Its seldom I’m stuck for word but this is one of those times where i just don’t know where to start the word amazing does not do the experience justice,we got down to the train station at 8.15am and it was all aboard,
2 engines at the front then the dining car then 2 carriage’s of seating and the baggage car at the back,15 minutes out of anchorage the conductor started checking tickets he gets to me self and Samantha and in true new york style the question was asked,can we get off at the next station for a ciggy his answer was, give me 15 minutes and come down the back to my office,not a problem i says and with a minute to go we were up looking for Steve the conductor,he walks us out the back door and into the baggage car welcome home he
says,and without delay and the train flying down the tracks he slides open the door and says smoke away,me self and SAM looked at each other in shock and awe and the adventure begun,
First stop Wasilla
first stop was my hero SARAH’S home town of wasilla 2 passenger’s on and away we go,
sliding doors open we are tearing through the heart of Alaska 2 hobos living the dream of many a child,mount McKinley, Denali state park,the Alaskan range,mountain goats,bald eagles,moose,wolfs Alaska at its wildest we saw it all for 12 hours we never left the baggage car except for the dining car, it was truly amazing and i have hundreds of photos to send back to www.jackleone.com who will get them up on my website http://scoobysays.wordpress.com for viewing asap,we have just arrived in Fairbanks and we have a 5 am start for the final push to the arctic circle,we got together with a great adventure company
we are taking the Dalton highway aka the haul road its the way the trucks get supplies up to the oil rigs the infamous oil pipeline runs along side the road which i plan to climb up on and perform an Irish jig at the top of the world on the very pipeline that the American people decided to reject for a cock and bull story about how solar energy and wind mills will power America,brilliant i say but hey they convinced everybody except me but enough about politics i came here to get away from all that,so at 6am we meet up and we take on the mighty arctic and get Samantha across the circle where she will receive her certificate,
but for now I’m getting dizzy with tiredness and need a few hours sleep,so i will leave you with this lick to the haul road you can read all about it,
Samantha is out scanning the Sky’s for the auroras (northren lights) there is no dought we are going to get a great show i have all that planed for after the crossing i need to focas all my energy on that first, the arctic is not a joke its still blowing to minus 50f at the moment and i have to get my daughter over and back without any drama,so for now im going to say goodbye to you all and thanks for the emails along the way it will probley be 24hrs before we get a update out but trust me………………..
I GOT THIS ONE
FAIRBANKS
