Tuktoyaktuk

With the ferry not running because of high water, and Renée already on the other side, we were stuck waiting. We back tracked to a gravel pit about 6km away.

There we met some interesting people: Frank from Texas, who we keep running into everywhere we go. Mike the trucker who kept us posted on the ferry status. A couple from Italy that have been on the road for 5 years in their post apocalyptic camper making YouTube videos (stepsover.com). The equipment operator that was hauling gravel to the ferry landing. Richard who is kick biking (aka scooter) the Dempster Highway after having already crossed Canada.

Finally we noticed Mike and his truck were gone, so we knew the ferry was running, or going to be running soon. So we got in line in time to watch them build the ramp. There was already a decently long line of campers, cars, and semi’s. We were allowed to shortcut the line as they wanted smaller vehicles to help pack the gravel before the big boys went over it. Managed to get on the second load and we were back on the move again.

Not taking any chances we pushed on to the next ferry across the MacKenzie River (8th largest river in the world).Leggi altro