Happy nine month anniversary!!
Waking up in a bed is always an amazing feeling, waking up sick is not. Got ourselves together went to meet Liz in the office. Got a free cup of coffee and some good stories from the night before.... the real party started when Jimmy and i went to bed apparently. Man we missed some good times!!! On the road again with Liz. She did have to drop us off again while she did some work. This stop wasn't very long though, about 3 miles down the road she picked us up again. This time we were going to have to go pass her boss so we had to ride in the back of the box truck.
It was like we were home again since we lived in one during the winter. :) we all agreed we felt like we were smuggling us across the border. Quite a bumpy ride and this was the paved section of the road. This was entertaining and quite a story to tell later!! Once the coast is clear we are able to hop into the front again. The only bad part about that section is we missed the sign for the Arctic Cricle, Oh shit corner and Finger Mountain... i wanted to rent a car later and go back but Jimmy said absolutely not.
We made a couple more stops but this time her coworkers "know" about us... she calls it a rescue mission. It is kind of hard to answer when people ask why we quit but until you actually try it it's hard to express the intensity. At our last stop Liz had a couple more hours to finish some work so they let us relax in their bunk house (which was huge). A comfy recliner and tv will make anyone feel at home.
Actually driving the Dalton highway really shows me how much i would not want to ride it. We didn't take pictures but here are some from the internet to try to give you an idea of some of the gravel hills we would have to go up and down.... not my idea of fun.
After work and on our way back to Fairbanks we did stop to get a picture of the Dalton Highway sign.... we have officially made it all the way down the Dalton Highway!! Bike or car it is a pretty impressive highway! Liz has seriously been a life saver and really has no idea how much everything she has done for us means to us!!! She will have good karma for the rest of her life!
We have officially made it back to Sven's in Fairbanks.... home sweet home for us! A couples day here to figure out our new plan. Now that we are back has finally stopped having anxiety and maybe can start sleeping again.... i hopefully have ended my mental breakdowns. We will see where our new plans will take us!
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