Day 17 On the Road Again 07/27/2010

As Geoff Darling said," you know when you get to Alaska, you have to do a u-turn and come back". Well today is u-turn day. We left Soldotna this morning for Tok, AK. But before we left, I called Auburn University and told them about my new Auburn friend in Alaska. Coach Chizik is sending him an autographed picture thanking him for carrying the AU flag in Alaska.

We headed for Anchorage, then to Tok. I stopped at a service station in Anchorage to have a tire checked. The pressure sensor said the tire was low. The mechanic said the tire was OK. We headed out. When we got deep into the mountains on the Glenn Highway the tire sensor said a tire was low. Sure enough, the tire was low, then flat. A couple from Kentucky stopped by to assist. About an hour later we were underway. I called ahead to make arrangements to have the tire repaired tomorrow.

Jerry Hankins called to see how the trip was going. I told him we were stranded in the mountains with a flat tire, in a grizzly habitat and moose everywhere. He said it was late and call him tomorrow and let him know how things went. If there was not a blog posted, he would assume we were still stranded.

We got into Tok around 9:00pm. Tok is a small crossroads community with the distinction that all land based travellers coming to or departing Alaska come through here.

Tomorrow after the tire is repaired, we are off to the Yukon Territory.

Jerry

Linda took the picture of the moose on the outskirts of Tok.