The Rich Journey: Evening Day 6 In Alaska

WowI have gone a long ways since my last post. Last post was Watson Lake in the Yukon. Watson lake has something called the signpost forest. A sign was posted there in 1942 and since then it has become a tradition to allow anyone to post there own sign from where they are from. There are literally thousands of Posts with approximately 72 Thousand signs. I plan to post one on my way back home.
I stopped in a little town of Teslin Yukon and saw a very interesting Indian museum. I would like to share some pictures from these two places but I unfortunately lost (misplaced I hope) the memory card with these photos.( lost my Memory :) ) That really bugged me until I decided that it wasn't that big of a deal. If I don't find it I will be going back that way in a few weeks. Besides its just pictures.
I planed to stop short of Alaska yesterday but My GPS took me lead me to a place that wasn't there. Being this far north it stays light much later so kept driving. I hit Alaska at 10:45 PM and the sun looked to be still an hour above the horizon! I took some pictures at around 11PM while it was still light. Very cool! I did stop and go to sleep around 11:30 even though it was still light.
This morning I saw a huge mosquito the size of a man!(see the picture) I stopped at the north pole and ended up in Fairbanks. Fairbanks has a very nice Pioneer Park with free museums and displays. You can go on an old stern wheeler. See old mining stuff. an airplane museum and much more.

I traveled 606 miles yesterday and 227 today. So far I traveled 2592 miles. I'm glad to have paid only 3.93 for gas. I had to pay up to 5.51 in Canada. It's also good to make contact with some friends and family back home.
Tomorrow I start up the Dalton Highway toward the Arctic. This could be a 4 day trip.Until next time, enjoy your own journeys, I will enjoy mine.