7-24-08 Day 27 Anchorage to Tok

Woke up to a surprise. Cold rain. We have breakfast and get on the road. I'm listening to the local radio station and they're talking about a story in todays Anchorage newspaper about how this is the coldest wettest summer on record. Well here's the link. http://www.adn.com/life/story/473786.html No wonder we have a lousy impression of this place. As we head northeast out of Anchorage we have to go through the Wrangell mountain range. The road winds up into the mountains and it's now 37 degrees and raining. We notice that there is fresh snow on the top of the mountains that probably came down last night. We stop for gas and a coffee and we learn from the locals that this first snow is called "termination dust" as it signifies the end of summer. It's only July 24th!!!!!!!!!! We have been using our rain & electric gear for the last 2 weeks nearly every day!! The rest of the day is more of the same and we end the day at a B & B in Tok. Tomorrow we go to Whitehorse and this is the section of the AlCan with the worst roads. Hopefully this time it won't be in the pouring rain!