We made it!!!!! 7-11-08 Day 14 Beaver Creek to Fairbanks

Our motto has been "Alaska or Bust". As you can see from today's pic I'm happy to say we made it. It has been a looooooooong ride but very satisfying to have acheived our goal. The last few hundred miles have shown us the the AlCan has it's moments especially when your in the construction zones and it's raining. Overall the AlCan was not as bad as we had heard but you must be ready to respond to the road conditions especially during the the last 2 -300 miles which includes the first 100 inside Alaska. Gas cost has dropped between .60 and 1.00 here back in the US. We payed anywhere between 5.05 and 6.43 a gallon through Canada with the average being probably 5.60. The first station in Alaska was 4.89. Also oddly, the weather is getting warmer as we come north. Yesterday was 40's and rain, today is fifties and partly sunny and warmed up to the low 70's. We went to dinner in short sleeves when a few day ago we had to wear electric gear! The ladies are flying in tonight and will be here shortly. We will be in Fairbanks for another day or so and then head to Denali Park. The weather is still saying rain for the next 5 days so it looks like the Arctic Circle won't happen. It'll be nice to relax for a few days but that might be to much rain in a row! stay tuned.