> I have driven all kinds of gravel roads in northern Ontario and
> here in a 2WD sedan with no problems.

I drive a Ford Fusion.  It is a nice riding car but has very little
clearance underneath... too many unnecessary body pieces that hand too low
on the car and that drag on everything.  I was getting more at that than
the fact that it is 2WD.

> That is sound advise as service stations (or anything else for
> that matter) can be hundreds of miles apart and there's no cell
> phone coverage out there.  I have often driven a poor quality gravel
 [...]
> alaska Highway). On one trip I had two flats but just one spare. I
> had to hitchhike 100 miles back to Simpson from a campground with a
> flat tire and then hitchhike back to my car with the repaired tire.
> I now travel with a spare plus two cans of that aerosol foam gunk
> and an air compressor that runs off of the car's cigarette lighter
> socket.

That is sound advice.  I cannot see hitchhiking on a road that might not
have much traffic on it.  You might be out there a while.  :)

> It is over 90% complete and drivable in a tough truck but won't be
> open to civilian traffic until this fall.

After I posted that, I saw a news article about it on youtube.  It was
posted back in April, I think, and they gave that same impression.  I got a
chuckle as the former mayor of Tuk, which was featured in the video clip,
looks a lot like one of my cousins.  :)

Do you monitor the Alaska or Canada chat echos?  I may have us straying a
little bit off topic from cooking here.  :)

Mike
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