Today was the trip to above the Arctic Circle!! A trip I have been wanting to make since I was in Alaska when in the Air Force. Had an opportunity then to go above the Arctic Circle, but could not make the trip then. We traveled the Dalton Highway, also known as "The Haul Road". This is the road featured in "Ice Road Truckers". Much of the road I recognized from the show without the ice and sneaux :-). This was around a 400 mile round trip from North Pole, AK. The road was rough, but found it to be not as bad as others had said. No windshield dings, no flat tires, no major issues. There were a lot of frost heaves, gravel, and clay/dirt stretches. The bridge over the Yukon River was very interesting. ... read more

We loaded up and headed to North Pole today. On the way we did see another moose and red fox. Both were on the move and did not take the time to pose for a photo. We stopped at the Delta Meat Market and sampled elk sausage, buffalo sausage, and other. We bought some ground buffalo to make some "finger food" one night. We stopped in Delta Junction, the northern end of the Alcan Highway for some photo's. Arrived at SantaLand RV Park in North Pole. Really enjoy this park, it has a Santa theme complete with a HUGE Santa at the front, each street name after reindeer, each hookup has a sneauxman, elves abound around the park, and the trees are trimmed with lights. The park is next door to Santa's summer home here in ... read more

Went to the gift shops and came back to the RV park as I (Shelby T) got a little nauseated. All got better and we had a WONDERFUL steak dinner (cooked on the "Smokey Joe")with salad and baked potato at our motorhome. Dessert was ice cream with OREO cookies. Aleta was taking pictures without a flash at 12:00PM outside the motorhome. Plans are to ride to Chicken, AK tomorrow.... read more

Pulled out and headed north. Saw a total of three black bear today, a ram, and a herd of buffalo. We had lunch at Kathy's Kitchen - cheeseburger and fries. Saw the signpost forest. Stopped in Whitehorse, YT. fueled up, and spent the night at the Airport Chalet parking lot.... read more

Traveled on to Toad River. One thing I have noticed, each small community such as Toad River has their own electricity generator to power the small community. Got to the park early, short pull today as the last two days have been in excess of 450 miles and need a little rest. Got settled in had dinner of Hamburger Helper, biscuits, and baby lima beans prepared by Aleta and Jack. Park has free firewood, so we built a fire in the fire ring at the site. While sitting out by the fire and looking at the lake/marsh we saw one moose which by the time we went in had became three moose. One cow, one yearling, and one small bull. The bull had a very small rack. They were to far away to get good photos ... read more