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i can say from experience the drive from whitehorse to dawson city ain't that great

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You should have kept going.

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jim wrote:My brother loves that area. I will never go however because it's Duluth which is far too north for me.
It's absolutely perfect in the summer.

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JL21 wrote:
jim wrote:My brother loves that area. I will never go however because it's Duluth which is far too north for me.
It's absolutely perfect in the summer.
Is that a Thursday this year?

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July and August are nothing short of fantastic on the north shore. Still might need long sleeves and pants if you're by the lake, but you can still sweat your ass off if you're up the hill much at all. Then go all the way up to the boundary waters - no motors, just canoes and good walleye fishing. June is best for that to beat the bugs.

Only been to Duluth once in the winter and saw people jogging in shorts. They so cray cray.

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I simply refuse to fish for Walleye, and the mosquitos are as big as birds I have heard. It's also dangerously close to Canada.

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I was wondering about that. I've heard the mosquitos and humidity are terrible in the summer. Happy to be wrong. Just what I heard. I'm always very curious about cold places I might want to move to.

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jim wrote:I simply refuse to fish for Walleye
What the hell is this all about?

I didn't find the mosquitoes any worse than Wisconsin or Missouri.

And the same goes for the humidity. Minnesota humidity is nowhere near as bad as Missouri. Even on the few days where it is, it's 80 and humid, not 100 and humid.

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lukethedrifter wrote:Been thinking about getting a teardrop camper trailer and taking a long road trip. Lots of good suggestions here.

The road from Dawson City, YT to Chicken, Alaska is an awesome bike ride. Bet it'd be cool in a car too.
I always wanted to take a car as far north as I could go in Alaska and maybe make a film about it. Don't know why but I thought it would be really cool. I've heard the road to Prudhoe bay is death for a sports car though. Not to mention gas is pretty scarce up there.
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Mosquitoes and black flies can be pretty bad some years, but I wouldn't say the humidity is that bad.

Duluth is also trying to make itself into a mountain biking destination. They have several trails within the city limits. And I love the Superior Hiking Trail along the shore from Duluth to the border. Duluth is one of those few places that everyone I've met who grew up there loves it whereas most hometowns are more hit or miss.

Jim - just imagine being able to enter Canada illegally by canoeing across the border, taking a dump on Canada, and then leaving.

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