The Model T Ford is a very reliable car, even at 90+ years of age. Yes, we had some mechanical issues, but nothing that delayed us very long or prevented us from making progress each day toward our destination. When we had problems, we didn’t need a computer to figure out what was wrong and some fixes were easy as when Lee used a piece of #10 wire to fix the linkage in his throttle linkage.

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Everyone who took an interest in our cars asked us a lot of questions, but two questions in particular seemed to be common for everyone, namely how fast will the cars go and what do we get for gas mileage? Our usual response to the first was to try and qualify the question by asking uphill or down, head wind or tail wind, because those factors make a huge impact on a Model T. Overall we averaged around 30 mph for the entire trip. The second question is even more difficult to answer because we don't have an odometers or a gas gauge, In fact our gas gauge is a calibrated stick (like a ruler) that we measure how much gas is in our 10 gal tank. Besides, most of our driving was in Canada and we're both too lazy to convert liters to gallons. However, our best guess is that Lee got around 12 mpg as he was pulling the camper, while Brian got around 14 mpg. Folks were also surprised that we drove the cars from Iowa rather than trailering them. Brian's stock response was that we started out pushing the cars for the first two miles, but that was too much work, so we got in them and drove them the rest of the way.

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Likewise, the most common comment we heard whenever we stopped, whether for gas or at a campground, was "we passed you on the highway". Well, everyone passes us! As indicated in one of the earlier posts, the only vehicles we encountered any problems with were the log trucks north of Fort St. John, but that was only one day. We also learned that they ran everyone off the road, not just antique cars, modern cars and RVs.

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We had the opportunity to really enjoy the beauty of the scenery we drove through, not realizing just how vast the wilderness of northern BC and the Yukon is. Plus, at 30 mph, we had plenty of opportunity to look all around (when we weren't busy dodging pot holes in the road)! We saw so many bear, both black and grizzly, that we quit counting them, We also saw a lot of mountain sheep, Dahl sheep, moose, bison, mountain goats, caribou and deer,

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Finally, we did meet and visit with a lot of very nice people, including several from various countries in Europe who were traveling on "holiday", during our travels and we both enjoyed sharing our cars and knowledge with them, Most people were polite enough to ask us if it was okay to take pictures of our cars and the camper and we never refused anyone. We did indicate that we charged $20 and for them to leave their money on the dash, but no one did. Dang!

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Several people have asked us "what's next?" and there is no "next". Neither of us have any desire to do another long trip like this again. We both expect that we will participate in shorter, week-long tours in the future but nothing of this magnitude. Although we enjoyed the adventure, it was extremely demanding and tiring, and we're now part of a very select group of Model T owners who have driven the Alaska Highway. Anything else would be anti-climatic for us.

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Before we left, Lee predicted that we would have 500 people following us on Facebook, and at last count we were over 600! We sincerely hope that all of you, as well as those who followed our adventure on facebook, enjoyed our posts. This trip certainly was an adventure that we'll re-live for years to come.

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- The Preacher and the Prof