{"id":547,"date":"2018-07-27T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/?p=547"},"modified":"2018-07-22T21:54:55","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T03:54:55","slug":"dust-in-the-yukonresistance-is-futile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mackenziesontheroad.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/27\/dust-in-the-yukonresistance-is-futile\/","title":{"rendered":"Dust in the Yukon\u2026Resistance is Futile!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As some of the pics show, there is a bit of dust on the Dempster! (When it’s not in the form of mud!) Over the 550 miles northbound the dust became a standing joke. One of us would call out \u201ctruck ahead!\u201d. The other would look out over the vast arctic plain and see a plume moving across some distant mountainside 5 to 10 miles away and respond \u201cI guess that\u2019s the road!\u201d. A half an hour later the gravel truck would appear and we would crank closed the dash vents and windows as we passed through the plume.<\/p>\n

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A distant plume of dust on the horizon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And then there was our own dust that some how circulated back inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Each night while prepping to camp we would sweep the dust out of every corner and crevice of the Rover. Resistance was futile!<\/p>\n

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We tried to resist…it was futile!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Inuvik we purchased some foam weather stripping to try to stop some of the dust entering the Rover. The First Nation guy behind the counter said \u201cVermont?!, that’s a long way to come for weather stripping!\u201d Too funny, but he had a point!<\/p>\n

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Special Inuvik weather stripping.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Installation complete!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We will let you know if the added weather stripping helps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As some of the pics show, there is a bit of dust on the Dempster! (When it’s not in the form of mud!) Over the 550 miles northbound the dust became a standing joke. One of us would call out \u201ctruck ahead!\u201d. The other would look out over the vast arctic plain and see a … <\/p>\n

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