Ficha 4 × 1

Date: 04/10/2012 à 07/10/2012

Saímos of: Denali National Park, AK

Destination: Haines Borough, Stopping in Anchorage AK, AK por 2 noites.

Distance: 239 miles from Denali to Anchorage and 756 miles from Anchorage to Haines (sleeping with a stop in Tok).

Travel time: Denali – Anchorage: 6:30 hours, including stop for lunch. Anchorage – Haines,,en,great service and best cost-benefit Haines,,pt,It has been presented on Broadway,,pt,We miss a museum to tell a bit of local history,,pt,and more options to eat,,pt,depending on the geographical location next to the former Soviet Union,,pt,located in an area that is a major tourist hub of the region,,pt,group that occupied the region in ancient times,,pt,allowing access to several other cities in the region,,pt,Besides having one of the largest populations in the world eagles,,pt,7th / Oct would be the Thanksgiving holiday of Canadian neighbors,,pt,comparisons aside,,pt,We realized that even,,pt: 16:30 hours, divided em 2 excerpts: 1) Anchorage – Took: 4:30 hours roadside; 2) Took – Haines: 12 hours, incluindo paradas para almoço e combustível.

Path: The first section was done in AK-3 S / George Park Highway, while the second part was divided into various roads, with beautiful scenery (AK-1 N; Ak-2 And where we come in Canda; Alaska Hayway novamente; e Haines Hayway, Which brings us back to the United States).

Where to sleep: In Anchorage were two nights at the hotel Extended Stay, to update pending. Already on the way to Haines, in the city of Tok, we slept in our tent, in the parking lot of a roadside hotel, while in Haines, ficamos as três noites na nossa barraca no camping Camper Park já que a temperatura estava mais sob controle.

What eat different: Overdose of Thai food. Still on the Road, arriving in Tok, we had our first Thai meal in a trailer for a nice couple. If ever there someone passer, find a sticker shipment 4×1. Já em Haines, almoçamos by 3 vezes no Chilkat Bakery Restaurant, a delightful restaurant with Thai food, ótimo serviço e melhor custo-benefício de Haines.

Tire cheio: The coexistence between man and the bear. The Chilkat river fishing is an activity that is shared, where men and bears are seen almost side by side. Moreover, assitimos a fun musical (que já foi apresentado na Broadway), with actors and local production!

Tire murcho: Nothing very relevant. Sentimos falta de um museu que contasse um pouco da história local, e de mais opções para comer.

HAINES - A Little place in the Middle of Nothing, Full of Surprises Good

"Often, entitulamos untamable beasts like bears, always putting them responsibility for any attack, when in fact we are often, men, we do not respect the space and their habitat. Em Haines, conclude that living in harmony between men and bears can, is just a question of limits. Unlike everything we read and hear, there men and bears share the same space in search of the same food. "

After intense and rich life experience in Denali Wilderness, and before we arrive em Haines, passed through Anchorage, largest city in the state of Alaska, approximately 300.000 thousand inhabitants, ie you love to 40% the entire population of the state, also known as "The Last Frontier". Its development was mainly due to the airline industry, since it has the third busiest cargo airport in the world. Moreover, the United States maintains two major military bases in Anchorage since the Cold War, em função da localização geográfica próxima à antiga União Soviética. Our passage there lasted 2 days, and was very helpful in putting day as pending in site update, laundry and revision of 20,000 km of Tanajura. Since they do not manufacture the Frontier diesel in U.S., they did not have the correct oil filter, então foi a hora de entrar em ação nosso estoque de peças reservas que havíamos comprado no Brasil para situações como essa.

