Departed Anchorage after a couple stops to resupply, empty the waste tanks and refill the fresh tank.
Anchorage is surrounded by mountains, Today, it was warm, dry, and dusty. If I had just woke up and didn’t know where I was, I would swear I was in Southern Calif, say around Burbank. Same kind of people atmosphere.
Anyway, we’re driving north on AK-1 toward Palmer, Jodie needed to stop at the Post office for stamps and mail cards. Right across the street from the post office was the “King of Donuts”. Well, we’ll need to check out this claim!!. Sure enough, we walked out of there with 1/2 dozen, and an espresso for Jodie and a carton of milk for me. Yup, these were good donuts 🙂
I’ve been told by many that its rare to see Denali on a clear cloudless sky, so I guess we are very fortunate. Look at the picture on the right. This cloud is actually east of Denali and you could see snow coming out of it. This cloud is caused by Denali.
We headed north toward Fairbanks, with a few stops at /view Denali (Mt McKinley) Fortunately, the weather was absolutely beautiful, and just a few clouds in the sky.
Farther north near Fairbanks, Jodie and I switched driving. 30 minutes after she took the wheel, she had to do a panic stop when a huge moose came strolling out of the woods and started walking down the road about 50 ft in front of us. He turned and gave Jodie a dirty look and slowly wondered in front of us and down into the woods on the other side of the road. I could hear him mumbling under moose breath; “Damn Tourist”
When we got into Fairbanks, we decided to stop and eat before settling down. A place called Airport Way Restaurant on Airport Way, good prime rib and good halibut. (Expensive – but everything is expensive here!!)
Oh yah, Gas was $4.19 in Anchorage and Fairbanks.
We pulled into a nice Campground for the night – Tanana Valley Campground and RV Park. 
$26 for the night with electric, showers, etc. They also run several tours. Check them out at:
http://fairbankscampgroundandrvpark.com/
I think we’re far enough north again that it won’t get dark after the sun sets. I’ll let you know tomorrow.
Fairbanks Sunrise > 4:02am Sunset > 11:32pm
Mileage > 416 15.1 mpg
JOhn & Jodie