrified. Finally the “thing” went away. We could not sleep anymore and even thought of leaving, but it was only 3am … We finnaly went back to sleep. On the morning, we looked for the footprint of the animal, but did not find anything: so it was not a heavy animal like a moose or a bear.

Today, we finally arrived in Stewart Crossing where we put our ten just before a thunderstorm arrived. We have an access to showers, which we did not expect, as nothing was written on our brochures!