The Noertnern Adventure from Chicken AK to Eagle Plains YK

So here I was heading northeasterly on a wonderful dirt road called"The Top of the World Highway" through valleys filled with streams and active gold mining claims across the Border into BC again down across the Klondyke River to Dawson City, a town that owes its fame to the "Gold Rush" Now it is a tourist stop with nice information centers, shops and restaurants. After a brief break where I was informed that I would not be able to go all the way up the "Dempster Highway" as the ferry crossing the rivers were still not running due to too much ice still on the river!
Well so I made the snap decision to run up the Dempster all the way to Eagle Plains and spend the night there. Leaving Dawson City at a balmy 72 F I headed north, straight north this time and soon the weather changed. It got very cold and windy and "Stinger" my trusty bike got a real work out. I used all my tank plus 2 gl reserve of fuel and made it with a sigh of relief. At this point we had snow flurries and winds for the north at 35 MPH so again a motel room was in order. Eagel plains is a stop on the ICE HIGHWAY in the winter but now only a few crazies come through as no trucks are running.
Went to bed early darkened my room with and extra blanket as we now had 24 hours of daylight and snoozed until 5:30 AM.