We have arrived!

October 9th

We left Tok Ak and drove through Delta Junction. This the end of the Alaskan Hwy and it junctions to the Richardson Hwy.
We had driven 1422 miles north from the "0" milepost back in Dawson Creek BC
In Delta Junction we got our first view of the Trans - Alaskan Pipeline.
If you are watching Yukon Men on Discovery we followed the Tanana River all the way to Fairbanks.
We passed through an area called Tenderfoot. Between 1905 and 1995 this gold mining district produced 120,770 ounces/3.77 tons of GOLD! Yes my husband has "gold fever"

Next stop, North Pole AK to see Santa Claus House. Well, to our surprise Santa is on vacation until November 3rd. So we will for sure road trip back up there before the holidays. Lots of  neat trinkets and treasures. We were able to see four of Santa's reindeer. They were nappiung in the sun. Check out http://www.santaclaushouse.com/.

That evening we met up with Mike Davis and his family for dinner. Mike is a childhood friend of mine that moved to Fairbanks with the Air Force. Hannah was happy to see girls her age to play with.
Funny thing, Mike's parents live right next door to my parents. Kind of wild that both parents have a child and grandchildren that now live in Alaska. I think it will be great support for the mamas.

October 10th

LAST leg of the trip. We are finally going southbound on the highways instead of northbound.
We drove through Denali Park. We had a perfect view of Mt. Mckinley. No pics though :(. Saun had the hammer down no stopping until Wasilla. Do not blame him. We were done with being in the truck and staying in hotel rooms.

We arrived in Wasilla around 3:30pm. YEAH!!

While intransit to Wasilla we received information from our realtor that closing on our house is progressing quicker than expected. The buyers lender moved the date from 10/31 to 10/15. So stoked! These proceeds will only helps us move closer to settling here.

Today was very busy for us. Had to print closing docs, get notorized, and overnight to Indiana.
Open bank accounts.
Went to license branch to get new driver's license. Well we have to take a written test before we can do. So Saun and I will be studying the driver laws of AK tonight.

The journey is complete.....

4300 miles
Too many to count.. diesel fill ups and top offs.
8 hotel rooms
7 states
3 providences
2 border crossing
1 Hannah melt down
3 mommy grouchy mornings
1 daddy on the edge
Keeping the faith that we could survive 9 days together non-stop without choking eachother ....priceless!