ToDO left behind, we rumo Haines, a town of 2.500 inhabitants which has a rich history and natural diversity, localizada em uma area que é um importante pólo turístico da região, known as inside passage, a gorgeous sea route which will have a detailed description in the next post. The town's name came after a mission and a school commissioned by a Chilkat (grupo que ocupava a região nos tempos mais remotos), as a way of honoring the chairman of the committee that raised funds for the construction work, in 1884. But the region has undergone a change during the most important years of 1898 and 1899, due to the gold rush (golden rush). The main road so far called Dalton's trail allowed the gold and supplies were directed towards the region of Yukon, which increased its importance in the region. But, after the construction of the railroad White Pass and Yukon, que permitia o acesso a diversas outra cidades da região, increased competition and the economy experienced a slight decline. Currently, tourism is the main attraction of the city. Além de possuir uma das maiores populações de águias do mundo (bald eagles – that eagle which is the symbol of the U.S.), fishing also attracts numerous visitors to the region. Moreover, Summer in the city is also very popular for outdoor activities, como rafting e trilhas.

We arrived very late in Haines, on Thursday, around 23:00 hours, tired , starving and without a place to sleep. We try to feed logo lombriga, eating a pizza in a pub, where we gather information about the campsites city. We searched for almost an hour, unsuccessfully, until we decided to ask a police officer who should have been suspicious of something, so many times we spent in the station deserted street. We followed his car to get a camping not allowed access to cars. So, He took us to the camping Camper Park, where we stayed for three days, bem protegidos da friagem e com banheiro um pouco precário.

The city was "full" because on Monday, dia 7/Out seria o feriado de ação de graças dos vizinhos canadenses. Em Every place that íamos, greetings of welcome were given to siblings of border. The first thing we did the next day was going to the visitor center, where we were very well received by the friendly American lady who gave us tips of interesting activities in the city. We left eager for the main attraction of the city, or rio Chilkat, which had already been indicated by other friends expeditioners. In River, handheld devices with fishermen, both local and tourists, go in search of food and leisure. As we approached the river we can understand why its popularity. The smell of fish could be felt inside the car with the windows closed such a quantity of salmon crossing the river. As we said in the post from Seattle, salmon ascend back to the river to spawn and die, after having spent most of his life at sea. To fish, people wore special clothes to withstand the icy water, since there fishing is traditionally done in the water, often through the modality “fly-fishing”.

Besides the traditional fishermen, various birds like the bald eagle (American Bald Eagle) and Gaivotas, adorned the river view. But all that jumble of cars and tourists were there to see a third type of fisherman, "Or friend Urso", more accustomed to the cold water in the region. They crossed the river with a smile on your face, regardless of the temperature, in search of the best spot to catch their prey. They were near the rocks, Using its sharp teeth to separate the skin, interestingly is the part they like best. In another particular situção, drove slowly (alga em throne of 20km / h) observing the landscape, breathing the air with open windows when, to our surprise a grizzly bear appeared in our window, the 2 meters away. This was not the greatest, but it was close we've ever seen, not to mention the surprise factor. We were completely unresponsive, they can not even take picture of this scene. But there were many opportunities. We also saw a bear 3 meters from the car, sniffing and rubbing on a metal plate, completely hipinotizado, what made us think that some fisherman might have cleaned salmon over there. Indeed, stand there looking at the bridge this huge beast look docile, so docile that makes you want to move your hand, sharing the space with the man was a truly amazing feeling. Oftentimes, entitulamos untamable beasts like bears, always putting them responsibility for any attack, when in fact we are often, men, we do not respect the space and their habitat. Em Haines, conclude that living in harmony between men and bears can, is just a question of limits. Unlike everything we read and hear, lá os homens e o ursos dividem o mesmo espaço em busca do mesmo alimento.

During our stop at the visitors center, we were informed that there would be a special event in town that weekend. A play called Oklahoma, a musical one day for a staged on Broadway, but with local actors and production. We went to buy tickets for the afternoon in a bookstore, where we discover that the daughter of the owner of the bookstore, I was in the store would be a part of the actresses. When they were 19:15, We were at the stage door, 15 minutes before starting the play. The seats were spacious, Standard size of the American view of the stage and was good from anywhere in the small amphitheater. We got there, no pretense for the three-hour show that would ahead. When the play began, soon realized that nobody was there professional. But amateurism brought a bounty of different jokes ready, was a joke natural, where the actor was smiling along with the audience. An older lady, along with the couple secondary, made of single piece good for a big surprise. Gradually the laughs were coming and infecting everyone present. Comparações aparte, the costumes, scenarios and the production as a whole were great, given the size of the city. Perhaps as a matter of expectations or indeed the quality of the piece, o fato é que saímos de lá descontraídos e satisfeitos com o investimento.

