Wednesday, May 24, 2017 Temp: 43 degrees States Today: Alaska Saying for the day: When God wants you to grow, he makes you uncomfortable. An exciting day in store for us today, we head to the Arctic Circle; we will fly up and be driven back. At 12:30 the airport van picks us up and takes us to the small airplane part of the Int'l Alaska Airport. We got checked in with the others going too and took off in a twin engine, 9 seater Piper plane. Our hour and 15 m...

Temp: 45 degrees High: 56 degrees Partly Sunny Day States Today: Alaska Saying for the day: The most romantic love story isn't Romeo and Juliet who died together, it’s Grandpa and Grandma who grew old together. We visited this morning with some friends we met in Whitehorse and who are following pretty much, our same route. They left today for Denali, we’ll leave for Denali on Saturday. Made reservations for a Steamboat ride on the Chena River a...

Temp: 45 degrees High 58 rainy States Today: Alaska Alaska Facts! Rivers and Lakes. Alaska has more than 40% of the nation's surface water resources including over 12,000 rivers, 3 millions lakes greater than 5 acres and numerous creeks and ponds. Saying for the day: Discipline is doing what needs to be done, even if you don't want to do it. Rain all day long but we went to the Visitor's Center and enjoyed all of the history and visuals they had to offer. Lots of...

Miles to this Stop: 209 Time Leaving: 8:00 a.m. Temp: 41 High 64 Sunny Afternoon States Today: Alaska Accrued miles to Date: 4,762 Hours moving in seats: 89 hours 42 minutes Saying for the day: Sometimes the person who has been there for everyone else needs someone to be there for them. You'll note we had no blog for yesterday. The only thing we really did that was constructive for the day was to fill up with propane, do a little walking, and wash the trail...

Time Leaving: 7:20 a.m. Temp.: 35 High 62 Miles today: 435 States/Territory Today: Yukon and ALASKA! Accrued miles to Date: 4538 Saying for the day: If a door closes, quit banging on it, maybe it closed because you are worth so much more than what's on the other side. Leaving a bit earlier today, as we have a few more miles to go. We decided to go on to Alaska today. The snow covered mountains in the distance with the cloud formations hovering above them l...