We made good time on our way to Fairbanks. It was very warm when we left Eagle River and the sun continued shining all day. It is near 80* here and it never gets that hot back at home so it feels quite strange, not like Alaska at all. The interior of Alaska gets much colder in the winters and much hotter in the summer then we do in Southcentral Alaska.

We didn't see as much wildlife as I would have liked to. We spotted two mother moose with their calves twice and we had to stop once for a huge bull moose that decided to cross the road in front of us taking his sweet time.

There were several ground squirrels that darted about across the road and I saw a large swan flying over a lake. I don't think I have ever seen a swan airborne before.