Cycling the Dempster Highway, NWT — Up the Mountains onto the Tundra.

<p>No animals managed to reach my food bag. I tried to hang my food on a rope between two spindly muskeg swamp spruce trees. Both little trees actually sagged closer together and my food bag is only about two feet from the ground. I cook oatmeal for breakfast, get everything packed up again and loaded on to the bike.</p> <p>I start riding on a road a bit muddier from some rain overnight.</p> <p>By noon I reach the Mackenzie River ferry crossing. I knew the river was big &mdash; but not this big! It&rsquo;s one thing to see it from the air flying in and a totally different experience to ride up beside it.</p> <p><a href="https://thedavidloewen.medium.com/cycling-the-dempster-highway-nwt-up-the-mountains-onto-the-tundra-519199c5aaf"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>