Well, it's after Christmas. We "made" ourselves wait until "after Christmas" to really begin our preparation for our trip of a lifetime. As you can see here, Chris has begun "practicing" on our new laptop. If the truth be known, he is playing games, but that is learning to use the mouse, which is quite different for him. Hopefully this will be our means of communicating with our kids to let them know that we have not been eaten by a bear, or some other fate. With the laptop I will also be able to add posts to this blog to tell about our adventures.
We have started lists and more lists of things to check out, buy, or "don't forget" to pack something. We're looking into fishing licenses, park passes, etc. and trying to figure out which is the most cost-efficient. I've been reading about the Dalton Highway, which follows the Alaskan pipeline from Fairbanks to Prudeau Bay (1000 mi. round trip); a rough trip on mostly gravel road. So, we decided to take a second spare tire...just in case; it's a long walk. We're told that gas is $7.00 per gallon further up that road! I wonder if I could tap the pipeline.
