Orange Barrels

In Alaska, they do not use orange barrels for road construction; they have flagpeople (frequently women, though women also drive big equipment here.)  And their road construction happens in long stretches.

We got a "heads up" on Thursday when we went to Laird Hot Springs that we had some road construction to deal with on Friday.  The good news?  It rained, so we weren't facing this:

The dust made it impossible to see.  Well, with the rain, we did not have that . . . but we did have mud. 

And we still had rocks.  Lots of rocks, because they were chip sealing the pavement.  When we arrived in Watson Lake, Don checked out the purple Jeep.  Here is what it looked like after the drive today:

Can you see all of the rocks and the gravel on the wipers and below?  Poor thing.  It is covered in mud. I wonder what Willie (see him on the dashboard?) thinks as rocks are hitting the windshield.  Good thing we brought this Jeep and not the 2009 one!