Dan Wright – 2006 Trip from Seattle to Alaska

17 July 2006

Day 1: Seattle to Quesnel

A slightly late departure, heavy traffic, and construction delays slowed my progress today. I stopped for the night in Quesnel instead of Prince George, BC. Today started with freeway travel (I-5 and TCR-1), but was primarily on winding, 2-3 lane highways. No photography today.

Next: North to Prince George, then west to Prince Rupert.

Departed Seattle, WA (47°40'N, 122°20'W) at 10:35 AM PDT
Sunrise-Sunset: 5:27 AM - 9:02 PM

Arrived Quesnel, BC (52°59'N, 122°30'W) at 8:15 PM PDT
Elevation: 1,590'
Sunrise-Sunset: 5:04 AM - 9:27 PM
Distance to the north pole: 2,566 miles
Distance to Seattle: 369 miles
view a poor approximation of route

Elapsed time: 9 hours 40 minutes
Distance driven: 475 miles
Average speed: 49 mph
Daytime temperatures: 62-87° F

Measurements
Latitude, longitude, sunrise, and sunset times are recorded from a Garmin 60cs GPS receiver. Direct distances are calculated from the latitude and longitude.

17 July 2006
Revised 18 July: corrected distance driven and speed, added date.