Aug 18, 2009 - Arctic Circle & Dalton Highway

Our route today: North on Alaska 2 Elliott Highway mile marker 10.Our route today: North on Alaska 2 Elliott Highway mile marker 10....

Aug 1, 2009 - Day32

Day 31 The camp was quite nice in the morning light.Day 31 The camp was quite nice in the morning light....

Jun 29, 2009 - Arctic Circle

On Monday it was raining and overcast so we decided to take a short ride (200 miles each direction, most of it on dirt) to the edge of the arctic circle.On Monday it was raining and overcast so we decided to take a short ride (200 miles each direction, most of it on dirt) to the edge of the arctic circle....

Jun 21, 2009 - Father's Day at the Arctic Ocean

Sunday, June 21, 2009.Sunday, June 21, 2009....

Jun 16, 2009 - Arctic Circle

Oh my, what a day.Oh my, what a day....

May 26, 2009 - Arctic Circle, Coldfoot, Wiseman, Alaska

The Arctic Circle was something I really wanted to do, but the cost was outlandish for the van trip up and back and the fly and drive back was, well, more than I wanted to spend. Then off another 70 miles to Coldfoot for fuel to get back to the campground in Fairbanks. ... We stopped at the visitor center and got our Arctic Circle certificate and one of the rangers told us about the old gold mining town of Wiseman (she just happens to live there) was only another thirteen miles north, so off we went.The Arctic Circle was something I really wanted to do, but the cost was outlandish for the van trip up and back and the fly and drive back was, well, more than I wanted to spend. Then off another 70 miles to Coldfoot for fuel to get back to the campground in Fairbanks. ... We stopped at the visitor center and got our Arctic Circle certificate and one of the rangers told us about the old gold mining town of Wiseman (she just happens to live there) was only another thirteen miles north, so off we went....

Jul 21, 2008 - Arctic Ocean and neat Musk Ox sighting

Well that big old diesel generator didn’t do either one of us any good for sleeping, we both stuck in ear plugs.Well that big old diesel generator didn’t do either one of us any good for sleeping, we both stuck in ear plugs....

Jul 19, 2008 - Headin for Prudhoe Bay

Up early, 6 and ready to go at 8.37 in Fairbanks) and again in Coldfoot (yup that’s the actual name of a place) and that was $5. ... Also in Coldfoot was something that blew me away. ... There is a HUGE visitor center there staffed from 10am to 10pm in the middle of abso-damn-lutely nowhere!! It is multiagency, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and Fish and Wildlife Service.Up early, 6 and ready to go at 8.37 in Fairbanks) and again in Coldfoot (yup that’s the actual name of a place) and that was $5. ... Also in Coldfoot was something that blew me away. ... There is a HUGE visitor center there staffed from 10am to 10pm in the middle of abso-damn-lutely nowhere!! It is multiagency, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and Fish and Wildlife Service....

Jul 14, 2008 - Arctic Circle Adventure.

Hello All, Today we had a fabulous trip up to the Arctic Circle. Our adventure began at 1 pm on a twin engine piper plane for a one hour flight from Fairbanks to Coldfoot, Alaska, which is approximately 200 miles north of Fairbanks. ... From here we took a tour van down the famed Dalton Hwy across the tundra of Alaska for a nine hour journey back to Fairbanks.Hello All, Today we had a fabulous trip up to the Arctic Circle. Our adventure began at 1 pm on a twin engine piper plane for a one hour flight from Fairbanks to Coldfoot, Alaska, which is approximately 200 miles north of Fairbanks. ... From here we took a tour van down the famed Dalton Hwy across the tundra of Alaska for a nine hour journey back to Fairbanks....

Jul 14, 2008 - Artic Circle Wiseman & Coldfoot AK

That evening we took a flight and tour of Coldfoot Alaska. ... Coldfoot is located north of the artic circle and is about 1. ... We landed at Coldfoot Alaska which in 1902 was a commercial center for miners and had a population of 300. ... Coldfoot had its gold boom from 1898 to 1900. ... The miners all left Coldfoot in 1906 and moved north and west to the new diggings. ...

Jul 11, 2008 - The Arctic Circle and Beyond

We ended up going thirteen miles above of Coldfoot to a little burg, a few cabins, called Wiseman and turned around and went back to Coldfoot. ... The Camp of Coldfoot is just that, a camp. ... We saw a BMW motorcycle being put on a roll back that came from Fairbanks and our way back about twenty miles south of Coldfoot we stopped to help another BMW rider that couldn’t get his started. ... After doing all we could do the other rider took the guy back to Coldfoot to get to a phone to call for parts and Jane and I started out again after about an hour trying to help the biker. ... Well that’s about all I can think of to tell you about the Dalton other than I heard the road above Coldfoot was worse than the lower part, but all in all I wish I had made plans to do the whole road to Deadhorse. ...

Jun 30, 2008 - Some R&R in Fairbanks before hitting the Dalton Hwy

The weather in Fairbanks was warm with days in the mid 20's.The weather in Fairbanks was warm with days in the mid 20's....