Day 33
Today we drove from Tok AK to Fairbanks AK. Marcel and Carole led the way, and they led us astray to every food stop along the way; OK so I exaggerate; but we did have a lot of stops and it was a fun and easy drive. The mountain scenery was again very beautiful today - we took lots of pictures at every stop.
One stop was at the Tanana River (and it flows as fast as the Yukon river did) where the Alyeska Pipeline (from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez) crosses the river, it is very impressive.
We reached the end of the Alaska Highway in Delta Junction at mile post 1422. We took pictures and all the guys bought the same ball cap to commemorate the feat.
We also stopped for free ice cream at the Knotty Place; it turned out to be the most expensive free ice cream we ever had ($US37.50) because we could not pass up the great deals in the shop - we all bought jackets.
We stopped at a sausage place and bought and ate Yak meat; Sharon really likes it, so she is eating the rest.
And last but not least just before getting to Fairbanks, we stopped at the North Pole; as we are driving around the three traffic circles (Sharon and I are bringing up the rear today) and as we yield to traffic in the circle we see this old guy in a beat up old Ford pick-up; he has white hair and a big white beard, yep - it was Santa Claus.
We are at the Rivers Edge RV Park it is at N64.83944 W147.83446 - this is the furthest North and the furthest West that we have ever been; we will beat the west record later in Homer but this is the farthest north we will be.
On June 21 in Fairbanks - the sun sets at 12:45 am and rises again at 3 am; tonight it sets at 11:22 pm and will rise at 4:30 am; but, it will still be bright even at 2 am.
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