Up Alaska's DALTON HIGHWAY! The most REMOTE Road in America! 🇺🇸 | S1E25

All right, back to the road. Oh my god, it's bad. It's bad Yeah It's pretty bad I don't even sure if I use my signal if anybody could see anything right now My journey around the planet begins at North America's most northern drivable point The plan is to ride through Canada and America before crossing over to Europe From there, I'll make my way through the Middle East and Asia After island hopping through Indonesia, it'll be Australia and finally, New Zealand The end of my journey will be marked by the southernmost point of the South Island I'm calling it the big spiral and this is act two to an Alaskan beginning well, the sun's out today and I'm pretty happy about that because Yesterday was a bit of a muddy mess and I think today might still be too but it means it'll only get better. So Yeah, I'm really excited today I have to go north because my goal is to get to the most northern drivable point in North America, Prudhoe Bay So let's have a look at the map and see what we can see. So yesterday I left Big Delta Went through Fairbanks got some groceries and then got right to the start of the Dalton Highway right here And then just camped a little bit down this road towards Manly hot springs So now I'm just gonna backtrack a little bit and then start my day on the Dalton Highway And there's a couple main stops. I need to stop at so right here. There should be gas at Yukon camp and Then the next one is going to be all the way up here at Coldfoot And if you look at where Coldfoot is that gets me about halfway to Prudhoe Bay So it's gonna be a long ride today, but I'm excited I think it's going to be hell of adventure and We'll see what happens All right on the road again Last night was a little bit cold, but not too bad It was mostly the mosquitoes. The mosquitoes are quite bad around here. And I guess with all the rain they just they're going off right now All right, and back to the Dalton Highway with a left turn here paved for now Even dry Oh, no, never mind, it's gravel Yeah, still lots of ruts, but it has dried a little Oh, this is muddy. Oh I have to get a shot here. Oh, it's so muddy. This is the classic sign Gateway to the Arctic, road to Prudhoe Bay. Okay Cool. Oh, look at the mud. Slime over hardpack. Okay Oh This is good times look I'm riding around in the mud. Oh God it's cool. You can just get on your motorcycle and you can drive here That's pretty cool, right Maybe I'll take my helmet off too. That'd be good. There we go Good times, good times. Getting hungry already Very exciting, very exciting All right back to the road, oh my god, it's bad it's bad Pretty glad I got those tires on. Yeah, it's it's pretty bad So apparently the trucks They all talk to each other and they'll talk about you Whether they're riding in the middle or the side or whatever whether they're pulling over and as a result Apparently they'll if you're if you're treating them with respect, they'll treat you with respect and they're communicating that so so I Try to be a good boy, so I don't get run over It's a little hard to see any definition in the road with the Sun behind me Just looks just looks brown to me Going downhill. I think he'll be faster It's gotten a lot better here because it's all in the Sun so it's drying out Motorcycles use extreme caution. It's actually really good up here. It's almost like it didn't rain but look to the side. It's pretty muddy And now we're coming into the shade it's a lot more wet Wow that the truck up there is actually kicking up dust now, it's quite the change Pretty wet down here. Oh, they must be grading it Wow, it's page What's going on here There's a parking thing Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna have a snack here I'll have to say so far. It's been pretty good this morning It's it was a bit wet and muddy and but not as bad as yesterday for sure But now it's drying out and actually this bits paved which is almost a little bit disappointing I was really enjoying riding the the dirt. Yeah, I don't know It's not so bad No, I I I'm actually I'm really glad I got the tires on the bike I think they're helping a lot compared to the last ones. The last ones were like skating all over the place One thing is I'm a little worried about the bike and just all the dirt Let me show you So like the chain I gave it a good oil this morning But it just gets covered in dirt and you can think of dirt as like sandpaper or an abrasive Basically, every time it's rotating around and there's dirt on there It's just taking a little shaving off the chain and and the the gears and all that So it's a bit hard on the bike that way and then The other thing I'm worried about is the seals so you can see they're working well right now because it's pushing all the dirt down there Which means it's not going inside. There's nothing getting dragged in but otherwise the bike is good. Just very dirty These I don't even sure if I use my signal if anybody can see anything right now My brake as well But I guess that's just how it's gonna have to be Pretty sure everybody's got the same problem on this highway. So Part of the future, right? Alright, let's keep going. Let's get to Yukon camp I see gravel again That's in good shape They're so hardcore All right arriving at Yukon camp and I should be able to get some gas here, I think Our first thing I have to do is apparently leave my credit card in there Hi, I was hoping to get some gas What's up Sounds