Our LAST Stretch

 We got an early start this morning. With this being out last stretch and having 14 hours of driving, we need to get on the road.

The fog was horrendous! We couldn't see more than 20 ft ahead of us. It was so bad that we slowed down and I got thinking, are we headed in the wrong direction? Jed said he hasn't seen any cars on the road since we took the junction turn. 

Oh great, we both got worried. Knowing that our GPS doesn't work and it's miles before the next town, I started planning how I was going to die. they say when you freeze to death you die in your sleep. Well I didn't necessarily wanted to feel the effects of freezing and remembered that we had night quill. I'll just take that before I actually get too cold. Jed didn't like the plan but we were seriously worried.

Buckshot Betty was the only place open before the Alaskan border. As we approached wanting to use the washroom ( we were still in Canada), Jed asked if we were supposed to buy something here. I told him I hope it's not like Europe where we had to buy something to use the water closet or bano (restroom) Sure enough there was a sign on the door "washroom for customers only". Not knowing when the next stop would be we purchased these sodas. UGH! Well at least we like our soda! 

When we crossed the border into Alaska, a deep sigh of relief was released. We are coming out of the frozen wilderness and into civilization. A big plus that we enjoyed was the price of gas. $4.69/ gallon, heck yes!! Much better than the $7 we have been paying the last two days!

Results of 5 days in a car and stranded for 3 days in a hotel :) 

So we didn't stop at every sign to take a pic. But these were our mile marks of hope and relief.