We parked the motorcoach at Ft. Wainwright Base in Fairbanks and headed to Deadhorse, which is also known as Prudhoe Bay, where the pipeline starts on the Arctic Ocean. We took the Jeep packed with supplies, deisel, food, etc and drove 500 miles there and 500 miles back on dirt, gravel, mud, some pavement. The Brooks Range was over 4600 ft high and it snowed when we went through it. There was a grizzly bear scratching his back on a post, we saw moose crossing the road, swan, geese, arctic squirrel, arctic owl, and the flowers were beautiful. This is the part of Alaska most people don't see because it is out of the way. We crossed the Arctic Circle and Continental Divide to where trees and grass don't grow. There is tundra on top of permafrost. We took a tour of the oil field through a security area. I searched for gold while Birdie fished and we both came back empty. But, we did a whole bunch of wild blueberries that covered the area for miles. The temp varied from 65 to 35. Having a great time still.....
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