Sept. 12 – YT, Canada/AK
Day 42 – Our last day on the Alaska Highway. We decided it would be nice for us to find a place to shower up since we haven’t showered since we left Salt Lake City. It’s not that we are trying to go all natural or anything – just the campgrounds that we have been staying at have not had showers or any water facilities. We didn’t want to offend my Aunt and her family arriving with five days of dirt and grime on us. It felt really good to shower! And our drive continued and we successfully crossed the boarder into the states again with no problems at all, some of the nicest boarder guards we have met. There is something comforting about all of a sudden driving in your home country – even though Canada isn’t that different with driving. I also noticed that in Canada we never saw a mounty or anything – and you could tell because no one went the speed limit. Once we were in AK for a few hours I had already spotted two highway troopers. We arrived just in time for dinner at my aunt’s house in Fairbanks – well planned huh?
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Wow, that’s so weird that you didn’t see a mountie. Normally they’re everywhere – patrolling the highways on horseback. Although in the winter they have to ride polar bears because the horses can’t survive the cold with their short hair. Maybe you weren’t expecting this and thus missed out on hundreds of passing polar bear mounted police officers.
Better luck next time.