{"id":1613,"date":"2017-07-28T23:52:55","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T03:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=1613"},"modified":"2017-07-28T23:52:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T03:52:55","slug":"the-49th-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=1613","title":{"rendered":"The 49th State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was pure driving, 385 miles from Whitehorse, YT to Tok, Alaska. Not only is Alaska the 49th state admitted to the US but it is also the 49th state I will have spent at least one night in.<\/p>\n<p>When I first planned this trip I thought that Alaska was the only state that I had not spent a night in and that was, initially, the reason I decided to come here. However, when I double checked my travels, it appears that I must have imagined staying in Nebraska as I can find no evidence of that. I will fix that omission on the way home.<\/p>\n<p>Much of today&#8217;s drive was very scenic &#8211; at least that&#8217;s what the guides say. Unfortunately the scenic first half of the drive was completely obscured by rain and low cloud. There was a bit of a break near <em>Kluane Lake<\/em> so I stopped to take a couple of photos there but the only other photo stop was at the Alaska-Yukon border. Since this is the only road route out of Alaska I will be doing the reverse journey on August 10 so I will get another shot at it.<\/p>\n<p>The map and video of the day are <a href=\"\/Tripmapper\/Mapview2.aspx?DataFile=Alaska\/2017_07_28_Tok&amp;Video=8XcvBZUTFKo\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kluane Lake looks pretty scenic even with the gray clouds.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1616\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kluane-Lake.jpg\" alt=\"Kluane Lake\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kluane-Lake.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Kluane-Lake-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\nI hate selfies but, when there&#8217;s nobody else around, what choice did I have?<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1615\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Selfie.jpg\" alt=\"Alaska Selfie\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Selfie.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Alaska-Selfie-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><br \/>\nNo wall here. The only indication of the boundary between the US and Canada is a clear cut area that runs the length of the border.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1614\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ALCan-Border.jpg\" alt=\"ALCan Border\" width=\"760\" height=\"862\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ALCan-Border.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/ALCan-Border-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was pure driving, 385 miles from Whitehorse, YT to Tok, Alaska. Not only is Alaska the 49th state admitted to the US but it is also the 49th state I will have spent at least one night in. 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