Parks Highway

On Jan 26th we drove to Wasilla, Alaska which is only about 40 miles outside of Anchorage. Zac was a little hesitant to continue on to Fairbanks due to the time of day and we were both concerned about the temp. Even though we had rented a satellite phone for the trip we were still uneasy about traveling when the temp was scheduled to be -30 with wind chills -55. We had never experienced these kind of temps so to say we were anxious is an understatement. When we got up the next morning I was just ready to get there and convinced Zac that we should just go ahead and go for it...in the back of my mind I was thinking...WHAT are you crazy :) But we did, we went for it. When we headed out it was -9 and dropping fast. About ten minutes into the trip it was -15 and we had already seen 7 moose (unfortunately I did not get a single picture). The lowest we saw it get during the trip according to our car was -35. My feet which were by the door were ice about 1 hour in, even in the car. The windows of the car also iced over from the inside from our breath. We are so thankful God got us to Fairbanks safely and with no flat tires! Oh and our moose count by the end of the trip was TEN!