return on the dalton

once i had seen and stepped into the arctic ocean, it was time to start back along the dalton highway toward fairbanks.  as far as i knew i had plenty of fuel.

the road was still a challenge, but didn't seem as difficult going back.

i got about a third of the miles done and then pulled over to sleep.  it never got dark that night.  there was constant twilight from 10pm to 4am.  i periodically looked for the aurora borealis through the night but didn't see any.

in just two days, the deciduous trees went from green to yellow.

hitting more rain while still on the dirty dalton, i got to fairbanks looking again quite filthy.