Hey, did you know Alaska is the most northern U.S. state? Of course you did. Everybody knows that.
But you didn't know it's the farthest WEST and EAST, did ha? Yep. The state's Aleutian Chain of islands extends so far west that it crosses the International Dateline. So it's as far as you can possibly be both east and west.
We're camped about 40 miles north and east of Fairbanks on a road that ends four miles from here. Drizzled rain all night and raining hard now, at 5:30 pm. Not too surprising, since they've had record rains here all spring and summer. In fact, here were the two front page Headlines from yesterday's Fairbanks paper, The Miner:
"Record Rain Continues to Drench Fairbanks" And
"Mud Made up of Ancient Volcanic Ash blocks Denali Road"
It cleared up for most to the day though, so we enjoyed a cool little hike to some rocks overlooking the Chena River valley. A steep uphill haul but only a little less than two miles up, so our aging bodies weren't abused too badly.
And Regina had a fashion epiphany. There was an 18 month or so girl hiking on our trail, with (pretty obviously) her parents. A really cute kid and avid young adventurer. Her trekking ensemble included calf length rubber hiking boots and a pink and purple tutu. So Regina is planning to hike in a tutu later this week, if one can be scrounged up.
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