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. 

On the toad again with WILDLIFE

I got a little car sick with all the curves in the road and close my eyes only to hear Jed yell, 'that's a big ram!' I hurried and got the camera out and we were able to take a pic right by the side of our car. We were both surprised that he didn't even get spooked as we drove closer and snapped a shot of him. We figured he was eating the salt/gravel on the road.

Headed down the road again and closed my eyes to hear Jed yell, 'Thats a moose! That's a big moose!' (on the iPod it auto corrected me and it now says, thats Abigail moose!) We named her Abigail. We tried our hardest to get a pic up close but she was on the move and so were we. 

 Its was only 9am and we have already had an eventful day. Wonder what else we might find...... 

Tons of buffalo on the side of the road! I got scared taking this picture because he kept coming closer to the car and I was afraid he would charge. :( So Jed took over and was having a hay day!

We would find groups of buffalo every 10 miles. I guess they had a conference or something that required a big gathering. Ill admit. It was pretty cool to see them close up and personal. Totally better then the dead zoo. (thanks Jaeger for letting Jed and I come with you to the dead zoo aka Cabela's)

 Jed said he wanted to get out and slap the buffalo on the rear end. Why? "Because its cool" Lame.
I told Jed if he did that I would leave him here. He's funny. 

This is my favorite wildlife that Ive seen thus far!!! Its so cute and cuddly! I want to keep it! 

Jed was super happy to finally see moose! Good moose! So we stopped and took some pics. 

On the TOAD again ...

 Just wanted to shout out to Ali for getting us the best treats ever for our trip! Spicy crackers for Jed and 4 boxes of Gobstoppers for me!! ( I told Ali they were my "stay awake" treat on long road trips) 5 days of traveling totally requires 4 boxes!!!

 We were so happy to start are car this morning and get back on the road. It was a pretty start as we drove through the mountains while the sun rose. Evergreen trees as far as the eye can see. As we were driving we thought there was a big ice chunk that had fallen off a semi in the middle of the road. As we got closer we soon realized that it was a ptarmigan and it was too late and we ran over it. oops!

 This little car has served this ambitious amateur well. It has been to Canada 5 times. Back and forth from Illinois and Idaho several times. Countless trips to Utah and back. A few roundtrips to Seattle. All around the Midwest states, including a temporary stay in Oklahoma, and now all the way to Alaska. It would of gone with me to Europe and Africa but unfortunately, she is like her owner and doesn't know how to swim. Dreams are made possible if you own a Grand Prix. 

 We were both amazed at how beautiful it was! We drove in silence for a good portion of the day just enjoying the scenery. It really was a winter wonderland. 

Good thing we both were watching the road as we rolled into Whitehorse YT late this evening. As the night was creeping in it go harder to see the wildlife. We came around the corner and I saw a moose, a moose in the middle of the road, right in front of us!! Jed told me before not to scream because that would make him nervous and react wrong, so I calmly said 10 times moose, moose, moose, moose, moose, MOOSE, MOOSE! Wow we were lucky that we didn't hit it. The crazy thing was it just slowly walked out out our way, not spooked at all, after we were stopped right in front of it. Crazy scary!

One of the ladies I work with told Jed and I the other day that up here there isn't traffic jams, they are moose jams. Its not uncommon for a moose to wonder on the big highways here in a big city. Weird!