Miles 391,  Days total 10,  Days off 1

The red line is our cycle route and the dotted blue line is our journey by bus, via Denali National Park, from Anchorage where our flight from England landed. We spent a couple of days in Fairbanks waiting for the rain to subside.  The route was initially flat east of Fairbanks to Tok from near where, at Tetlin Junction, we headed north east into the mountains.  This route took us along unpaved roads up onto the aptly named Top of the World Highway through such places as Chicken and Boundary where only a handful of people live all year round.  The Top of the World Highway was not part of our initial route plan but a number of people we spoke to in Alaska convinced us that the extra hills and rough roads are worth the effort for the tremendous scenery and wilderness.  In the last ten miles the road descends to the mighty Yukon River which we crossed by boat to reach Dawson City.