New job starts tomorrow!

Thats about all i have to say about that. It snowed today and I saw a moose. Its pretty sweet to be able to watch nfl football as soon as you wake up and then still have 4 hours til bed when the last game ends.

Made it to Anchorage!!

Obviously the roads werent plowed at all in the morning and it was totally dark still. We left our barnshed motel room and headed for anchorage. It was a long drive. When the sun finally came up there was some awesome views. Drove by a glacier. Got into Anchorage around 230 pm. Holy balls I never wanna sit in that jeep again. Whoever says driving across the country and or driving the Alcan hwy is an adventure is wrong Its an endurance test 11 days of driving 10 to 12 hours a day The last three days were some of the best scenery of the trip but I was so over being in the car I didn't even care what was out the window At least I got some sweet pictures If I ever move back east I will definitely be shipping my crap or throwing it all away.....Now its time to find a place to live...

Snowstorm. F%*#!

Ahh The old welcome-to-alaska-heres-a-snowstorm-how-do-you-like-that dick punch. Ate dinner at fast eddys in tok. I was determined to get to Anchorage tonight. Left town. Got about 20 miles away and it started snowing. Great. I figured it was just flurries and it would pass, but as we drove on it got heavier and deeper. Finally we got to some town with a motel. Obviously the cell phone internet didnt work here and they didnt know when it was supposed to stop snowing. So what else can you do besides get a room and try again in the morning...

Made it to Alaska!!

Yesterday we drove through some really awesome scenery and saw a ton of wildlife. Three Girzzly bears, caribou, Bison, and big horn sheep. Found a lake that was frozen enough to walk on. Was trying to make it to whitehorse last night but only got to Teslin due to heavy winds, broken spirits and the general scariness of driving the Alcan at night.

Got some Tim Hortons for breakfast and headed towards the border. The road had a fresh coating of snow most of the way which just adds to the challenge of driving a minimally maintained, frost heave full, narrow hilly windy road. As we crossed into Alaska and passed through the border I think so of the levity of this hit me. Ul until now it kinda just seemed like. Road trip. But seeing the sun going down over snow frosted birch and pines I thought to myself. "Holy crap I live here now!". About 45 miles to go until Tok. I'm fairly certain that we will make it to Anchorage late tonight. ..

Thats all for now.

I Don't wanna wait. For our lives to be over...

Drove through Dawson Creek today. Was hoping to get a picture with Katie Holmes but apparently its not the same town as the tv show. Drove over the Canadian Rockies this morning with a fresh coating of snow on the ground. It was pretty scenic. However it seems like every road in Canada is under construction and we had a couple lengthy delays....sucktown.

Tonight I saw the aurora for the first time ever!! It was awesome even though it wasn't that bright. I've got to say driving the Alcan at night with the aurora dancing in front of you is pretty amazing. We also saw about a dozen moose, 5 of which were roadkill.

Sidenote. Canada loves Boston Pixza. Every town we come to has one. so we decided to stop for lunch today. It was decent. The funny thing is, the only thing near the hotel were staying at tonight was Boston Pizza. I'm pretty sure I can say I've never eaten at the same restaurant chain twice in one day. Let alone the same restaurant chain on the same road 200 miles apart.

Ps-i finally figured out how to post pictres to blog via phone. Enjoy!

Holy crap when will this drive end!?

1713 miles to go and i've been driving for a week straight. Yesterday we drove and saw some actual wildlife! Saw some bald eagles, a bighorn sheep that was just chillin on the side of the road and an elk that we almost hit. We stopped at a gas station andgot pickle flavored doritoes And some canadian imitation cheetoes that tasted like mold. At least I have someone to split the drive time now. B well see how far we get today, maybe camping out in the cold tonight.

Cache Creek

Left rainy Seattle yesterday, picked up Johnnie Walker from the airport and headed north. Got to the Canadian Border and they tore apart my jeep and trailer because we might have been runnin huge amounts of meth into Canada, an apparently you'll go to jail for a long time if you try that. After getting lost in Vancouver we finally made it to my friends house. We took the subway to downtown vancouver to get pizza for dinner. Its a cool town. As we were walking down the street some guys in Canucks jerseys were coming the other way holding/drinking beers. I asked if Vancouver had open container laws. My friend said yes thry do. I guess if youre wearing a hockey jersey you are exempt from that rule. After some pizza and wine we headed back to my friend house I was exhausted.