Day 1 ... and we're off. We left a little later than planned, but not late enough to prevent us from getting a 200 mile start on our trip. We finished cleaning the house, packed up the camper, and pulled out of town at around 10:30 this morning without too much trouble.
We were able to say goodbye to Chad and Anne one last time before hitting the road, while returning their broom, vacuum, (fill in the blank) ... they have been very good to us and we will miss them, and the rest of our Anchorage friends, very much.
The drive was nice ... after 26 consecutive days of rain in Anchorage, we didn't encounter any rain on the way out. We had beautiful weather and great views of Mts. Sanford, Drum, Wrangell, and Blackburn as we drove up the Glenn highway.
We stopped for the night at Gakona, a small town about 20 miles north of Glennallen on the Tok cutoff. Looking forward to an early day tomorrow to see if we can catch a "convoy" from Chicken eastward .. they have blocked the road due to heavy rains and washouts. We'll see how that goes.

check out the pictures under the "Pictures" link above ...