Dalton Highway: Day 4 Arctic Circle
Waking up in a proper campground with an actual outhouse, was a dream. We got in super late (1 am) because of the road closure and construction. It was a short night. We ate breakfast in a REAL RESTAURANT in Cold Foot. I loved all the history of how the Gold Rush went all the way up to the interior of Alaska. I knew it went to Fairbanks, Nome, Juneau, and of course Palmer. But, the gold rush drew people who were "late" and finding it a bit crowed in the Fairbanks area, miners would take barges up the river to the interior in search of gold. One story I read the river froze early, and some walked back but others just survived the winter sharing what they had off the barge until they were able to retreat in the spring. Feeling like we could conquer the world, we left our luggage (panniers) with our gracious support car and Uppa (James' Dad who searched for us and was willing to drive over 600 miles to help us since we flew to Prudhoe and needed ...