3,721... N.B.D.

So... I am going to try this... my internet has sucked as of late, and I just haven't had a lot of time to sit down and write this, and if all goes according to plan, upload some photos for ya.

I sat in a car for a long time. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,721 miles. I drove up with some cool cats by the name of Mandy and Chris. Mandy already posted about it here.

A) Salt Lake City

B) Bend, OR
C) Portland, OR
D) Olympia, WA
E) Quesnel, BC, Canada
F) Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
G) Liard Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada
H) Teslin, Yukon Territory, Canada
I) Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
J) Tok, AK
K) Mile 228.5 Parks Highway, Alaska

We did it in 7 days, and stopped by some rad places. We saw a wolf, buffalo, caribou, moose, black bears, grizzly bears, rams, mountains, snow, trees, rivers, check engine lights, hot springs, and non-caffienated Mountain Dew (seriously Canada...WTF!). Oh yeah, and despite what you have ever heard, those Canadians are some super nice folks.

Before... Excited!


The Portland Stop:
Canada:After... Still smiling!

Now I am in Alaska, it is beautiful. Amazingly beautiful. My 10 mile commute to work is probably the most scenic commute EVER!!! We are experiencing warmer and sunnier than usual days. It has been sunny and in the 70s for the last week. I work at a coffee shop, as a barista. It is rad. Both the coffee shop and being a barista.

I live in a little 8x10ish cabin. It is pretty cozy.

The above photo is about 15 minutes from my cabin.

The days are super long. I think that I used my headlamp 3 times when we first got here, but have not used it in weeks. The sunsets are around midnight right now, but it never really gets dark. I still wake up at 4am thinking I am late for work, cause it is so light outside.

I made Jeff King a latte the other day, he has won the Iditarod 4 times. I had an autographed photo of him on my wall when I was young.

I went on a hike a couple days ago and saw 4 bears, these two were just chilling and screwing around. They would run up this snow patch, and then roll/slide/fall down it, and then they would chase each other around.

No Big Deal.