Bus Gig to Fairbanks, AK

This last week I was asked if I would be available to drive a coach in need of an engine overhaul from Skagway to Fairbanks, AK. Me along side 7 other drivers ventured out into the cold Alaska autumn via the Yukon up the Alaska Highway to the interior.

The drive was long, coupled with the miles I just put in on my way back to Alaska, and the initial drive down through the Al-Can...I have been driving quite a bit.
We cruised over the hard pack snow on the empty highways, but I took comfort in knowing that with these heavy buses and our mechanic Mike, we would make it successfully.

I did get to Fairbanks and it was really nice seeing the change in the landscape from the last time i was there in June.
There was about 2 feet of snow on the ground, the sun was bright, and the temp hovered around 15-20 degrees. It reminded me of my childhood in Calgary: the dry snappy cold, the flat tundra and the sun reflecting off the snow.
My best pal Caleb hosted me and my road blurried head. We had a blast in his neighborhood right down from the University. A neighbor, and my good buddy Kliff Hopson, rock and roll drummer, and overall beacon of happiness and joy, opened his hot tub to us which felt AMAZING after tromping around outside in the cold all day.

I left Fairbanks after meeting new friends and reconnecting with interior jems I miss while living down in the Southeast.

I caught a flight back to Juneau and arrived right in time for Halloween to explode in town. Everyone looked good, and had a fun and safe night. I'm so tired, I feel like I haven't slept during the entire month of October...

Today I moved all my worldly belongings to my new (temporary) home in a lovely one bedroom apt on west 12th street in the federal flats of downtown Juneau. whew...

sore. tired. sleeping for a day or two.