Delta Junction, AK around 7pm. Odometer 131971. Trip 3853. Smith's Green Acres Campground. Left camp around 7:30 am just after FaceTime with Brooke and Addie. I'm looking for a moose for Addie.
Fairbanks, AK. Odometer 132079. Trip 3971 10:00am. Jiffy Lube and then fuel. 18.802 gal. $3.989/gal. $75.
Afternoon delight at Chena Hot Springs.
Dinner at The Silver Gulch at Fox.
Hill Top. Gas fill to start on the Dalton Highway towards Prudoe Bay.
Odometer 132209. Trip 4102. 13.549 gal. $3.959/gal. $53.64.
Livingood, AK. 6/9/2014. 11:00pm. Odometer 132379. Slept on the side of the road on the Dalton Hwy. I was awake until 1:30 or later killing mosquitos. John started driving at 5:00 am
Coldfoot, AK. 6/10/2014. Odometer 132448. Trip 4340. 1:50pm. 17.895 gal. $5.199/gal. $93.04
Galbraith, AK. 6/10/2014. Camping. Odometer 132552. Trip 4444. Mile 274 of the Dalton Hwy.
6/11/2014 left camp around 6:00 am. Had the best nights sleep of almost 7 hours. Drove down the road for 7 miles and made coffee. While we were sitting in the van an Alaskan Hwy guy told us that the area is working with pilot cars and he offered to escort us now in stead of waiting for the next pilot car. It was nice following a local through the construction zone, fog, and rain.
Prudoe Bay, AK. 12:00 pm. Odometer 132698. Trip 4590 22.573 gal. $5.510/ gal. $124.38. Odometer 132704. Trip 4596. 2.987 gal. $5.510/ gal. $16.46.
Tour at 3:30.
Left Prudoe Bay after the 2 hour tour and returned to Galbraith at 10:00pm.
Odometer 132852. Trip 4745.
Leaving Galbraith at 6/12/2014 at 6:30 am. Elevation is 2882 ft.
Stopped in Wiseman for gift shopping and photos.
Coldfoot, AK 12:00pm. Odometer 132963. Trip 4855. 32.709 gal. $5.19/gal. $123.24
Lunch at the cafe. Met Barb and David, tour guides. They recommended routes and sights for the next 12 days.
(Manly Springs and Denali Hwy.)
Fairbanks, AK returned 6/12/2014 at 10:30 pm. Odometer 133217. Trip 5110. 21.420 gal. $3.779/ gal. $80.95.
More gas at Fairbanks, AK. Odometer 133260. Trip 5152. 3.426 gal. $3.799\ gal. $13.02. Met David and Cathy Mackey. Ididterod champion
Hoodoos Brewery and local fajitas
6/14/2014 spent the day at the Fairbanks Farmers Market. Bought a lot of gifts and sent them home spending $35.00 on postage. Birthdays and Christmas will be so much fun. I took pictures of all the artists and their creations of my purchases.
Leaving Fairbanks, AK, June 14,2014 at 2 pm. Odometer 133296. Trip 5189. 5.017 gal. $3.819/gal. $19.16
6/14/2014 camping at Healy, AK, on the Parks Hwy. just before Denali NP. Odometer 133411. Trip 5304
49th State Brewery. Salmon Bake restaurant and bar. Great local folk music and dancing. Met Sam from Ny moving to England to get married. Met Jackson who graduated from Gonzaga and is working on the train this summer.
Into the Wild bus that Christopher McCandless found, lived, and died in. The stampede trail is near by and Sam plns to hike todAy and tomorrow.
6/15/2014 drove the Denali Hwy... 135 miles of grueling gravel. 8 hours. Started on the Richardson Hwy towards Valdez. Paxton Lake BLM Campground for $6.00. No services. Cooked sweet corn and hotdogs.
16/2014 leaving camp At 7:00 am
Odometer 133597. Trip 5490. Need fuel. The generator stopped when heating water for coffee.
Meier's Roadhouse at mile 170 Richardson Hwy. odometer 133605. Trip 5497.
10 gal. $5.10/gal. $51. Robert Abell pumped the gas. Took a picture of him and John. Picture of Orthodox Church that Robert preachers at. Purchased dream catchers, wooden puzzles, and wooden ornaments.
Copper Center. Odometer 133660. Trip 5552. 19.277 gal. $4.41/gal. $85.19. 6/16/2014 at 9:39 am
Valdez Odometer 133780. Trip 5673. Arrived 6/16/2014. Left 6/19/2014. Paddle board, biked, Lu Lu Belle Glacier and wildlife cruise, ate at the Fat Mermaid.
