Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay AK

[bob n pam]

Holy Cow!!! We made it to Prudhoe Bay yesterday and the inside of the rig looked like we had taken a knock down. Luckily all the cabinet straps kept the doors closed or we would have had real mess. Bob just finished screwing the table to the floor to keep it still on the way back. According to the Alaska government road conditions website the last 25 or so miles on the Dalton Highway were supposed to be "good", but, let me tell you, they were sorely mistaken. It was so rough that the light bulb in the table lamp unscrewed itself, hopped onto the floor, didn't break and left the shade on the lamp! The drive up was so very interesting and beautiful. Wilderness as far as the eye can see and then more wilderness. Boreal forest giving way to mountains, giving way to tundra, and then to the Artic Plain.

We take the oilfield tour to the Arctic Ocean today and they have had Polar Bears at the ocean, so hopefully we'll see them.

Happy eyes!!

Pam

[adelmoll]

OMG. I can't believe you took the tana all the way. We had a hard time doing it with just the truck. Congratulations.

Helen

[bob n pam]

Helen, as you'll see in our story under "repairs and service" we took more than a knockdown on the way up. With all that, we are still very glad we came. Such an interesting and unusual place from where most of us live and work. We found the people here to be so friendly and helpful even though they are in no way set up to be an RV destination or tourist spot. We had several people ask us "What in the world made you want to come to Prudhoe Bay?" Our answer, of course, was because we wanted to see it!!

Pam

[dsprik]

So, Pam... do you guys now hold the Guinness World Record for the furthest north any Montana has ever been??? Should have contacted The History Channel. They may have wanted to send a camera crew with you...

[bob n pam]

David, what a good idea! They could have paid for the repair to the rig!! For what this leg of the trip has cost us we are going to be boondocking for the rest of our lives!!

Pam