Winnefred Mulligan

Short driving day today. You can always f ind us in real-time with Garmin We didn't leave the campground at Carmacks Hotel until 3pm. We were so busy cleaning up our dusty RV. We removed the drawers and contents of the floor level cabinets. One by one, we wiped and brushed everything down to get the dust off. The work we did cleaning last night when we arrived was a big help. We finally got the interior dirt to an acceptable level. However, anyone coming aboard may think, "hmm, they really need to clean." These beetle guys with long antennae were everywhere. Worst part is, they fly. They don't seem to bite though... so far anyway. One landed on my lip/nose. AHHH! In the car and on to Takhini Hot Springs, only 2 hours south. A look at our GPS and you can see that we have driven 7543 miles in the past couple of weeks with 189 hours of drive time. You can see it's still hot with VERY low humidity Takhini Hot Springs. We were kinda ...

We sadly left Inuvik and the Arctic Circle bound for Eagle Plains, YK, for one night and on to Carmacks the next day. Don't forget, you can see our Garmin InReach real-time location anytime here. View on Google Maps After a trip to the Inuvik library for wifi, we finally pulled out of Inuvik, headed for Eagle Plains for the night. Evidence of an old forest fire We spent the night at Eagle Plains and got a late start to our drive to Carmacks.  We took some photos of the landslide area that washed out the road on our way north. More beautiful scenery So on our way north, the Dempster was terribly muddy and our little RV was caked with it when we arrived. On our way back south, we had had dry weather for a week and now dust was our enemy. The road itself was great. We could actually drive 40 - 50 mph. But the dust... it got up and into every nook and cranny of our little home. You could see it billowing ar...

On Sunday we arrived back in Inuvik and we caught the tail end of the 60th anniversary of the town of Inuvik. They had a big fish fry for everyone. A hunk of beautifully fried and freshly caught whitefish, corn on the cob and a baked potato- FREE. What a generous community to feed everyone like that. We went to the library (only place in town with free wifi) and surfed the internet for a bit. We ended up staying one more night. We also ended up meeting our friend Lonnie again, he was at the same campground. We hung out with him and listened to his wonderful stories. Finally, we went to bed at around midnight, mostly because the sun was in our eyes and it was hot. We went inside and covered all of our windows to try to keep the light out as best we could and cranked on the AC.  So weird that the sun just sort of goes around in a circle overhead, never really setting. Monday, we hit the Dempster again, this time heading south. We're sad to be leaving. We could have easily spent the ...

Tuktoyaktuk (Tuck-toy-uck-tuck) or just Tuk on Google Maps: We saw this sign out by the town welcome sign. Unfortunately, he was closed when we went by there. Grandma's restaurant The "Muktuk" or whale blubber, Beluga whale Our site on "The Point", Arctic Ocean in the background. Very nice local man, clearing his fish nets. Herring. He gave me a chunk of roe to eat, not bad tasting! The end of the Trans-Canada Trail Grocery store in Tuk   The Tuk road was better than what we had experienced on the lower Dempster. We were actually able to regularly do 40 to 50 mph. There were some parts they were still working on and parts that hadn't dried out from all of the recent rain though.  We arrived into Tuk and drove through the small Hamlet (they call themselves the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk) and on out to The Point, a spit...