4,757 miles, 7 days of driving 8 days on the road but made it safe to Willow, AK!!
It was a long, stressful yet beautiful drive full of adventure! We saw black bear, grizzly bear, fox, porcupine, bison, deer, moose, and lot of rabbits. The road was horrible in some parts and we had rain every day of the drive. The beauty of the drive made up for all the pot holes and dips and gravel we had to slow down for.
Here are some pictures of the drive, we tried to make the most out of everything we could while keeping good timing with 4 dogs!
Sorry these are not all in order. I do not have quality internet right now so I just wanted to get them all up and posted for you :) I will have more coming from Ibo my friend who drove with me. Also pictures taken while driving were done so by the passenger :)
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| Had the dogs all set up nicely with their own fan. |
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| Susie walking Brutus he did so well with the kids! |
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| Built a fort for Zeke just so he could pop out and destroy it haha |
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| Dog park in Fort Collins, CO |
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| Chase is so amazing with kids! |
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| Zeke got mad when asked who's dog Chase was and he pointed at me and gave me this evil face haha he was mad I was taking Chase away form him. |
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| My nephew is such a goof! |
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| Zeke walking Chase around for me |
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| These three have my heart <3 So thankful I got to see them before they move back to Papua New Guinea |
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| Tucker all loaded down and ready to head out of CO |
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| My handsome man Cole |
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| Truck stop in Wyoming for the dogs. |
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| My beautiful lady amber |
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| Made it to Utah! |
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| Alaska Hwy |
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| Alaska Hwy |
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| So I am fully convinced people can't read in Canada... but it is definitely more likely they have a lot of out of country people travel through. All their sings were pictures, no words= more confusing than it should be. ^^^ means bumps I though it meant groves till we hit the bump haha |
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| Captivating drive |
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| The hills in Canada = 6-10% grades.... weeeeeeeee |
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| After a grueling adventure filled drive through Canada we made it to Alaska! |
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| Canada/Alaska border |
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| These beautiful wildflowers lined the hwy |
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| First stop for the dogs in Iowa |
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| These goof balls kept trying to ride shot gun with me the first 2 days of driving alone |
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| Kearney Nebraska to see a friend! |
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| Dog park in Nebraska spent a few hours catching up with a long time friend!! |
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| Isaiah wanted to play Lego's while I was there... I'm not so talented with them like he is but I had a blast! |
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| Mr. Brutus chilling in the van |
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| Chase wanted to be as close as possible |
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| Backyard view of where we stayed in Utah! |
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| Antelope Island, Utah |
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| Brutus at Antelope Island |
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| Watch out for Bison on Antelope Island |
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| Hiking Antelope Island with the kids :) |
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| Love this! all four dogs getting along so well! Great Salt Lake behind us. Couldn't be happier! |
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| Had to get this for the kids so they could learn what moose look like haha |
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| Felt so good to relax and have a 2nd driver from Utah on up! |
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| Montana Rainbow :) |
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| Rainbow over my kids :) |
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| Montana Sunset |
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| Alberta, Canada sunset |
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| Yup I got lots of weird looks walking 4 dogs at one :) |
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| Information center in Alberta, Canada |
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| Had to make a short stop and get out of the van in Canada |
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| Again not sure why they had a giant beaver coming into town, but it made me laugh. |
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| Information center in Dawson Creek, Mile 0 of Alaska Hwy. They had this map so you could put a pin in where you are from. Ibo was the only one from Turkey and I was the 3rd from WI only from Milwaukee area! |
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| Get the Milepost if you drive the Alaska Hwy... it warns you about the lack of shoulders and the likelihood of rocks falling into the road.... |
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| Historical mile post. |
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| We also saw black bear and moose and more bison.... this was the only one we pulled over to get a picture of haha |
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| My main man Chase :) |
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| Brutus would stare out the window for hours... |
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| Never needed our extra gas so we used it to make it the rest of the way through Canada before filling up |
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| Oh and watch out for random stop lights on the hwy haha |
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| Made it to Deedee's at 2am and I had the greatest welcome ever! Lucy girl came running up and almost plowed me over! |
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| 2 months a part and it felt amazing to see her again she is so happy here and so energetic. Love this pretty old lady :) |