In addition to the outdoor attractions, Haines has a museum / workshop where huge wooden totem poles are made by hand. It is an attempt to reproduce the indigenous art, já que a grande maioria das obras originais foi sendo degradada com o tempo.

On Saturday night, went back to the same pub that we had eaten pizza, the first day. This time the atmosphere was much more crowded and lively. As Brazilian, football lovers, Gruden at the geek table (or pebolim) almost all night, where laughter and screams were packaged beer by alaskiana. As it was our last night in Alaska, decided to step out in style. We asked a song and sing and dance on the runway karaoke pub. As soon as the first verses came, others joined us on the trail packed by hit Twist and shout.

Shortly before embarcarmos the ferry to Prince Huppert, still had time to grab a 18km road that led us to a view of the Davidson Glacier, mais uma experiência agra1dável nesse formidável lugarejo.

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Date: 25/09/2012

Local: Fairbanks, AK (introduction to Alaska)

Where to sleep: We camped in the parking lot of Safeway in North Pole, ao lado de Fairbanks.

What we eat good: A truly delicious salmon fishery in Alaska!

Filled Tire : A visit or Museum of the North na Universidade do Alasca.

Tire murcho: Fairbanks was passing by quickly, Then had no

Was no give 24 September 2012 we reached a major goal of the Expedition 4×1: Alaska!

The sun gives a warm welcome in one of the parks in Alaska – Denali National Park!

After crossing the border we go through the last few miles of that magical 24 September. Would be more 450 miles to our first stop in Alaska: the city North Pole. We had just finished dinner at Delta Junction and we were quite tired. The initial idea was to go to Fairbanks (would only 20km more) but decided to stop in the friendly city where is Santa's house! That's it, taking advantage of the name North Pole (or the North, in Portuguese), the city has a home of Santa Claus with Christmas themed stuff, é clear! One curiosity is that, thanks to all that, couriers city annually receive hundreds of thousands of letters from American children to send, all year, Your request to the jolly old elf! With all the campgrounds in the area closed because of winter, decided to set up our tents in the parking lot of Safeway! And he Tao true that just repeating the dose the next night. (Although the temperature was already below 5 degrees at night)

Magdalene (nosso GPS) Tanajura leads to the first kilometers in Alaska!

But what is really Alaska? What's so special about this place and why so many people think is crazy drive there? And because many adventurers and explorers dream of the day of the meeting with that territory? (Some may even be wondering Sergio Chapelin uttering these questions in any call Globo Reporter, nor? hehehehe)

Well, individual expectations and dreams aside, Alaska comprises one of the largest wildlife refuges in the world. Men, animals and plants, adapted to the rigorous Arctic winter coming, establish an incredibly deep relationship existence. The high mountains, I huge glaciers, the spectacle of the Aurora Borealis, Everything there becomes something special for those who have the privilege of knowing him; specially for us, inhabitants two tropics!

Name Alaska emerged since before colonization, and is derived from the Russian word 'alaxsxaq’, in that Aleutian (native language of the Inuit of Aleutian Islands - the South West of the state) principal means on the ground (the mainland); or in a more literal interpretation of the original word, the meaning would be: 'The object to which the action of the sea is directed " (in a translation-free 'the object towards which the action of the sea is directed’). But the most widely accepted origin, including the Government of the State of Alaska, is also the source Aleutian, Sendo from palavra 'Aleyska'This means' great land' (free translation of great land). Now known by its citizens as'Last Frontier’ (Last Frontier) is at once the most (em area) populated and less state North American!

Plate unmarked car in Alaska underscores the fact that the state is' The Last Frontier' (The Last Frontier)

But who are the Aleut? Are those who know how Eskimos! Dependent sea, the Aleut are Alaska natives who occupied and still occupy the Aleutian Islands and the southwest regions of the state. They were the first to have contact and being exploited by the first Europeans to arrive to Alaska: Russians! Yes, os russos foram os primeiros a aportarem à região no final do século 17.

