Which Routes do you prefer?

Glad I could help a little Ron and appreciate the kudos.

I spent the first 5 years of my career driving off-highway logging trucks on basically one lane radio controlled roads. I then started running the Alaska highway when it was still all gravel. In the early 70s they started paving it. A lot of people disagree with me but I liked it better when it was gravel than today. The running surface was 80-100 feet wide and the graders were out getting rid of frost heaves. A lot of the paved portions are so frost heaved 12 months a year and are 20 mph sections. The brush has been allowed to grow to the side of the road and moose take a step and a half and they are out of the bush and in the middle of the road. On a typical run North today I run 4,000-5,000 miles of single lane with 1,000-2,000 of it gravel. Due to fuelling issues I usually run North through Fort Nelson and coming south I run the old Mezziaden haul road (Cassier road, highway 37) from Watson Lake to Kitwanga except in the winter. There are some heavy snow falls through here with lots of slides. I got caught between two slides for 3 days a few years ago. A chopper came and offered to take me out but I told them I would wait it out. Last year it was closed more than it was open. They had record snowfall and never pushed the snow back far enough and a lot of it was single lane. I did a lot of the engineering and construction on this road and can still see area we logged 50 years ago.

When I started running in the lower 48 interstates were still in their infancy especially in the west. Two lanes just seem more relaxed to me and keep my valium and trazadon intake down. I guess it is just what you are used to.

I've run 2 from Everett, Wa to Michigan while is not all 2 lane is not an interstate. I enjoy running 212 from Crow Agency to Rapid City. I know a lot of people through here and stop for coffee and visits.

Maybe I'm just a dinosour, the difference being the dinosours had enough walking around sence to wander off and die when there time was up.

Have to go to work. Favourite 2 lanes to come later.