My brother and I drove to Alaska in May 2007. He is from NYC, and he picked me up in Indiana and for the next 5 weeks and 14,300 miles we had SO much fun! As he said, we were like two astronauts, jammed into a tiny capsule (Toyota RAV4) travelling enormous distances and seeing wonderful things! It was the first time we had been together, one-on-one, since childhood and it was great. We drove as far as 35 miles above the Arctic Circle, did a lot of birding, took 2 boat trips to see birds and glaciers, drove into Denali, saw 18 bears (he kept count) and stored up a lifetime of memories.