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We Made It!

It’s official - we made it to Alaska! The drive was long (approximately 3100 miles) but so beautiful and totally worth it. The views were amazing on their own; coupled with wildlife sightings, it was a totally awesome experience. picture

Everyone (fur babies included) traveled well. I was a bit surprised to find that our cat, Chihiro, was a better traveler than Maya. Chihiro would find a spot on a pillow or blanket and would snooze, meanwhile Maya (being a little bit nervous) stood almost the entire ride with her head on the center console. Raven earned the expert traveler award - as soon as we got in the car she would fall asleep and not move until we reached our destination that evening.

Our drive consisted of five days of travel, with anywhere between 10 and 12 hours of total trip time per day. It was pretty easy going all things considered, and we didn’t have any major issues along the way. Overall - a nice drive. It was long, but a fun adventure.

I’ve captured a few highlight pictures from the trip, and posted them below :-)

picture The BATMobile is packed up and ready to go! We didn’t have much room to spare.

picture “Where are we going, guys?!”

picture Chihiro’s first long car ride ever.

picture The napping spot…

picture Beautiful Wyoming.

picture Our stop at the visitor center right after the US/Canadian border.

picture Totoro the travel buddy.

picture Bright yellow field of canola flowers, somewhere in Alberta.

picture The Microtel, Whitecourt, Alberta

picture “Princess” Chihiro gets a whole bed to herself.

picture A great guide for the drive to Alaska!

picture Gateway to the Alaska Highway, Dawson Creek, BC

picture Things are getting wild…

picture First wildlife sighting (mountain goats???), somewhere north of Dawson Creek, BC.

picture Bison on the road!

picture We got french fries for the road at this nice little stop. Watson Lake, BC

picture Teslin, Yukon Territory

picture A little north of Haines Junction, Jake decided to do some karate. Haines Junction, Yukon Territory

picture A grizzly mom and cubs!

picture We saw many, many moose, were back in the states, and getting close to Fairbanks!

picture Finally, arrived and a little settled in. No couch yet, and sitting on the floor eating Subway to complete the Subway challenge (thanks Dad!).