Wrap up . . .

After 4 days and about 900 miles of driving (roughly 450 miles each way although the official mileage to Deadhorse is 414), we arrived back in Fairbanks for the long trek home through security lines and sardine packed airplanes.  

Alaska is so huge and diverse.  There's still years of discovery, but we certainly saw much more than I had before I started.  I would not have traded the experience for anything and I feel like I have a much better understanding of our own State.  It was a great way to go: backpacking, river rafting, and driving.

Crack open an Alaskan IPA, and toast to the great State of Alaska.  But don't forget to lift the mosquito net first.