I cannot begin to describe the scenery and pictures do not do justice. It is normal to climb a thousand feet or more and then right back down. Sometimes straight, sometimes around curves. One time I did manage to get it up to 50 on the road but most times it was about 30 going downhill and on the flats. Many hills I had to pull it down in first gear. From the Arctic Circle to Fairbanks it took us 6.5 hours to drive 186 mile. I had enough of this road so I was not even tempted to drive to Prudhoe Bay which is 400 hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle. We found a tire store in Fairbanks, to get another spare but they could not mount it before closing time so we are camping in Fairbanks tonight. Our last adventure in Alaska will be to drive to Chicken and then across the border to Dawson City via “The Top of The World Highway” which consists of another 70+ mile stretch of dirt road.
We met a guy today from Germany on the Dalton Highway who 1&1/2 years ago shipped a brand new motorcycle to Argentina and flew there, drove as far south as he could and then drove to the Arctic Circle for a total of 40,000 miles. He found someone in Anchorage who will buy his bike if he can get the paper work. He will then fly home. If he can’t get the paper work he will drive to the east coast and ship the bike home and then fly home. We have met many very interesting people from all parts of the world.
Airplanes are more important then vehicles.
Fireweed is the first plant to grow after a forest fire
Scenery - Do you see the road?
After enduring 4.5 hours of dirt road we have arrived.
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