Alaska

Well I made it to Alaska, I am not to Fairbanks yet, which is where I will be living for the time being, but I am in Tok, which is where there is a junction of a bunch of highways, well two...you can go south to anchorage or north to fairbanks.

I broke down and stayed in a hotel last night, I decided that I was back in the US and that rooms weren't as expensive as in Canada, they weren't but they still aren't that cheap. I can only imagine how high they jack up their prices once it is tourist season.

well the drive has been long, bumpy, and desolate. A lot of the places along the highway are closed for the winter so that means that there are not many people around. I had to pay attention to when the next services would be to make sure that I didn't run out of gas, anytime that I got to around a half tank I had to start thinking of how far it would be to the next place for gas and then I had to guess if they would be open on the winter or not. it was a good thing that I had a book that I friend told me about, it has some advertisments in it along with driving tips and it usually told me which stops were open in the winter. The most I paid for gas was 1.33/liter. I don't know what that equals in gallons I figure I will just think of it this way so I don't have to think about how much it was....that is until I add up my reciepts and start to cry when I realize how much money gas costs me

so seeing a moose was nothing, the day after I saw that I saw, caribou, mountain sheep, bison, coyotes on the road, yes on the road.

well time to get back in the car and finish off the drive.

yes I have taken pictures, but don't know where the cable is for my camera at the current moment