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Sunday, September 6, 2009

Finally in Alaska

We made it! We are now in Glennallen, Alaska staying at a little lodge. Our A/C consists of opening the window or turning on the floor fan. Fortunately, it is pretty outside and we don't need air conditioning. We have now been on the road for seven days. We have seen the most beautiful countryside and mountains. Traveling up the Alcan highway was an experience. No cell phones for almost three days and no internet (which is why we haven't blogged). We had to stop for the buffalo in the road and have seen alot of wildlife.
This has been the experience of a lifetime. This trip makes going to my parents house in Oklahoma a short trip! Ed and I have gotten along amazingly well with neither of us ready to kick the other out of the car.
The limousine is definately uncommon. So many people have stopped and taken a picture of the car. Most of them assume we are famous or we are carrying someone famous. They seem a little disappointed when we tell them we are just common folks. One truck passed us and we looked out the window to see two very white human butts staring at us! That was very unexpected. We certainly didn't expect to be mooned on our trip! We stayed in Haines Junction in the Yukon Territory last night. Just as we got in our room, believe it or not, the Alabama game came on TV. We were so happy to see the Crimson Tide win their first game.
Food is very expensive now. I guess it takes a lot of $$$ to get it here.
We had our best food to date just as we crossed into Alaska. It was a hamburger and BLT.
We are headed to Anchorage, Alaska tomorrow and will be spending the week there. I have been scoping out what we can do for four days. We leave to come home on Friday. Ed said we are going to try to stay at the Airforce Base in Anchorage.
Hope y'all are enjoying hearing about our travels.
We have enjoyed writing about it.

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