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JEEP TRIP OVER ALASKAN HIGHWAY by
LAURA'ORDWAY
Mrs. Laura Ordway, of Ordway’s Fhoto
Service at Juneau writes of a most inter
esting trip over the Alaskan Highway in
June.
Mrs, Ordway flew out to Seattle where she
met two former residents of Juneau on June
14. She writes:
"We had purchased a new civilian Jeep for
the trip, which we found very comfortable
j and a'great improvement over the military
-model. We left Seattle at.10:15 on Juno 15,
and arrived in Fairbanks the morning of
July 5. Wo would have arrived there July :
1, but wo decided to detour at Tok Junction
and take in Palmer, Matanuska Valley and
’ Anchorage first. *7e alsp stopped for
I pictures end interviews oil along the route
“ "Authorities at Zdmonton discourage traf*'
fie duo to the fact that they realize
|l Canadian roads and bridges are not good.'
* This is particularly true of the bridges,
a which v.'o were advised to cross at five
j miles per hour. To found that plenty fast
considering their condition.
!
, "The bridges on the military section arc
for the most part new and the road eras
1 good. We found it even better on the
1 Alaska Section as they had used crushed
i rock for surfacing, whereas the Canadians
! had used pit gravel with the result that ’
thcro wore many large rocks on the road.
Wfoat of tho roadhouses and lodges arc not
really ready to offer tourist accommoda
tions, but they do the best they can and
are all planning improvements. (next wage)
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