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Just loved your article on The Dalton! At the end of it, I was wishing that there was more to read. I would love a day-by-day (ok, call it blow-by-blow) account of travels along the haul road from beginning and all the way to the end at Prudhoe Bay. Ever thought about taking your husband, dogs, camera, and recorder on a nice little trip, up north? Has he driven this road all the way up? Thanks for the great article Deb. Keep 'em coming! Carol wiresNpliers ~Paradise is exactly like where you are right now, only much, much better.~

Hi Britt!

<L> I have to admit, I could have gone on and on with this topic ... but the "powers that be" insist we keep our articles within certain size constraints. Heck, if left to my own devices, my articles would be more like small (or maybe not so small) books! ;-)

Yes, Jerry has driven the "haul road" a couple of times - once in winter (thankfully in good weather) and once in summer. If I remember right, he mentioned that the road was actually better in the winter - at least on that particular trip. You should ask him for a "story" ... anyone who knows Jer knows what a story-teller he can be. They may get a bit exaggerated in the telling, but they are almost always entertaining!

Heck, ask him some time about the night he was plowing snow in Anchorage (working State DOT Road Maintenance) ... and scooped up a young moose right out of the way of oncoming traffic and unceremoniously dumped it off the side of the road. He saved a car from what would probably have been a nasty accident (moose/car encounters almost always end up a lose/lose situation) and the moose ran off into the woods none the worse for it's unexpected ride.

Oh, I almost forgot - if we ever do drive up that direction, I will be SURE to bring the camera along! The dogs are a given. They'd love the trip!

Well, you can count me in as a reader of your postings. And Yes I would like to ask Jerry to relate some of those great stories, sometime. Have a wonderful day! Sunny today? (it's getting dark earlier in the evening here, staying dark longer in the morning, and we're only half way to your place, so I imagine you're also feeling it there, too...)