88 hours and counting
Friday, July 25th, 2008What can you do with only 88 hours to go before departing to the Land of the Midnight Sun? I want to be careful not to peak to early. I could easily be packed and just sit in the driver’s seat for 87 hours but the neighbor’s would talk . . .
- Still have to clean up my fishing gear. I am carrying some light tackle to hopefully catch some trout for lunch along the way. The big fish I’ll just buy and say I caught it.
- No languages to practice. The Rosetta Stone didn’t have any course for the tribal languages of the Yukon or Alaska.
- A friend from one of the Sprinter forums was “nice” enough to send me a link to the newspaper talking about this could be Alaska’s coldest summer ( http://www.adn.com/life/story/473786.html ). Thanks a lot! Just when I was picking out which shorts to wear! Hey, it will just make for better stories around the campfire (barbecue) when we get back.
- I have also been following (from their forum) some of the Sportsmobile gang that are up north. Everyone is having a blast!
- Do you want to see what life is like on the ferry? Go here and you can watch some short videos.
- Twiddle di dee, twiddle de dum . . .
- Oh yes, my wife has been busy getting all her work done so she can leave for a month so she hasn’t packed anything. Lucky her! She’ll get all the excitement on Tuesday night!
- I am still trying to figure out how much wine, gin, etc. I can carry through Canada. I hate the metric system!
- I am sure the price of diesel fuel will drop $2 or $3 dollars a gallon on September 1 - about when we are do back.
- I am going to buy mukluks for all the grand-kids - if they still make them in Alaska and not China.
Cocktail time.
