Here is the book our friend, Elaine, got for us. I hate to part with it, but it's time.
As you can see the name of this wonderful book is "THE MILEPOST". You really need one of these to drive to Alaska. Elaine had marked several great places to stop and things to see along the way.
One of our favorite places was Laird Hot Springs. It was inside a Provincial Park. The men that built the Alcan discovered this hot springs but now it has a nice wood walkway all around it and a place to change into your swim suit. We spent a couple of days there and it is one of our favorite memories of the trip.
The Milepost helps you find gas stations, restaurants, and places to sleep. We, however, pulled our trusty Pop-Up camper and did fine till we discovered one night that the lock to the camper had fallen down inside. The roads up there were different - to say the least. We were gone for 5 1/2 weeks and only stayed in a Motel 3 nights. We also stayed at a cousins house two nights.
We would be driving and see a sign for a water fall a mile off the road. We'd park the camper and take off. It took us a long time to get TO Alaska but not quite as long to come home. We have two video's of this trip and quite a bit written out.
SO...we will bid THE MILEPOST a fond farewell when we have our garage sale in a couple of weeks. If it doesn't sell I'll probably see if the library would like to have one. I'm sure it means more to Ted and I than anyone else. What memories we have of that trip. So glad we did it when we were young enough to enjoy it.
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