Ok what do you do when you have 3 1/2 hours to kill? You take a Jeep out “INTO THE WILD”. If you saw the movie or read the book then you would know about the Stampede Road and that was the road we went on. No need to go into all the details. People – Sharon/Don, Pat/Jim, Marilyn/Larry, Jo/John, Carol & me are the adventurous ones. We got the “Call Of The Wild” to go “Into The Wild”. Later Mary/Gary and Claudette/Jim met us out there in their own jeeps. So, here we go.
Getting ready….
The “bus” from the movie Into The Wild” where we started.
The road.
First it was a dusty road.
Then we stopped and walked on the tundra and learned some stuff. Basically where we were standing the ice was about two-three below the surface.
Aren’t we neat!
Here comes Claudette and Jim…in theior own Jeep.
Here comes Mary & Gary with the title “been there done that!” with big smiles on their face.
We all yaked and then we departed.
The guide asked if we were ready to get into the mud. Now I’m excited.
What are all these people looking at. Well, there is always one who gets stuck. I’m not going to tell on myself. AND the Jeep wasn’t even in the difficult part yet. 
Yep, right there and it looks so innocent. I was just enough into the tundra that the jeep slipped down on the right side. I wanted to get that special angle to throw a little mud. They pulled us out on the second attempt with another Jeep. The guide said he knew for some reason I would be the one. I think everybody told him before hand about my liking to mud from the ATV ride had something to do with his reasoning.
Here is where we were…my right tires were all the way to the right in the green. all four tires were spinning no matter what gear, wheels etc. I used.
We got to the turn around point and they had stew and drinks for us.
This is Ron. He stays out here six days at a time. No vehicle or RV – nothing except tents. No electricity, nothing…….food and wood and a porta potty for us. He prepares the food for the three tour groups that come out here each day. 
Pat wanted to pan for gold.
Out windshield was a little dirty.
Sharon & Don were behind us coming back. I think Sharon is sticking out her tongue. 
We got the title of getting the Jeep the dirtiest. It just came so natural. I wanted to get it really muddy but just couldn’t.
Afterwards and a little later we went to the local recommended eatery called Rose’s. No it was not in the trailer.
We got entertained while we ordered and ate. Seems like the owner, Rose (waitress) and her Husband like to make fun as they worked. They picked on us but we continued to ask the tourist questions. The food was so so but who cares if you can smile and don’t get sick from eating it.
Here we are trying to decide which item was the most for the buck.
Larry got pancakes. We learned not to give the syrup to him anymore unless he has direct supervision. We now call him sticky poo…
That’s part of the excitement and none of the stories we were told about Pistol Pete or “the Bus”.
See ya…
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