Here's where the real fun begins!  We rode for nearly 18 hours on the first day of the Dempster.  It sounds impressive, but with the road conditions we only averaged about 25 mph (when we were moving).  It was slow and tiring, but amazingly beautiful.  We must have stopped for pictures about every 10 minutes!  (By the way, that's not a painted center line in the picture above; that's the tire ruts worn in the dirt road.)

Klondike Lodge - Kilometer 0 of the Dempster Highway.   Little did we know what was in store for us...

Rear view Me-rror (Get it?  Me-rror?   That was Mike's idea)

Overlooking the Tombstone Mountain Range

Did you ever think the Arctic would be so lush?

Tundra Double-Take

We thought these were snow-covered mountains when we saw them from a distance, but they're not...

They are light gray, nearly white, perfectly smooth stone mounds.   Very cool!

Valley View, Takes One and Two

Ogilve Ridge Gwich'in Territory Overlook

Are we there yet? (Kilometer 3)

Hey, Look!  A taco cart!