Truckers Guide to the Alaska Highway

Anchorage to AK/Canada Border

for the purpose of this guide, the distances referenced in this guide are from

the intersection of Muldoon and Glenn Highway in Anchorage, AK

Total distance 403 miles

Next turn/Junction Distance Comments

Glenn/Parks Hwys 30.5 E-146 miles to Jct Richardson Hwy W-30 miles to

Anchorage

Glenn/Richardson Hwys 176 W-146 miles to Parks Hwy E-14 miles to Tok C.O.

Richardson/Tok C.O. 190 W-14 miles to Glenn E-122 miles to Alaska Hwy

Tok C.O./Alaska Hwy 312 W-122 miles to Richardson E-91 miles to border

AK/Canadian border 403 W-91 miles to Tok C.O.

Grades/Conditions

From Muldoon-Anchorage to Jct Glenn/Parks the highway is multi lane freeway, rolling hills, river deltas, and urban traffic

From the North side of Palmer for the next 70 miles East bound the highway is 2 lane, narrow, sharp curves and steeper grades.

From the Junction of Richardson/Tok Cutoff the highway is much more rough, a few sections of newly built highway offers welcome relief.

Weigh stations and DOT presence

6 miles E of Anchorage there are scales on both sides of the highway. 3-4 miles E of Tok a scale is located E of the Tok River bridge. It serves both E and W bound sides. It is newly rebuilt to handle inspections. Until it is complete expect roadside inspectors from Northway Jct to Tok and again from Tok South for at least 20 miles.

Truck services- Tesoro, Sutton, AK -truck parking, showers, fuel

Tesoro, Glennallen, AK-truck parking

Fast Eddys, Tok, AK-truck parking, restaurant, motel

Northway Jct, AK -truck parking, showers

Border City-Truck parking, showers, restaurant, fuel

Yet another option for trick my flatbed

I would like to get a box like the one on this box perhaps. With that on that Chevy truck and a rebuilt Cummins diesel engine and a total work over- I might drive it North with a load of mules in it.

I am not comforted that in this day when we are still engaged in a war on terror that NORAD is mostly associated with tracking Santa Claus.

Of course one only remember that Obama has decided to not utilize Alaska's strategic position to fully and efficiently defend the continent. In fact he decided that the anti missile systems were bargaining chips to be given up to appease the Russians. This President is train wreck and it a matter of time we get hit again like on September 11. We are more concerned with tracking a fat man in a red suit that we have taken our eyes off those flying in from Russian airspace, or Korean, or Chinese, or Middle Eastern.

My Case in Defense of the Military Record of

George W. Bush

Yes this is a bit belated but I figure maybe critics of President Bush will stagger onto this and trip over the truth for once. Who knows but what they might even cut him some well deserved slack.

George W. Bush served in the USAF Texas Air Guard in the

period of May 28, 1968 to October 1, 1973.

He was trained for flight duties specific to flying the Convair F102, an interceptor aircraft. To understand why President Bush never flew in Vietnam you must also know the history of what he was trained to fly. The F102 was an aircraft that the Air Force used in the 1950's but were

phasing out in the 60's. The F102 saw limited duty in Vietnam being replaced with the F4 Phantom. As the Air Force phased out their own use of the F102 it reassigned many of them to Air Guard units in the U.S. This aircraft was tasked with defending the U.S. at the call from NORAD-scrambling to intercept prowling Russian Bear Bombers. That would be the mission to which President Bush was assigned. No Viet Nam service because there was no role for his aircraft. Even the President to be can not write a change to his assigned mission.

Now as to his early release from the Air Guard you once again have to follow the history of the aircraft he was tasked to fly. The F102 was being phased out at the time of his discharge in favor of the F101 Voodoo and then the F4. To fly those would require additional retraining and the military was under pressure from a post Viet Nam era to cut back costs. His discharge was actually in the best interest of the service.

There has been must ado over his miltary record containing N.O. in his evaluations. N.O. means the evaluating authority did not have sufficient information on which to base an evaluation-it has nothing to do with being absent. President Bush served his nation and Air Guard of Texas with honor and should be respected for that. Just as he would serve our nation as President-he did so with honor.