Driving the Dalton, A Photo Essay

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June 7th 2016

Published: June 14th 2016

After driving up the Dalton, we had to drive back down. I took a photo every 20 minutes or so. The absolute highlight was seeing muskoxen! We had been told by St. Louis and a construction worker that they were around, but never expected to see them. We did!

We did not lose a tire or have any major issues, but the alignment is going to need to be checked, as are the brakes. Jeff washed the Jeep three times and still didn't get it clean. Yikes!

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Welcome to my travel blog! My husband Jeff and I waited six years after getting married before taking a vacation. It might have had something to do with being poor graduate students, or perhaps that we drove a 1991 Geo Metro. Anyway, we've tried to make up for it since. By the end of August 2008, he and I had been in the 48 contiguous states, as well as Hawaii. Along the way, we added Liam (2004) and Cole (2006), who had seen 47 and 46 states, respectively, by the end of October 2008. Eventually, we hope to travel outside of the United States. While we adore Canada, it barely counts as a... full info

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