My how things can change when you're having fun! Well, good news all around. I finally made it back to Alaska about 2 weeks ago...6742 miles after I left Boston. No problems with the VX at all! Though gas did reach $1.04 in parts of the Yukon...a litre. Anyway, here's a recap of what happened since the last update...

still going to Thailand, except with a different program and to a different location, saves me more than $1000.00. From Gunnison, I drove to Salt Lake where my father just happened to be in town for business. Got a high quality meal out of him (sushi) and spent the night in a hotel, instead of a friend's couch for the first time in a while. The next day, I drove to Redding, CA where I partied with some friends who I played baseball and football with a couple years back. From there, it was up to Eugene,OR for 2 nights then up to Bellingham, WA for 1. I then made it to Missoula, MT for 2 nights then headed north to Canada. I was going to try to make it to Whitehorse in 2 days, but diverted to Calgary to see what it was like on a Saturday night. From there, I stopped at Prince George, AB...Watson Lake, YT...Glenallen, ALASKA!...and I finally made it home a couple hours later. First stop in Anchorage...Lucky Wishbone! So, that's it...the trip was a lot of fun and I can't wait to drive back down, which looks like will happen in May some time!

-Lionel

p.s.-Some quality comments on my VX along the way. One guy asked if it was a new mercedes and another asked if it was "...one of them new hy-bred thingies?"