28 May – Fairbanks to the Canadian border.

When we woke up, there was another ToyHouse parked beside us.  This looked to be about an 89 – 90 Seabreeze. It had Alaska tags and the owners slept in, I was going to leave a not on their window but didn’t think about it until after we had left the lot.

 

(NOTE – We seen another ToyHouse heading north about noon, about 50 miles south of Fairbanks)

Jodie wanted to return to her favorite breakfasts place, “Sourdough Cafe”, so we stopped in there before heading out of Fairbanks.

We jumped on the Richardson (AK-2) and started south. We passed through the town of “North Pole”. Obviously this isn’t “the North Pole” but this town is famous every year for being able to deliver Santa and all his toys from the North Pole.  We didn’t think of it at the time, but this would have been a good opportunity to mail some post cards to get that infamous “North Pole” mail cancellation on them :-).  Put that on the list for next time.

Farther down the road at Delta Junction, we filled up the tank. They were having their Memorial Day celebration and we caught the horse drawn wagon as it passed the gas station.

Delta Junction is the official end (or beginning of your heading south) of the Alaska Highway, So this is where we officially start on the Alcan.

We hadn’t seen this section of the Alcan yet as we took a different rout when we were traveling north.

Traveling south of Delta Junction, we passed over the Richardson River. It still had ice 10 ft thick and as blue as could be.  Farther down the road we stopped for a Moose who was eating beside the road.  This one wasn’t spooked and stayed right there, less that 15 ft from the Toyhouse as we were able to snap a couple photos.

We stopped for the night at an RV Camp “Border City Lodge”. We’ll top of the fuel tanks in the morning before proceeding into Canada.

Hopefully, we’ll see a little “Dark” tonight.

Trip Odometer 6,285 miles

John & Jodie

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2 Responses to 28 May – Fairbanks to the Canadian border.

  1. You seem to be ahead of schedule. I remember you saying you would be putting your feet in the Arctic Ocean on June 1.
    You may not have heard of Billy Connelly, but he described a moose as a big, daft article, which I think is a wonderful expression. (He’s a Scottish/Irish showperson from the British Isles who has a t.v. series about his travels to and across the Northwest Passage).
    It sounds as though you haven’t had much in the way of trouble and we hope it continues that way all the way home!

    Ron ‘n Sue
    Toy-Rig

  2. Murill Halvorson says:

    Waiter,

    This is a wonderful travelog. See a lot more country in an RV than in an Ez.

    Murill

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