Theories suggest that some independent Russian expedition, or interested in research, came and dwelt among some Alaskan islands 1650 and early 1700. But it was in 1728 the Russians made the first official expedition to discover what in fact had its east Siberia. So, ‘Peter The Great’ enviou Vitus Bering (this same, the guy who gave the name of the famous narrow! to discover whether Asia and North America were one continent. And as we know today, Bering proved not! Some expeditions were made and later, besides some islands, descobriram a parte continental do que hoje é o Alaska.

Text back the arrival of the native peoples of Alaska, from Asia to America through the Bering Strait; tens of thousands of years before the arrival of the Russians – no Museum of the North, em Fairbanks, AK

Reports of the abundance of marine animals like seals and otters, among other furry animals attracted many traders animal skin for the region and, from 1794, some Russian colonies were founded in the south and west coasts of Alaska. In this start-up, Russians treated the Aleut brutally! And did not stop there! In 1799, with the promise of profits to the Russian government, stability in the region and the expansion of Christianity among the natives was established Russian-American Company which held the monopoly of the fur trade in the region. (any similarity to the beginning of our colonization is coincidental )Then, cities and povoados foramen founded in southeast Alaska that was where he lived another people native to Alaska, based on a matriarchal society and even more populous than the Aleut: os Tlingit.

Unhappy with the Russian occupation, in 1802 the Tlingit destroyed the ancient city of Sitka, erected by the Russians to expand the business by. In 1804 a cidade de New Archangel (atual Sitka) é construída no lugar.

But, a dramatic decline in the number of otters and increasing competition from American traders overthrow the company's revenue. The financial losses and other political factors influenced the then venda do Alasca para os Estados Unidos em 1867 by 7,2 milhões dollars (or equivalent 120 million dollars today, adjusted for inflation).

Text portrays the "arrival" Americans to Alaska – no Museum of the North

The transition from Russian to American control also allows a change in the role of Alaska Native. Some of those people are to cooperate with the Americans in hunting and other activities. But along with this new role, Americans also brought alcohol and racial intolerance that led to the gradual decline of these peoples and their cultures. Us 45 anos seguintes o estado rendeu bons frutos econômicos aos EUA.

With the discovery of gold mines and other minerals in the state, numerous investments have been made, as the construction of railways. With that thousands of people came to the state and to the Yukon region (neighboring, Canada not) in pursuit of the dream of becoming rich with the discovery of gold! (Remember the story of Seattle as a springboard? No? is quiser, look here) So, Juneau (Alaskan capital to do) and much of Canada's Northwest cities were founded during this period. Many miners worked there until the beginning of the century. But the Great Depression (1929) and early World War II (causing the departure of many men for combat) acabaram por prejudicar e encerrar a maioria das operações na região e o seu gradual despovoamento.

Alaska lives today, basically, exploitation of oil and natural gas (oil exploration is 80% the state's economy) and some of the export of fish (especially salmão, cod and crab). But the neglect of the US central government to the state and the physical distance of the main production centers of the US are some of the reasons why many Alaskans claim to desire emancipation of the state and the creation of a new country indepedente!

And it was there in Fairbanks - more precisely the Museum of the North - From inside University of Alaska we could learn more in depth about this "world" so far from our reality! It happens that, the morning after the night's North Pole (was our second day in Alaska) we went to Fairbanks to meet with the Karen (Rebekah friend gives Seattle) and Shelly - both born and raised in Alaska and who paid us a delicious lunch of salmon!!! They gave us many tips on roads, places and recommend a visit to this museum, that might give us a BELA introduced to what we were about to face that (before) estranho desconhecido.

Expedition 4×1 com a Karen e a Shelly, em Fairbanks – Alaska

With its magnificent structure in the form of external angles, curves and edges that draw attention, the design of the Museum of the North seeks to refer to the natural contours of Alaska: its slopes, mountains and glaciers! And beyond the state's history, The museum covers in detail the native Alaskans (their traditions and habits), typical animals and studies the changes in climate on a global scale and, mainly, the impact of these changes on the evolution of flora and fauna! Muito interesting!

