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A section of highway with multiple personality disorder

Day 4: Fort Nelson to Watson Lake The reason we drove like madwomen yesterday was so Sharyn could spend two hours parbroiling herself in Liard Hot Springs. I went for a walk instead, along a boardwalk bordered with wildflowers that had no business growing at this latitude, including an entire marsh filled to the brim…

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The road’s paved all the way, except where they’re working on it, and they’re always working on it somewhere

Please beware of buffalo on the highway as you travel north. They often lay right on the driving lanes. Bison are very large and can do considerable damage to a tractor-trailer unit. Reduce your speed and be vigilant! —sign on the door of Liard Hotsprings Lodge, mile 477.8 MY DAD DROVE THE ALCAN for the first…

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