With no definitive information from the responsible ferry authority (RFA) it seemed best to retreat back South and make plans for heading into Alaska. The hope being that the ferry will be operational in a few weeks and I can hit another favorable weather window when passing through on the way home.
Another perfect weather day in the North and the road had almost completely dried out. The muddy sections from the way up were now furrowed and rutted whoop-d-doo play grounds. Although the infamous Dempster dust now made a strong appearance and the last 50 or so miles were one continuous dust out with minimal visibility anytime a vehicle past in the other direction or a slow vehicle ahead was caught up to. The big haul semi trucks were the worst.
The morning after arrival back in Dawson City a video had been posted overnight on a social media site that shall not be named, showing a front end loader working on the ramp at the Peel River ferry. The Internet can be a cruel mistress sometimes. That, and with rainy weather forecast into the foreseeable future from Denali (yes, it's called Denali) south the Kenai Peninsula, I started turning my me ever revolving itinerary once again to visit a few places of interest within a day’s ride either side of Dawson City (Plan J?).
By the afternoon the RFA was actually communicating out that it should only take a day once the water level drops sufficiently to get the ferry running again. On that information a new tab was added to the ever growing inventory for the real time river flow data and refreshed regularly. The levels were dropping, the only problem was that the RFA had neglected to define “sufficiently”. Otherwise it was rinse and repeat in Dawson City - it's raining and I'm doing the laundry., But there now seemed to be some reasonable hope that yet another attempt could be imminent.
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