FINALLY......Alaska !

When you work toward something so long, sometimes when you get it, it's just not as good as you'd imagined.  Thus the recommendations to "enjoy the journey".  My first impression of precious 49 is better  than I'd have imagined. Driving down the South Klondike Highway yesterday evening we wound down, down, down to the town of Skagway after passing customs.

The combination of stunning beauty, glacier carved terrain,  ingenuity to build a road and rails through a treacherous mountain pass, returning to my home country, and attaining the goal.... all made the event beyond words.   To finally touch the border sign meant more than 4000 miles.  It meant following a dream.  Seeking my passion.  Taking risks.  Questioning my pragmatism.  It meant stopping the car at the swimming hole of my life, stripping down and jumping in.

Finally Alaska!