Whitehorse, Buckinghorse, Deadhorse, what's with all the horses up here?

Getting up to the north of Canada, the towns become fewer and farther between and their names become more intriguing. Like how did Buckinghorse River get it's name. Did the horses of the first settlers buck their riders off at the mere thought of crossing this particular river? Was Whitehorse named after a white horse that grazed there? Who knows but riding through them does make you wonder.

Just incase you didn't believe me, Dawson Creek, Mile 0

Dawson Creek marks Mile 0 of the Alaska Highway, a 1532 mile road to Fairbanks, Alaska. The Highway is considered the 16th Engineering wonder of the world, built in a mere 8 months in 1941 to provide land access for the US Army to Alaska. The Japanese had already invaded Attu Island, the farthermost Aleutian Island, providing them with a strategic military point for invading the northern US, so there was some quick work to be done. Without approval from the Canadian government, the US started ploughing through, I guess things haven't changed much since those days. Fortunately the Canadians are an ammicable bunch and gave permission after the first month of construction. So along this road you can see pine trees, more pine trees and as far as the eye can see, pine trees.

And if you didn't believe me about the pine trees either, well there are some lakes as well!

Northern Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon are vast so this means a lot of pine trees, some lakes and snow capped mountains and days and days of riding.

The road just keeps going on, and on, and on....

But before you know it, we're in Alaska. Oh and Mike wasn't arrested at the border for his unpaid traffic offence from the Grand Canyon.