June 22nd, 2009 | 
Author: At least I think it is day 11.
Our internet has been down all morning here at the hotel.
Dean, AWESOME job covering. When we came back last night and read the post and comments, it was fantastic and great to relive the “drama”. Even sounded better that the ride at times :).
I thing everyone now knows why we call you the Master Stromboli/Grand Pooba(sp?)/Sen say, ect…
Dean filled in all the details and gave great updates, along with being the point man on this part. He had dones the same route just 2 weeks earlier and we learned a lot from him and were well prepared because of the master. He made it easy for us – Way too many thanks Dean! BS and I also decieded to have you just keep doing the blog :).
The days are long here so when we do finaly call it quits, it is late but very light outside, so you end up doing a lot more in the evening – a lot more!
We have to pack up and check out now, and maybe tonight we will post. We plan on stopping in Denali, maybe stay in that area, or keep heading to Anchorage (or maybe head there tonight after seeing Danali?)
As you can see, no plans.
Again, thanks a lot Dean, we would have never been so well prepared if we didn’t have you around to get the advice or find out were to get it.
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Welcome Back to civilization! Hope you had a good night's (day's?) sleep. As you can see, we were all glued to the blog following your adventures. We, too, thank Dean. All hail to the great pooba. You have our eternal gratitude. I have to say, I didn't realize how challenging the Dalton was going to be. Certainly put me on the edge of my seat. We will all be waiting for pics and more posts – make sure you get enough rest – there's still a long way to go before you get home.
It is good for me to know that you are on this side of the dalton trail. Hoping now you can enjoy your trip southward. I can't wait to see some the pics and hear the stories, i am going to venture out on a limb and say that probably warmer weather, better roads, and cocktails provided good incentive to come back down out of the arctic??!! What do those people do up there anyway? Take some time to breathe in the fresh clean air, and soak up the beauty. Yesterday was the longest day of the year, so maybe tonight there is a chance of a split second of darkening…. or was that just a cloud covering the sun. Have fun!!!!!!
Ditto what JVKRI said and dito what kreegy6 (what's her real name?) said. I feel like I know some of the other commenters, just from reading their posts.
Glad to have you back, and yes, I too, was glued to the blog, although I'm at work, so I may have missed the EXACT instant you posted :-). I think the lack of plans will make it more relaxing – mission accomplished, now on with the party!!
Anxiously awaiting pics, pictures, and more PICTURES! Stories, too. Thanks again to Dean, he really did a great job keeping us up to date without overly alarming us. Me, anyway.
The advantage to having Dean commenting is he was giving us the facts about the area they were in or coming into…. i liked that part…. sometimes it ended up to be a bit too factual, but at the risk of sounding too much like a schoolteacher…… you wrote well loved keeping up with the trip even when they could not!!!! thanks