Back From Alaska

[DixonJohn]

Just got back from a two week trip across Canada and AlaskaHere are a couple of pics. We took so many it's going to take a while to go thru them.
This last guy was like "What You Doing On My Road"







Some of the mountains we went thru. Even got to see a wild firew about 200 yards from where we we driving









Even caught some racing while in Alaska. Here are some LEGEND cars mixing it up

[btaylor]

Cool Stuff John! looks like you had a great trip.

Bob

[HomeRacingWorld]

Welcome home! Great photos John.

[waaytoomuchintothis]

Great photos, John! Really beautiful. Trips like that make memories that last forever. My family and I did one like that when the kids were young that is still a highlight of conversation at gatherings to this day.

Did anyone else get a Johnny Horton brain wave when you saw the title of this thread? "Back! From Alas-ka, Goin' south, the rush is gone." Maybe its just me...

[waaytoomuchintothis]

When I was an American boy trying to understand the transition from the bayous to Canada after we moved there, we went to the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition), and one of the things we saw was a record size moose, taxidermically mounted whole on the landing of the stairs in the big CNE building. Unless you've seen one, you can't believe how huge those things are. The first photo in this thread gets you a hint, in that the moose is not a particularly big one, and his rack is not complete. But he will live long enough to rival the weight of most folks cars. The one at the CNE was over a ton, but it was taken before accurate records were recorded. The official record is over 1800 pounds. There was a photo in the London Free Press newspaper in 1964 or so, with an International Harvester pickup truck completely destroyed, with the engine well past the firewall, the entire front of the truck wiped out and compressed, and the caption was, "Moose one, truck zero". They never found the wounded moose because he got up and walked off.

[DixonJohn]

I would have liked to see a cougar and some eagles. I think I saw maybe a dozen birds the whole trip. I found that odd. I know the squirrels didn't like us parking in the rest areas. Man did they make a racket

[TuscoTodd]

Great pics! Would like to make that trip myself!

And Dave - that same song popped into my head when I read the title as well! How crazy is that?!? :lol:

[dge467]

Nice pictures!

[dreinecke]

Those were awesome pics!!! On my bucket list for sure!