Saturday, August 1, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Day 2 - Followed the pipeline along the Dalton Highway right to it's
origination in Deadhorse Camp in Prudhoe Bay at the Arctic Ocean.
We spotted several different types of wildlife along the highway and
in the camp. The landscape changes from the steep rocky slopes and
glacier carved valleys of the Brook Range to the North Slope, where
only tough ground hugging plants can survive the frozen ground, frigid
temperatures and icy winds.
This far north the sun never sets from May 10th to August 2nd. Good
thing! We had another flat tire that had to be changed on the narrow
gravel road at 1:00 A.M. with
18 wheel trucks whizzing by.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Day 1 - Left Fairbanks to travel the primitive 414 mile Haul Road,
also known as the Dalton Highway.
Before stopping for the night at the Marion Creek Campground, we past
the Arctic Circle at milepost 115 and a local artist at the Yukon
River Camp.
Forest fires continue to fill the air with smoke.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
The campus is quite an impressive skyline site when entering Fairbanks
from the south.
We hiked a trail that is used by the University of Alaska at Fairbanks
for research and experimentation.
While walking, we heard a strange humming for several minutes that
sounded like a low key air raid siren before encountering a huge
parabolic dish antenna.
KC and I thought the dish was used for directing a Martian landing; it
actually is used for receiving signals from earth observing satelites.
Friday, July 24, 2009
1991 to 2009
MAY HE REST IN PEACE
HE PROVED TO BE A SEASONED TRAVELER
Cremation:
Mt. McKinley Animal Hospital
Fairbanks, Alaska
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Today we drove from Brushkana Creek to Cantwell to Fairbanks, via the
Parks Highway.
After ordering a spare tire and rim, we returned to Brushkana Creek
via the Richardson Highway to the DenaHighway, only this time we did
not have the trailer.
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