Have You Ever Been on the Alaska Highway?

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The only place I’ve ever been in Alaska is the airport in Anchorage. When we flew home from Okinawa, we flew into Tokyo, and then over the North Pole into Anchorage. It was November and I remember them saying that the temperature was minus 9 degrees Fahrenheit, and it was snowing. We had a two or three hour lay-over there and then flew on into Sacramento, California. I remember that inside the airport, there was this HUGE “stuffed” Polar Bear. It must have been 8 -10 feet tall, standing on its back legs. I wonder if it’s still there. Passing the international dateline, we arrived in California at 10AM, 3 hours BEFORE we left Okinawa at 1PM on the same day. That was an interesting experience. I know of a couple people who have driven on the Alaskan Highway. I wonder if it must be quite void of sights to see. It runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Delta Junction, Alaska and then on to Fairbanks, Alaska. The first 613 miles are in British Columbia and then it goes into the Yukon Territory for 577 miles. From that point, it crosses into Alaska and runs another 298 miles to Fairbanks. Actually, the official end of the Alaska Highway ends at Delta Junction, Alaska and unofficially ends in Fairbanks, Alaska according to my research.