November 14, 2004
Khandiga, another river crossing
The vehicles are lined up to cross the ice over the Aldan River. Scary stuff, considering the "road" is not officially open yet...
Photo by Nancy Olson
| Logbook for Nov. 14th, Day 380 | ||
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Start: Bestyakh, Russia Time: 8:30 a.m. N: 61* 59.900 E: 129* 54.466 |
Finish: Khandiga, Russia Time: 1:51 a.m. N: 62* 39.225 E: 135* 34.217 | Mileage: 296 |
| Notes: We started the morning with a photo shoot with horses near the ferry in Bestyakh, then we discovered a problem with D2's muffler. The cold had cracked a pipe. D2 returned to the garage and worked on it until about 4 p.m. The rest of the team joined them after the photo shoot, and after the repairs, we had to say a very sad goodbye to Roma I. He had to go back across the ice river to Yakutsk to catch his flight, which leaves tomorrow. We are all going to miss him so much! We hit the road with Roma II in the lead vehicle, and we continued through the night and morning to cross the Aldan river and arrive in Khandiga. It was a long day. We're happy to have Roma II with us. (N.O.) | ||
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