Museum of the North na Universidade do Alaska, em Fairbanks, AK

We were ready! We left there in late afternoon and spent our last night, again, in the parking lot of Safeway (was prático, it was just wake up and go buy bread and cold cuts for breakfast!).

It was time to brave Alaska!!! And the next stop was just one of the harshest environments on Earth: or Ártico!!!!

EXTRA: Curiosities of Alaska!

Climate:

Alaska is known as one of the coldest regions of the planet. But it's cool to clarify some doubts:

Concerned about the perception of tourists, Alaska's government conducted a survey that found that more than a third of visitors to state claim that temperatures found were better than expected. (And if we were part of this research would say the same! But do not take the winter, nor!) During the 3 summer months, temperatures are milder and oscillate at around 20 ° C in the main cities (south of the Arctic Circle) e gradualmente se aproximando de 0°C ainda no início do outono.

Many wonder if there the sun shines all day in summer. Well, u curiosity is that Barrow, the town further north of Alaska (and consequently U.S.) comes to stay 85 consecutive days without the sun goes down!!! But, That does not happen in every state, é clear! No entanto, regions within the Arctic Circle receive at least a day with 24 hours of sunshine a year!

Já no winter, Can I get quietly temperatures to -50 ° C in the interior and north of the state, with the sun appearing in most regions, no minimum, in some hours of the day. Only in the far north the sun is not appear for a few days. At that time, Barrow can stay up 2 months without seeing the sun! One thing that caught our attention was the knowledge that the interior region (and not far north) is where are recorded the coldest temperatures of the state, in which 1971, foi registrada a temperatura de -62,2°C.

In full early Autumn, Snow gives the guys in Denali – one of the main parks in Alaska!

Towns:

Despite having one of the largest wildlife refuges in the world, Alaska is not composed only of igloos :). The state has large cities like, for example, Anchorage, almost 300.000 people. A city of contrasts most cities of the state, having "air" of the great American cities of equal size, com Modern ônibus, large networks of fast-food and first world infrastructure. Following the order of the largest cities, Fairbanks has - the second highest - almost 98 thousand inhabitants in the metropolitan area, followed by Juneau (a capital) with 31 thousand and the towns of Sitka and Ketchikan both around 8 thousand inhabitants each uma. Since these 3 latest within Inside Passage (the Inside Passage - details below).

At the bottom, the small town of Wrangell, Pass the inner (Inside Passage), Alaska

Altitude:

Alaska also has 17 two 20 highest peaks in the U.S. and its highest point, o Monte McKinley (or Denali is also known as) over 6.196 metros é também o ponto mais alto de toda a América do Norte.

Tanajura sight Magdalene and the high mountains of the parks in Alaska

Area:

It is the largest American state is twice larger than the second placed, Texas. The state is divided into 6 regions: Encosta North, Interior, South-west, Centro-Sul, Southeast - which is better known as Panhandle ("Cable pot" - due to its shape with the rest of the state) or Inside Passage (interior passage) - And the Aleut islands. As ilhas Aleútes, extending west from the southern state, come so close to Russia that the distance from Alaska to Russian territory is only 4.8 km!!! The Expedition was 15 days in Alaska and went through 4 these 6 regions! Follow the next posts to know about!!

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…Next morning it was time to know each other well downtown de Seattle! As explained above, Seattle é um istmo. (see previous post here ) With the proximity of the estuary of the Pacific Ocean (the east of the city) aos lagos Washington e Union (west of the city), no ano de 1911 was built in the channel connecting the lake to the ocean, a complex of locks (or locks English), called: “Ballard Locks”.

Seattle map showing the Pacific (Left) e o Lago Washington (right), hair tied channel where the Ballard Locks

Movable bridge for the passage of boats in Ballard Locks

Besides avoiding the seawater invades the freshwater lakes, the locks also allow the passage of boats in the region. So, so the locks do not prevent the traditional route of salmon on site (that the end of life migrate back to the ocean to freshwater, to spawn) built a kind of ladder beside the locks, keeping, so, o ciclo natural dos peixes.

