Northbound Episode 6 - The Dalton Highway
The Dalton Highway takes adventurous travelers and to the top of North America, Far above the Arctic Circle, to the oil company town of Deadhorse, Alaska, and Prudhoe Bay. This is the northern end of the Pan American highway, the world's greatest road trip from Deadhorse, Alaska, to Ushuaia, Argentina. This is also a destination for anyone who wants to get well off the beaten path and truly experience an adventurous vanlife. In a place where tourists don't venture, support for this journey is sparse, and basic services don't exist. You must be prepared for anything. We made it all the way up to Deadhorse, but it might have been one of the most difficult weeks of travel in our 10-year road trip. It started with saying goodbye to our dog Tucker after 17 years. Then, we battled forest fires and smoke inhalation. Dust and smoke made us sick. Then, once we finally arrived in Deadhorse, everything got much worse.... The definition of Adventure is: an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity. That is exactly what we get in this sixth episode of our Northbound series...