6/19/2014. 1:20 pm. The Hub of Alaska at Glennallen
Odometer 133909. Trip 5801. 20.623 gal. $4.46/gal. $92.16
Lake Louise, AK, 20 miles north of the Glenn Highway. Odometer 133950. Trip 5844. No services. Cooked halibut on the fire pit. Paddled on the large, clear, cold lake. Lots of mosquitoes. 52 degrees in the vansion, in the morning.
6/20/2014, 6:12 am leaving camp and heading towards Palmer on the Glenn Hwy.
Palmer, AK, 11:50 am on 6/20/2014. Just after visiting the Musk Ox Farm. Odometer 134082. Trip 5974. 14.503 gal. $4.06/gal. $59.01.
Anchorage, AK, 1:30 pm on 6/20/2014. Odometer134120. Trip 6022. Ship creek RV Park.
6/21/2014 anchorage farms market.
Russian Evangelical Baptist Church in Wassilla.
Leaving Anchorage. 6/22/2014. 9:15 am. Sam's Club Gas
Odometer 134141. Trip 6033. 5.01 gal. $3.929/gal $19.68
Arrived at Talkeetna 6/22/2014 about 2:00 pm. Odometer 134258. Trip 6151. Camping at Talkeetna Camper Park. Felix from Sam's Club Gas Station in Anchorage suggested Ziplining so that is what we will do at 8:00 am tomorrow morning. When walking the 1/2 mile to the town center we signed up to jet boat tomorrow at 2:00 pm. We fun fun walking through the village and taking silly pictures. Made it to the Susistna River and saw Denali.
Leaving Talkeetna and starting north on the Parks Hwy. 6/23/2014 at 5:40 pm
Odometer 134274. Trip 6166. 9.896 gal. $4.179/gal. $41.36
Stopped along the way to see Mt. McKinley but it was behind clouds. Cooked left overs at the North State Park look out area. We hung around for about an hour.
Arrived at Cantwell RV Camp around 9:30 pm. Just in time to take a a shower. It will be the last one until Friday after we leave Denali.
6/24/2014 Arrived at Denali around 8:30 am on 6/24/2014. Arrived At Teklanika around 11:30 am.
Odometer 134444. Trip 6338.
Hung around camp. Ranger talk at 7:30. Jessica was the ranger.
6/25/2014 at 8:55 bus ride to the end of the road, Kantishna. Saw mouse bulls and cows.
Cooked smoked salmon chowder for dinner.
6/25/2014 9:00 am Rosie started the Discovery Strenuous hike. Jessica was the Ranger. Andre and Denise from Germany and Jill from Chicago. ( BA from North Michigan and MA from Boston, now an athletic trainer for Johnston University.)
Record rain fall in Denali. Teklanika River has record amount of water. The stream we were going to walk through was too high to make it to the cathedral mountains. Went an alternate route.
Saw a few variety of small tundra flowers. Lapland Diapensia. Dwarf Dogwood. For get me nots. Moss Campion. Dwarf fireweed.
The Hike was pretty strenuous for me, but I'm glad I did it. I sat high on the soft tundra while the younger folks forged higher ahead. They didn't make it to the summit. It was very rocky and steep. I fell good doing what I did.
We saw bear on the bus ride to and from the hike. The mama bear was nursing her 2 cubs. What a treat!
Returned to camp around 6:30 pm
Left camp. 6/27/2014. 7:30 am. Showered and did laundry near the exit of the park. On the road to go south at 12:45 pm. Did a little internet while waiting for the laundry and called mom and Luke.
Talkeetna Visitor Center. 6/27/2014 at 4:00 pm. Odometer 134614. Trip 6506. Gas partial fill. 15.488 gal. $4.179/gal. $64.72.
Alaskan Trails RV and Camper Park in Wasilla, AK 6/27/2014 at 5:00 pm. Odometer 134678. Trip 6570. Left camp at 6:30am on 6/28/2014
Anchorage. Saturday morning 6/28/2014 at 9:01. Odometer 134722. Trip 6615. 22.659 gal. $3.979/ gal. $90.16.
Seward 6/28/2014 arrived around 5:00 pm. Odometer 134668. Trip 6551. Camping at Stoney Creek RV Camp for 2 nights.
Seward 6/29/2014 at 6:05 pm. Odometer 134920. Trip 6813. 17.293 gal. $4.49/gal. $77.11.
Leaving camp 6/30/2014 at 8:15 am odometer 134926. Trip 6819. Heading to Cooper Landing to see the bears.
Cooks Corner 6/30/2014 at 12:36 pm. Odometer 135014. Trip 6906. 6.614 gal. $4.49/gal. $29.29.
Homer Spit. 6/30/2014 at 4:00pm. Odometer 135106. Trip 6999. Camping at Homer Spit Camp for 3 nights.
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