Fins Down
On the return from a quick trip over to Washington State, my Durango’s engine gave out at a Taco Bell drive through in Missoula Montana. We’d had a beautiful afternoon driving up the Clearwater and Lochsa Rivers. I was seriously considering replacing the brakes and getting new tires and rolling through one more season. After 250K miles, 20 passes over the Alcan Highway, hundreds of trips on Skilak Road, a close encounter with a moose in the Yukon and mule deer in British Columbia, Wyoming and South Dakota, one more taco was asking too much. We limped to a corner of the parking lot and that was the end. Kudos to the poor guy who carted us back to Great Falls in another crazy spring snowstorm. Crossing the divide at Rogers Pass was insane. I think we were the last rig to make it through that day.
April 30
It could have been far worse. The Durango could have given out while crossing the Northern Rockies in B.C. I sure hope this Yukon is ready for the hard miles ahead.
The new Mystic Waters Road Warrior
