Arctic Circle
Day 29: July 29, 2017: Arctic Circle, AK: (388 mile round trip) Opa jumped out bed and pushed me to get ready as quickly as possible. Today was the day! We were going to cross the Arctic Circle today. He warned me that this would be the hardest I would drive on this trip. "You will need to be careful with your distance. Stay far enough back to not get lost in the dirt or the rocks, not far enough that I lose you on the headset. Be sure to wave at all of the truckers, they have the right of way, unless they wave us on." We had paved, gravel, dirt, and everything in between. The gravel wasn't even the small nice stuff that we are used to. Opa had a piece of gravel kick up and hit the windshield-it was the size of my fist! That left a nasty gouge in the windshield too. Opa coached me over the wooden bridge, and through some of the mud. We made it to the Campbase on the other side of the river and topped off the tanks with a gallon each, with gas over $7 per ...



















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