good. Thank you. Okay So now she has my card I go fill up so I did 200 K from since the last fill up and I could probably make it to the next gas station, but You never know what's gonna happen. So I Unleaded So last time I paid what was it three something a gallon now, it's seven $7 49 9 Which is almost double, but I guess that's how things go here Luckily, I don't need much And then I have to take a picture This is the method here I have to take a picture of How much I bought? $11 70 cents, then I walk back Oh, I think it's 1170 Yeah, receipt. I know I'm good. Thank you. Thank you And that's how you kick gas at Yukon River camp cool Let's keep going north to cold foot All right Upwards and onwards northwards and onwards Actually took a bunch of layers off because oh my god, it's really warm right now So I wasn't sure how much to take off, but I'm still wearing two pairs of pants right now But it is nice to get in the moving air again I Might have to pass my first truck. Oh, it's so dusty Oh Arctic Circle, I have to see this That'd be great yeah, thank you Is this is the rug part of the tour our tour but you can stand okay You've come a long way you should have a picture I should yeah Where are you from? Asheville North Carolina. No, I was in Asheville Bellingham, Washington. Oh both are amazing places. Yeah, I've been to both. Oh, yeah You have good taste They're pretty the demographics are very similar yeah, I'm a mountain biker so they're both awesome Sweet thank you so much All right, well this is Pretty sure the most north I've ever been maybe with the exception of being in a plane, but that doesn't count so the Arctic Circle is really cool because Basically, once you go north of this point It's summer solstice. The Sun will not set and In winter solstice, the Sun will not rise Which I think is so cool And basically it's because When the earth is orbiting the Sun It's orbiting on a slight angle so in the winter the top of the planet is pointing away from the Sun and Then in the summer the top of the planet is pointing a little bit towards the Sun so basically That means in the summer because it's pointing towards the Sun you're getting you're getting 24-hour light because the Sun is at such an angle that it just will never set and Then in the winter, you know, it's basically the opposite. Basically. It's pointing away from the Sun. It's always in shade Like if you watch like nature documentaries or whatever BBC don't have these beautiful time-lapses of the Sun just doing a Circle and it'll just get close to the horizon and then just come back up So it's so cool But yeah I'm now north of the Arctic Circle So if you think of a basketball on the top of the basketball I'm near the top of the basketball. I'm not around the the waist of it, I guess I'm near the top which is cool to think Look at those mountains. I'm gonna be heading over those mountains tomorrow. I'm pretty sure Anyways, I'll shut up now. On to Coldfoot Entering Coldfoot, I suppose There's the gas station Hey, I'm on pump number two Thank you Got the gas and so now we're gonna go to camp spot Tonight is a paid one I'm just gonna go have a look because if there's a lot of mosquitoes, then I may want to change to a different campsite, but Marin Creek campground. Oh, this looks like a Yes, BLM campground, which is cool Look at these little trees Cute little trees. They don't grow so big here Awesome, let's see how the bugs are Okay, well the mosquitoes are here but they're not too bad not nearly as bad as the last camp Also, I'm There's people around and I'm a little embarrassed to be talking to a camera by myself So I gotta talk a little bit quietly Okay, today started out super sketchy But then it got When everything dried out it got awesome. It was just like I don't know I feel like I've gained new confidence on the motorbike, you know, like I'm like, oh, yeah, just ride this So that kind of thing But yeah, overall I just enjoyed the ride today I think tomorrow is gonna be like the Knock you over the head with with beauty and awe and all that stuff so but maybe we should have a look at the map and Well, we'll talk about what we got up to today. Okay, here's our map of Alaska So last night I kept near liver good and then drove through the mud through the mud And then around here it got pretty good actually and then I arrived at a Yukon camp it's not labeled on the map but it should be and then Kept going up kept going up kept going up. It kept going up to our Arctic Circle and it's kind of cool because you can see on the map This is the Arctic Circle and then we drove up up up up up up To cold foot and then tomorrow is gonna be a massive day all the way up to the Arctic Ocean So tomorrow is gonna be a big one about 400 kilometers. I know that's gonna be pushing it for me a little bit but Today was already by the end of I was like, oh, I'm getting tired. I'm getting tired. So Yeah, so tomorrow might be a little harder, but I also hear that there could be some pretty cool wildlife Hopefully like musk ox and caribou and and so and oh the The the flag lady at the construction the other day was talking about like blonde grizzly bears and stuff I'd like to see galanta. I'd like to see a blonde grizzly bear for sure. But yeah, anyways There's a red button down below. I'll just mention it. You don't have to and But anyways, thank you for watching the video. I hope you watch the next one too. I hope to see you in the next one but anyways Until next time. Bye. Bye