I have now crossed the Powder River and well north of the Yellowstone, our new ranch that the boys have named "Hat Creek Ranch", not a prettier place have you ever seen.

You have to believe, what you see and you read! Dutch can fully appreciate the moment and enjoys listening to the stories of "Lonesome Dove".

Tonight finds us well north of the Peace River at Fort Nelson. On our southward journey, we had a little problem in Fort Nelson at our motel and swore we would never stay in Fort Nelson again. However, we found a very nice motel, almost good enough to holdup in for the winter. A beautiful day of driving, little snow to start out when we left Prince George but cleared up nicely by the time we hit the Alcan at Fort Saint John. From the time we rolled out of Prince George until we pulled up in front of our motel room, we had driven exactly, to the tenth of a mile a total of 500 miles. Tomorrow morning, we will be on the road again, just before first light as tomorrow is the big day that I have been looking forward to. Between here and Whitehorse, YT is the best section of the highway to see a wide variety of wildlife. Hopefully, I have a second rendezvous with some big Stone Rams. When we hit the road,the engine will not even have time to get warm and we will surpass the 10,000 mile mark on this trip, we now set at 9,997, again to the tenth of a mile. The last couple of days has been a little disappointing on seeing wildlife but have seen some beautiful country.

Analyzing the data tonight, the number of rpm's we are generating multiplied by the number of revolutions that our wheels make; taking into consideration that they will revolve slower in heavy snow or faster on black ice; and barring any unforeseen circumstances like avalanches, road closures, or customs not allowing us to enter Alaska; it is projected that we will roll into Las Anchorage, Alaska at 1639.34 on Thursday evening.

Yes, I watched the Denver Bronco game tonight and will make no comment - but I believe!