July 10

We're "ivin large"at the 7 Gables Inn. We're all in the Penthouse Jaccuzzi Suite. Got the day off to a great start with breakfast. Did some wash, and headed for Northern Powersports for an oil change and tires. The fine people there advised us that our tires were ok for the "haul road." They said the road would eat up the tires so we will just get a set when we return ... hopefully on Friday. The plan is to go to Coldfoot (1/2 way) and spend the night. Wednesday we will go to Deadhorse. Thursday we will return to Fairbanks if we can. If not we will stay midway and return on Friday. It's a challenging trip. Hope all goes well. Wish us luck.