Leaving behind our beautiful campsite on Kluane Lake we headed out about 6:20 AM in hopes of seeing some of the bears attached to the footprints we had seen earlier. There was less smoke this morning and we could actually see the mountains on either side of the road, although still through a haze. The smoke also caused the sun to appear as a reddish-orange ball of fire.
An hour into our day’s journey the truck suddenly hiccuped and died. In the Yukon 100 miles from any small town. A glance at the gauges revealed our fuel pressure gauge showed a reading of zero, NOT GOOD! I think we have a problem!
Almost done underneath. By the way when a car would pass I did tuck my feet in!
We had just passed a rest area a couple of kilometers ago, so had no choice but to coast as far over to the side of the road as we could. The problem was not a huge surprise (other than the trailer tire we have had no issues) , as Marv had read an article about 6 months ago that said these Dodge trucks with lift-type fuel pumps some had been going out at about 60,000 miles, and we have a bit over 64,000. Luckily we had ordered a spare to have on hand just in case as we never know where we are going to be at. We carry many small repair parts for the truck as well. Hoses, belts, filters etc. It took more time to figure out where it was stashed than it did to put it on. About 45 minutes later we were on our way, feeling grateful to be prepared rather than having to be towed $$$$$$ and wait a week or more for the part to be shipped.We had to top off on diesel at Haine’s Junction for the equivalent of about $4.09 a U.S. gallon. Hopefully, we’ll find more reasonable fuel prices when we get back into Alaska. From there we traveled 125 miles through the mountains which are still in the smoke haze. We could see that this drive would be wonderful if the sky was clear.
Oh well next time!
We also had a long stretch of road construction. We tried to drive really slow so as not to flip a bunch of mud back onto a just washed truck and trailer. 
From the Yukon we passed back into the U.S. 
and traveled along the river and the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve and stopped to watch a couple of fish wheels at work.
We also had a long stretch of road construction. We tried to drive really slow so as not to flip a bunch of mud back onto a just washed truck and trailer. From the Yukon we passed back into the U.S. and traveled along the river and the Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve and stopped to watch a couple of fish wheels at work.
Note: we have taken many videos but need to figure out the software to place then in the blog. I hope to get that done in the next few days.
Stay tuned!
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