Next morning we woke to clouds and rain so we could truly say "Is that rain dear?" But the weather didn't deter us as we headed towards Talkeenta. We settled into ouraccomodation.The next morning it was al laboard the Hurricane Gulch train for a trip into the Alaskan back country. Supposedly this was to be a good chance to see some wildlife but unfortunately the wildlife was not very cooperative as we only got to see one black bear. We did however stop off at a c...

The adventure and fun really began when we picked up the SUV, a Chev Suburban. It has more bells and whistles on it than a kid's birthday party. We did however manage to get out of the carpark and begin the journey north taking time to get used to driving on the wrong side of the road. No hassles yet. The scenery has been very repetitive - tree, tree, tree, line, tree tree - although the different coloured greens make for interesting viewing. We stopped off at Th...

Pickup time for Ken and Fiona was at 5.00am. On the road we pick up Graeme and Deb by 5.20 and Keran and Barry and 5.35. Melbourne Airport here we come and after a somewhat interesting and scarry drive by the maxitaxi driver we reached Melbourne Airport safely. All checked in and brekky to be had, it wasn't to long before we were aboard and heading for LAX. Well 13.5 hours in the air saw us reach LAX on 7th August at a time earlier than we had left Melb on Frida...