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The Last Phase

Journey Ends :( 


 07/06/2013
Its about one and a half month since i was on dalton highway but i can tell you every detail as if it just happened yesterday. The memory refuses to leave and even though i may not be able to go back i can still live with these good memories.

  I am sad to wake up, i don't complain anymore to myself of being uncomfortable in the back seat.The whole idea that this is the last day of my trip is saddening.

 Its always hard to say good byes and i am not the first one to admit this.I wake up at 5:00 AM in the morning, not tired but definitely hungry. Coldfoot camp warm breakfast with scrmbelled eggs and salmon came to my rescue.I refueled my car and i started driving back to fairbanks. The last phase of my journey begins here. Since i had a lot of time at my disposal i decided to do something different. I drove back to koyukuk river near Wiseman ( so basically i drove back 13 miles) parked my car near the bank of the river and sat there waiting to see a bear or a moose for one last time. I must have waited for like 40 mins but no luck. Not a single living creature came down to the bank and revealed itself to me.

 After this journey i ended up in denali where i did see 4 Grizzly bears at a distance and so i was not completely out of luck.

 Well the last phase of my trip was not as interesting, i did stop again at the Arctic circle and the sign that said "Welcome to Dalton Highway".I  reached Fairbanks by 2:00 in the afternoon, i drive to billies hostel, i return my car to the rental place, and walked back to billies. I did stop at a bar called Brewster near the University Avenue just to celebrate something i accomplished. 

 Tomorrow i am expected to meet the rest of my gang at Anchorage and continue my adventure. But this blog ends here. If i happen to go back to Alaska to do a hiking trip in the gates of the arctic i will revisit this blog and update the my new venture. 
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