Somewhere before Alaska we slowed down for what looked like, from a distance, a real police car.  I was impressed at how many other people slowed down for it.  Scott doesn’t usually speed, but when the small towns pop up the speed goes down quickly.  There are of course other places where Scott has had to slow down.  They weren’t kidding when they said the permafrost wreaks havoc on the road.  Some parts of the road are gravel, which was interesting, but the frost “heaves” try to heave you right off the road.  We were thinking of our Auntie Tiffy who loves bumpy roads.  The hilly back roads on the way to Wisconsin don’t hold a candle to these roller coasters.  They try to warn you with flags and a little bump sign, but they can’t flag everywhere.

Goodbye Yukon.  Hello Alaska!

Brooke was sad to leave Canada.  She was okay when we told her we would get to go through it again next month.

There wasn’t much more that happened yesterday than eating and driving.  We were on a mission to get to Alaska, and we made it!  We had a picturesque campsite in Tok next to a river.  Thankfully there was a very nice pavilion too, as it was raining all night and all the next morning.