Haul Road pt. 2

We were nearly blinded by the light of the ~24 inches of snow across the tundra. Sunglasses and sunscreen were a must (even at below zero temps, I got a sunburn!!). We hunted with many layers of clothes on covered by white snow camouflage suits on the outside, and I wore Bunny Boots which kept my feet toasty. All our water froze, of course, but our little propane burner worked in the cold temps and helped to feed us some warm Mountain House meals. I took some Snickers and other snacks, but they were too frozen to even try and eat! We had fun stalking caribou across a frozen and snow covered tundra, but the snow really hampered our efforts to stalk. Snowshoes would have helped, but we didn't bring any. We took enough gas to get us up there and back from Coldfoot (the last outpost on the way up), as you can see in the first picture. As always, the truck took a beating from the Haul Road....it'll need some TLC and a air and fuel filter before it's fit for normal duty again. One of the pics shows us with the pipeline in the background near the Yukon crossing, and another of us crossing the wood bridge over the Yukon River, and of course we had to stop and take a pic of the famous Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn outstide of Fairbanks, just for laughs. One of these days I'll bring home a caribou from the Haul Road, but for now I'm still learning the lessons of how to survive on those trips with a little hunting thrown in here and there.