John: Today we drove to Fairbanks... A total of 269 miles. The Alaskan Highway was pretty good today, only a couple bad spots. We viewed the Alaskan Pipeline for the first time. We met Peter & Betty (from the ferry) in Tok. They were also headed to Fairbanks. I found out from Peter that the ‘miniature forest’ is caused by the permafrost... seems like the trees have very shallow root systems and don’t develop like normal. We caught up on our laundry today at the campground - the campground has all the facilities but the spot is pretty basic. We saw our first moose today! It sure is weird having daylight for 24 hours... last night Karen or I woke up nearly every hour and it never got dark! The local birds must have it figured out, although at 3:30 AM last night one bird was singing it’s morning song, The roof carrier is disintegrating each day. I hope it holds together till it’s empty. I may need to duct tape the whole thing to help hold it together.
ODOM: 27225
Kari: We saw a big fat moose on the loose finally! We saw another brown bunny. We fed some chickens at the campground.
SUMMARY: After two weeks, we have spent a total of $961 cash, plus 343 on gas credit cards total. It’s very warm & sunny today. It’s after 10PM and the sun is still 2-3 inches over the horizon! Pretty weird! Total miles driven = 3363.
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| Alaskan Pipeline |
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| Kari, John & Susan in Tok, Alaska |
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