Cold Fucken Desert Photos

Lots of dead bugs. Probably not all mosquitoes but I'm sure they are in there somewhere:


The best Denny's I've ever been to, which was a surprise. In Fairbanks:


At Your Own Risk Rd, just outside of Fairbanks. Whöler guy must have a house up there.




Mostly out of focus but goddamn that is a lot of yellow:


The Yukon River:







Weather was perfect, 15C with dry air. Guessing the dew point was around -5C:


On the banks of the Yukon:


The car is still clean. From here, I took over driving duties the rest of the way to Deadhorse:


Getting closer to Coldfoot:


Love it here:


I saw a random turn off from the road and found a nice secluded area:


The next few pics are pretty much an autumnal heaven to me. Just a beautiful, enchanting place:








Moving on, this was farther north. Since the air was so dry, it really did feel and look like a desert:







Very dry landscape here with no grass just dirt, burnt black spruce, and these alder or birch trees:


Had a nice short walk from the road:











Dry:


Mmmm!




Clouds to the north. Hmm I wonder what that will bring?




Blueberries off the side of the road. The best ones I've ever had. I ate as many as possible. 




Next stop was at Coldfoot for fuel:







Entering the Brooks Range, the ancestral Rockies:








Approaching Atigun Pass.









Atigun Pass is nice:








Dirty fucking car, as it should be in these parts:


Over the pass and on the North Slope, musk oxen are the first sight on the tundra:


They were difficult to get good photos of. Had to edit this to make them more visible:


Dalton with rocky berms:




Then snow began suddenly. Probably around Sagwon:




What you see upon entering Deadhorse:


Later that night in Deadhorse:



Next morning:





Anyone want to live here?:


Aight, so this is the Alaskan Arctic. Might as well head home then:



It was a good car, doing +100mph on the Dalton:


Headed south:


Lots of pipes and shiiieeet:




Talked to some reindeer hunters here. It was colder than the Arctic coast:

















Back Atigun Pass:








All these trucks hauled ass. It was a bit scary:










Took a break at Coldfoot on the way back. Goddamn that area is so nice. This epitomizes Alaska to me:


And this:


Back in Coldfoot for lunch:


Weird place name:


Took a wrong turn in the bush:


Finally reached the camp outside Fairbanks. Ate meat and drank beer:



On the way back I drove from the campsite outside Fairbanks to the Wasilla area, stopping at ~6am. Probably the most fatigued I've ever been driving. It was a short but amazing trip.