Really horrid drive back from Coldfoot, terrible conditions blizzards, trucks were sliding off the road all over the place its taken me all day to do 200 miles and I'm tired now. It is such a Dangerous road and i have so much respect for the drivers who drive up and down every day.
I'm going to visit the Stampede trail head where the young man Chris McCandless lost his life in 1992 when he hiked out into the Alaskan wild and lived i a bus where he got trapped as the frozen river he crossed on the way out was flowing when he tried to come home. He died up their and he is a icon of youth finding their own identity in this crazy world and God bless him.
The bus is still there 25 miles into the trail and is a hunters shelter but too dangerous to walk out to at this time of year, i will stop at the start of the trail and pay my respects.
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Glad to hear you made it back, Tim. It sounds like it was a bit of a worrisome drive for you. Definitely post about the trip to Chris McCandless' place, ok? I saw the movie based on his story - very moving. Spoke to a lot in me, and I'm sure many others.
ReplyDeleteHope you enjoy your stay in Fairbanks, and say hi to Chris if you see him! (Chris BURTON that is!)