Boat passing ocean to Lake Washignton, through the sluice

It's really cool to see the salmon rising above channel! Only it's strange to think that in a few hours we would be seeing the "relatives" of those pets exposed in Pike Place Market, and then being deliciously served on our plates! (Excuse us vegetarians)

Salmões "subindo" back to freshwater at Ballard Locks

Salmões no Pike Place Market (o Public Market in Seattle)

And there was us know Pike Place Market, the famous Public Market Seattle is by far the most visited tourist attraction in the city! (receives up to 9 million visitors a year!). The market is the oldest public market in the U.S. and received a more modern reform as a result of the fall of Boeing, in the early 1970, as a stimulus to tourism (Boeing looks around again!). The huge market sells fruits, legumes, flowers, meat, peixes e conta com restaurantes e lojas de antiquário e outras coisas mais “hippies”.

Pike non traditional restaurant almoçamos num, o Athenian Inn, with views of the bay and where, at the end of comermos, found that one of the banks in the restaurant, had sat actor Tom Hanks in movie recording Sleepless in Seattle (Sleepless in Seatle), with actress Meg Ryan! Another curiosity is that the region, ali no Pike Place Market, is the first Starbucks! The city that has the headquarters of giants like Boeing, Microsoft and Amazon, is also the birthplace of the famous coffee chain!

Tourists queuing to enter the 1st Starbucks

Another attraction of downtown Seattle's Space Needle. With the crisis of the postwar causing huge losses for Boeing (again it) and consequentemente for city, rulers were in search of a new "revitalization" of his downtown. Therewith, in 1962 the city hosts the World's Fair (World Fair) e Seattle, following the trend Futuristic Friday, solves then build the tower, and current city landmark, chamada Space Needle. That same "wave" is released in the same period monotrem (this same, that of Levy Fidelix! ). Saindo of the, já to noite, were behind the musical center of the city. Seattle has a remarkable musical history, because it is the birthplace of rock legend Jimi Hendrix and the movement "grunge", in which arose from local bands, nothing more nothing less, as Nirvana and Pearl Jam!! It is also the place where career did Ray Charles and Quincy Jones!! Not bad hein?!?! We noted that the classic style of rock and a little grunge movement are still present in some bars in the neighborhood Capitol Hill.

Space Needle – Postcard from Seattle

Monotrilho e a Space Needle ao fundo

Yes…so much history!!! And to think that in our initial script was just a Seattle city support to sleep on our way to Alaska…

But on 17 September came the big day! It's like the saying goes: "God helps those early madruga". And so it was. At 5:50 a.m. Rebecca wakes us up to go with her on a jog through the neighborhood. After much effort were only André, Gabriel s Nandes. Most mornings Rebecca raises early, even with very cold and dark, for a run. In one of the routes Rebecca always takes an apple to give a horse a farm near, que vem correndo comer a fruta e sai feliz galopando de volta para sua baia.

And that was our route. We went home and raises the 7:30 news with Gustavo: "Came the email from Ronald EPA! A Tanajura is released!"We packed up and left in a hurry for Customs. Procedures here, papelada of laser, hours and hours and finally the reunion! She was perfect! Not a small scratch. Hugged her like she was a relative. It was a piece of the group that returned! We returned the rental car and at the end of the day we came home and…

Taking the Tanajura Port of Tacoma, WA

Arrival of the house of Valentine Tanajura – Expedition 4×1 and Rebecca!

More surprising: Rebecca had prepared us 'fish tacos'. The traditional Mexican tacos, but even more delicious because they were stuffed with fish and prawns in! But the surprise did not stop there… As 20h00, IN POINT, (Brazil was not 0h00), which neither desconfiássemos, James and Rebecca appear with a cake and candles lit to celebrate the birthday of André!!! (in Brazil was finally the day 18)! Neither knew they distrusted birthday because Andrew had not commented anything (they must have seen on Facebook). And besides the cake gave him a T-shirt 'Seattle Seahwaks', The football team of the city!! Foir something really amazing!! We finished the evening watching the Monday Night Footbal (football game that is nationally broadcast on Mondays, more or less as liberators of our games on Wednesday night).

