The travel has been put on hold. We figured that heading across the Arctic Circle in a falling-apart vehicle is too care-less even for our standards. Went to see the mechanic that was recommended to us by a dog-mushing girl we met in Canada, which required driving 250 miles south, to Talkeetna.
The mechanic is out of town until Monday but that’s all right. We got stuck in a perfect place. Do you remember the Northern Exposure? The fictional town of Cicely was based on Talkeetna. We spent a night in a bar, drinking Alaska brewed beer and meeting a handful of colorful local characters.
Podroz zostala zawieszona. Uznalismy, ze przekraczanie kola podbiegunowego w pozpadajacym sie pojezdzie jest zbyt lekkomyslne nawet jak na nasze standardy. Udalismy sie do mechanika poleconego nam przez poznana w Kanadzie dziewczyne kierujaca psim zaprzegiem, co wymagalo przejechania 400 km na poludnie, do Talkeetna.
Mechanika nie ma w miescie do poniedzialku, ale nie szkodzi. Utknelismy w idealnym miejscu. Pamietacie Przystanek Alaska? Fikcyjne miasteczko Cicely zostalo oparte wlasnie na Talkeetna. Spedzilismy wieczor pijac piwo warzona na Alasce i poznajac kilka barwnych miejscowych charakterow.
I hope you are having good luck! I would love to 'meet' one of those locals. (through your blog of course)
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