After almost 10,000 miles and exactly 100 days, we are at home. The road to Alaska is now a memory. We will share a few pictures today of the last of our journey. We both read a lot and I will add the titles of the books to this blog someday soon. We had a lot of time to read with the long evenings of light. We left a part of our heart in Alaska. Volunteering for a month in Eagle, was a highlight for us.
We left Fairbanks for home on Sunday, August 31 via Skagway, Alaska. Here are a few pictures we took along the way.
Skagway is a large seaport and was a hustle and bustle compared to northern Alaska. The large ships are loaded with containers to travel all over the world.
Very large cruse ships come to the harbor. We observed how very dependent Skagway is on Tourism. We saw five large cruise ships, several trains and many tour buses in the day we were at Skagway. After the trains, buses and ships leave, the town closes up. We tried to find a reaturant in the evening and everything was locked up by 9 PM.
A few scenes of downtown Skagway.
Late afternoon we took a drive around the mountain to find the beginning of the Chilkoot Trail. We saw some beautiful scenes and it got dark but we still managed to get a few shots.
The cemetary for the persons who died in the avalance on Chilkoot pass on April 3, 1898.
We saw salmon swimming upstream. The water was not clear because of all the glacier run off, so we considered ourselves lucky to get several shots when they were somewhat out of the water. 
We witnessed two grisslys having their evening meal along the stream. It was so much fun watching them running after the salmon until they caught them. We watched from the jeep, not on foot.
I will be doing one more Alaska post to share some pretty shots from the second half of our trip.
We drove toward the North Slope on Friday, August 28 and camped overnight. It was a beautiful trip and we had a good time. 
Wilbur is pointing to the Arctic Circle in both Sweden and Alaska. They are exactly opposite and we were fortunate to be at both in the last four months.
Yes, this is ice along the road in a little ditch, close to Atigun Passs. 
Some of the beauty, we saw as we traveled. The reds on the mountains are blueberry plants.
It was a "real" muddy road, but well worth the trip.
Do you believe this frost? The little bird is cold too.
We will start on our way back to Iowa on Sunday, August 30. We will make a stop at Skagway, before leaving Alaska. So we will have one more post about Alaska. Thanks for following the blog. It has been fun to share our journey.