Andre with Jaimie in her Birthday surprise done by Valentine!

James, Rebecca and small Jaimie giving the shirt to the Seattle Seahawks André

The next day was marked by check-ups and reviews in Tanajura before departure to Alaska. Brakes and oil changed, rotate the tires and anti-freeze to the radiator; the Tanajura was ready to start the climb towards the north of the continent! And we also bought some things we needed to face the cold in the amazing REI store - which is focused on adventure sports and even has a ranger to give directions within each national park american! James returned home and took us for a few beers in typical local bars to celebrate the birthday of André! The tequilas left us more "loose". The conversation went until the wee hours, muitas risadas e jogo de dardos.

One of the dinners at the house along with the Valentine's cousin Rebecca, a Kelli

We woke up late and the least we could do to repay all that they did to us was trying to play a Brazilian meal. The Brazilian market in Seattle, as expected, there was not many options. And so Gustavo cooked a potato stroganoff accompanied straw and as dessert: the traditional Brigadier, paçoca and foot-boy!

Thursday, on the 20. It was our last day before departure to Alaska. We were excited and eager. Finally we managed to visit the Boeing factory, after having to reschedule due to the withdrawal of Tanajura. O Gabriel, passionate about commercial aviation, was very anxious for the visit - it was a childhood dream being realized. Boeing still has its main factories in Seattle and visit comes within the largest of which are manufactured models 747, 777 and the brand new model 787 Dreamliner - The newest concept of commercial jets with greater fuel efficiency and range, but that has not been ordered by any Brazilian company,,pt,The visit is very detailed and we could even see a,,pt,We went on a common keychain that had a van "technological" and right there,,pt,Gaston,,en,this is Gabriel and I was the one that wrote the journal,,en,not Gustavo,,en,And we all agree on what was written in this post,,en,We as Expedition 4,,en,not only Gabriel or Gustavo,,en,That said,,en,I’d like to point that I chose not to go much on details on the post because I did not want to argue about the whole situation anymore,,en,since I believe those mistakes happen and so life goes on,,en,There were no hard feelings about it until the mean e-mail you sent to us,,en,which I briefly mentioned on the post,,en,And now this comment,,en. A visita é muito detalhada e pudemos até ver um 777 commissioned by TAM in the final stages of construction, but now with the logo painted. Infelizmente não temos fotos da fábrica pois era proibido câmeras e celulares.

We left enraptured with such complexity and enormity of the factory. But it was time to re-focus in Alaska. We needed to make an extra copy of the keys Tanajura that Gabriel had lost one of police stops in Venezuela. After trying in Nissan (that the U.S. could do nothing, as the codes vary in each country) fomos em um chaveiro comum que possuía uma van “tecnológica” e ali mesmo, in his van, was able to do the unexpected! They were able to reproduce the code and voilá Tana: we had a new spare key! Compramos correntes para os pneus em caso de alguma emergência em nevasca e estávamos finalmente prontos.

We returned home. Arrumamos as bad, bathed in silence and each of us left for the comfortable sleep that would last for a long time. The silence of each seizure and showed our respect for what we were about to experience in the coming days. It would be the beginning of a new stage in the Expedition. We were about to achieve one of our main goals after listening over many miles (and hitherto USA) amazed faces as they said: "Alaska?! You are going to drive pro Alaska?! What great adventure! You guys are crazy!"And in various places in Seattle alerted: "Best you go soon because the cold is coming and, face, there cold is no joke!”

Rebecca woke up early and we had prepared an upgraded breakfast. The Valentine are even people out of series. We arrange things in Tanajura and began the toughest part of the day: a farewell. Under cries and photos, Jaimie, Rebecca James and the American flag stuck in Tanajura. Hugs and more hugs and it was time to departure…next stop would already be at the entrance of the Alaska Highway…

Rebecca, James Jaimie and pasting the U.S. flag in Tanajura!

And so was our stay in Seattle, the city which today lies in our hearts. Seattle is also our home today, pois lá temos pessoas que aprendemos a chamar de família.

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