Bigguy136
Well-Known Member
Continued from above
I headed to Ross River again for gas and decided to pull in here
I met Neil and Judy and was treated to two wonderful people. If you get a chance, pull in and hear their story.
I learned that there was two days of rain forecasted and didn't want to attempt the North Canol in the wet, solo. I decided to go back to Watson Lake. When I came up, the Cambell highway was under construction with a pilot truck. With two days of rain, I decided to ride it as soon as I could in case it became too muddy and gets closed. It was evening when I got to the construction and was wet, mud everywhere and a mess. It was midnight with no pilot truck and no other vehicles. Some of the ruts were 2'-3' deep. What took 20 minutes a week earlier took over an hour to cross back.
Got thru the mud and mess and was back on tar. There was a lake and a boat launch area that I set up camp at. In the morning, I was able to wash some of the mud off at the boat launch. During this time, I saw a loaded R1200GS two up heading north. As I continued to clean up the mud and have breakfast, I saw the GS return to Watson Lake. I couldn't image going thru that mess two up. I was also happy I got thru when I did as I don't think the pilot truck would've let me go thru.
With rain forecasted over the next week, I decided to leave the area and go south for warmer temps and drier skies.
I headed to Ross River again for gas and decided to pull in here
I met Neil and Judy and was treated to two wonderful people. If you get a chance, pull in and hear their story.
I learned that there was two days of rain forecasted and didn't want to attempt the North Canol in the wet, solo. I decided to go back to Watson Lake. When I came up, the Cambell highway was under construction with a pilot truck. With two days of rain, I decided to ride it as soon as I could in case it became too muddy and gets closed. It was evening when I got to the construction and was wet, mud everywhere and a mess. It was midnight with no pilot truck and no other vehicles. Some of the ruts were 2'-3' deep. What took 20 minutes a week earlier took over an hour to cross back.
Got thru the mud and mess and was back on tar. There was a lake and a boat launch area that I set up camp at. In the morning, I was able to wash some of the mud off at the boat launch. During this time, I saw a loaded R1200GS two up heading north. As I continued to clean up the mud and have breakfast, I saw the GS return to Watson Lake. I couldn't image going thru that mess two up. I was also happy I got thru when I did as I don't think the pilot truck would've let me go thru.
With rain forecasted over the next week, I decided to leave the area and go south for warmer temps and drier skies.