May 28-Day 12 Tok to Denali National Park

We're up and going again.  Today had a luxury of a breakfast in a restaurant.  The name was Fast Eddys and it is an icon on the Alaskan Highway.  The road was lined with trees with the mountain vistas in the distance.  Our first stop was in Delta Junction, the end of the Alaskan Highway.  We made it--all 1442 miles.  After a short stop we were off to Fairbanks.  We stopped next to view the Alaskan Pipeline as it bridged a river and took a picture of Linda and Diana standing next to it.  Just before Fairbanks we found the North Pole.  Yes, this is the home of Santa who lives there.  In Fairbanks we visited the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.  It is a superb museum and a must see.  It tracks the history of Alaska and its indigenous people.  While there I found a picture of my Uncle, Burke Riley who was in the territorial legislature which drafted the state constitution.  We then made a quick stop for a late lunch, some shopping and gas.  Finally, off to Denali.  We arrived around 7:30PM.  No animals today.  We drove 334 miles.