Alaska at Last

I made it into Alaska night before last and stopped in a rest area just outside the town of Tok.  The roads in the upper Yukon were horrible and seem to get worse every year.  The last 100 miles are done at about 35 mph due to potholes, swells in the road and gravel roads.  However, the scenery in northern Yukon makes up for the roads. There are as many rivers and lakes as you can imagine and the Wrangell-St. Elias mountains are unbelievable. These mountains separate Alaska from Canada, and the only way into Alaska is to  go around them to the north.   The Wrangell-St. Elias National park is little known and is the largest of all US parks.  It's 6 times the size of Yellowstone and is mostly non-accessible except from a distance.

Yesterday made it on into Anchorage and parked in the City lot next to the train station for the night.  I can get Internet here so it gives me a chance to check on the online classes I'm teaching  I was also able to visit one of my favorite places in Alaska...The Great Alaskan Ale House...aka Humpy's.
The weather is great...high 40s at night low 60s in the daytime.  The sun rises around 4:30 am and is setting around 11:00 pm, but that will change in June as the days will get even longer.

Grizzly

  My plan for today is to drive on down to the Kenai Peninsula to Soldotna where I will  stay for most of the summer.So...Stay Tuned 

Change in plans...I have to wait until tomorrow to have someone look at the breaks on "The Goose".